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Cafe with good quality and unique salads - need to order for a crowd
Bocca Loupa on Stanley. The quality of the food they are doing for catering is way over what they served at their location. And its not expensive,
http://www.boccaloupa.ca/index.html
Quebec City French recommendation outside the walls?
My first choice might be Le Moine Échanson : http://www.lemoineechanson.com/ (upper town but outside the walls). Not fancy french cuisine but definitely home french cuisine with a twist. Private importation wines, all organic.
Le Clocher Penché dowtown is also very good. Bistro style : http://www.clocherpenche.ca/
If your definition of french food is liberal i also recommand you L'Affaire est Ketchup. Good, friendly, no pretention, noisy, festif : http://laffaireestketchup.net/
Two Meals in Quebec City - Help Me Clear My Head
1) Clocher Penché
2) L'initial
Panache and Patriarche are also two very great restaurants. St-amour have a great wine list, but for me this place is overrating.
La Colombe coffee
I was wondering if any place sell this coffee in Montreal or Quebec?
St. Foy suggestions please
The restaurant at the Château Bonne Entente is pretty good : http://www.chateaubonneentente.com/monte-cristo-resto-lounge-en.php
There is also an italian restaurant on Myrand, Il Matto. Never been, but the critics are excellents :
http://www.ilmatto.ca/
Best boulangerie / patisseries in Montreal/Quebec City?
In Quebec city :
Le Croquembouche, St-Joseph street
La Boîte à pain, St-Joseph street or 3e avenue (at this location they also make napolitan pizza)
Mahlab, Mahleb, or Mahlepi - where to find
Strange... I bought some in the Philippe de Vienne spices series - but it was 3 ou 4 years ago.
Thursday lunch - Friday dinner, near the University
Bonjour Torontois - es,
I'm from Quebec city and will participate at a conference at the Toronto University this thursday and friday. I'm in search of a casual restaurant for lunch and dinner in a walkable distance of the Toronto University. Any recommandations? For friday i was thinking to Jamie Kennedy wine bar.
Merci!
local yummmy casual Quebec City restaurants
Yes, for a casual restaurant you must try Café du Clocher Penché (bistro style - maybe you can skip Lapin sauté). Le Patriarche is a great choice, not so casual (more fancy than casual), but definitively very good, Try the lobster "bisque" and the "caribou".
There is also to new wine bar that worth a visit : Le moine échanson and Le Cercle.
Quebec City Dim Sum (?)
My favorite bakeries are La boîte à pain et Le Croquembouche, both on St-Joseph street.
For Dim Sum, good luck! There is no real chinese restaurant in town.
Bienvenue à Québec!
Romantic QC dinner on a Monday?
Le Patriarche, romantic and open on monday :
http://www.lepatriarche.com/pages/ang_accueil.php
Québec City - Help me find this restaurant
Au Palet D'Or Pâtisserie
60 RUE GARNEAU
QUÉBEC, QC G1R 3V5, Canada
(418) 692-2488
Quebec City/near outlying neighborhood options with a 1 yr. old
Hi, welcome in Quebec!
About the Hotels, i am thinking about two interesting places: the first, more expensive(but with a good restaurant): http://www.saint-antoine.com/ and the second less expensive: http://www.aubergelevincent.com/.
About family friendly options: the ones you talked about are interesting (maybe not the Casse crêpe wich, in my advice, is to touristic). The interesting places to live in are not the purpose of this site and the administrators might intervene if i'd let myself go on on this. I could give you my email to give you some ideas. But if you give me more details about the kind of place you would like to live in, i could also give you a hint about good places to eat around those places!
Heading to Quebec City next weekend
I dont't know something like Joe Beef or Garde Manger in Quebec City.
But within walking distance from Chateau Frontenac :
Yuzu for sushi and japenese / fusion (approx. 20 min. of walk) http://www.yuzu.ca/flashcontent/yuzusite.html
Le moine échanson on St-Jean street - bistro / "wine box", but ok with kids (approx. 10 - 15 min. of walk) http://moine.echanson.ifrance.com/
My principal advise is to avoid most of the places that are very near your hôtel : tourist trap!
3 nights in Quebec City
For your romantic night, I suggest you l'Initiale, Le Panache or Le Patriarche.
http://www.restaurantinitiale.com/
http://www.saint-antoine.com/menu.html
http://www.lepatriarche.com/pages/ang_accueil.php
For the two other nights, depend when you are coming, but a new wine bar will open in October (Le Cercle, 228 St-Joseph Est). Own by l'Utopie (one of the greatest restaurant in Quebec), they will serve tapas and wine by the glass and presented somes shows (for example : 3 - 6 october, festival Antenne A, http://www.antenne-a.com/programmation.php).
