Pumpernickels: Don’t Walk Past This Place When You’re On The “General Motors Diet”!

Pumpernickels: Don’t Walk Past This Place When You’re On The “General Motors Diet”!

Chevy Chase's Pumpernickel's Bagel Bakery is a place to avoid when you’re trying to slim down for a big reunion or any other reason. And today was the day I started the infamous GM diet – well General Motors has nothing to do with it, but still. It’s a little extreme, but my neighbor has lost enough weight on it that we’re starting to call him “Slim”.

So on day one, you eat fruit. Just fruit. Best if it’s just a day of melon. So, I had several meals and snacks of cantaloupe and watermelon on the day I decided to post about Pumpernickel's and how fabulous their food is.

And by three in the afternoon, when I went over to take pictures of the place, I was having the most intense attack of gotta-eat-something-really-fattening-right-now-or-I’ll-die! I didn’t dare go inside.

When I need comfort food, I don’t go for the bagels necessarily. They also make amazing sandwiches. My favorite is their piled high BLT on, um, pumpernickel bread with a couple of pieces of cheddar melted on. These are not just sandwiches, but they are “entrée sandwiches”.

Now the desserts are quite wonderful, too. And as I was standing out front, camera in hand, I had to wonder if their totally delicious key lime pie counted as a fruit on day one of my diet. It’s not cantaloupe, but it is fruit!

They have take out and eat in. There are tables outside that are usually all taken at lunchtime in good weather. And they’ll even cater your event, big or small.

So writing this is making me feel really, really hungry!

Day Two of the GM diet is an all you can eat veggie day. Wonder if I’ll make it through without a trip to Pumpernickel’s! But wait! They usually have some kind of greens. Those are vegetables!

So check them out the next time you are really hungry. They're at 5504 Connectiut Avenue NW, and their phone number is 202-244-9505

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