If you like french bistro, I suggest you Le Café du Clocher Penché (also on St-Joseph), very casual, comfort food, good wine.
There is also La Cuisine (on St-Vallier), very, very casual, low prices : the concept is to recreate a home kitchen.
Have a good trip!
(Sorry for this bad english)
Dining in Quebec (Old City)?
Sorry, of course you are right Moisan and l'Épicerie européenne are in St-Jean-Baptiste.
Dining in Quebec (Old City)?
If you prefer non-touristy destination I don't think that "Au Parmesan" is a good place for you. Agree with lagatta you better avoid the restos within the walls, except for Le Patriarche ( http://pages.globetrotter.net/francois.collin/pages/ang_accueil.php ). And except for the littles groceries like Moisan or l'Épicerie européenne; gelato shop Tutto Gelato; chocolate Erico.
You better go downtown (in St-Roch) where there is many great places : Largo (http://www.largorestoclub.com/ ), l'Utopie (http://www.restaurant-utopie.com/ ), café du clocher penché, La Cuisine for a home-made style "pâté chinois".
Or in the Old Port : Laurie Raphaël (http://www.laurieraphael.com/accueil_flash.html ), Le Panache (http://www.saint-antoine.com/menu.html ). Make a search on this board for somes reviews.
Have a good trip!
Quebec City
There is a restaurant at the Château Frontenac. Nerver go, but have bad reviews of this place.
I recommand you Le Panache, in the Old Port. Not the door next the Chateau Frontenac, but not a long distance to. http://www.saint-antoine.com/menu.html
Looking for recommendations for dinners in Quebec City
La Noce could be a nice place for you. Corner of Cartier and René-Lévesque.
There is somes reviews (in french... sorry) :
http://www.voir.ca/restos/chronique.aspx?iIDArticle=41424
http://www.ledevoir.com/2006/09/15/118172.html
LaMalbaie/Charlevoix Dining
Restaurant Vices Versa in La Malbaie : http://www.vicesversa.com/
Aux anciens canadiens in QC
Yes, you can wear jeans in these restaurants, Le Patriarche is your best bet in the list.
You can also consider, in the casual atmosphere resto, Le café du clocher penché and La Noce.
Quebec City - would like to be immersed in Quebecois cuisine
you are right but fundymermaid want to be "immersed in Quebecois cuisine", Mistral gagnant is Provencal cuisine
Quebec City - would like to be immersed in Quebecois cuisine
For sure, Le café du clocher penché is excellent. Try it also for week-end brunch (with reservation). But it's more a french bistro style, not a "quebecois cuisine".
Aux anciens canadiens fit the description of what you want, but this place is a tourist one, with goods and bads reviews (make a search on this board).
Maybe you can also try "poutine" a "fast-food signature dish" in Quebec!
I agree with littlegreenpea that now the bests restos are outside the old town, in St-Roch. Except, i think that Le patriarche (medium-high resto) could be interesting for you : specialities are the wilds games.
Also, on St-Jean street there is Moisan an L'épicerie eurpéenne, two little grocery store that worth a visit and a very good gelato shop call Tutto Gelato. This say, for restaurant avoid this street, there is a lot of tourists traps.
Enjoy your trip!
Best restaurants in Quebec City
Unfortunately, Laurie Raphael is close sunday and monday (http://www.laurieraphael.com/accueil_flash.html). But, Panache is open every night (http://www.saint-antoine.com/).
Best restaurants in Quebec City
Laurie Rapahel and Panache are sure bets.
You can also consider l'Utopie where the chef is very creative. They also have a very good list of wines (http://www.restaurant-utopie.com/).
For a romantic place, try Le Patriarche. Their specialities are the wild games and i rave about their lobster bisque (http://pages.globetrotter.net/francois.collin/pages/ang_tablehote.php).
I live in Quebec city and going to restaurant is my passion. There is a lot of good place in this town, and i have to say a lot of greater places than Saint-Amour. Few years ago it was the best restaurant in town, but now ...
Love Sweetbreads
Club Chasse et Pêche : http://www.leclubchasseetpeche.com/
Expensive, but not crazy expensive.
Wine Tasting Course?
I take two classes of L'Amicale des Sommeliers and i enjoy very much ("débutant" and "intermédiaire"). It was in french and in Quebec City. But i know they are offering theses classes in Montreal, don't know if they are in english : http://www.amicaledessommeliers.com/ASQM/index.htm.
