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Myriad problems?
the service is terribly obnoxious at cafe olympico and yet they're consistently full as well. the patron/barista interaction is so brief that one can hardly expect personalized service. in fact, the only cafes that i've been to where the baristas are so attentive to people are ones that sacrifice product ie: hippy dive cafes in college towns.
Recs needed for pubby places in Montreal
the food prices are simlar to those at the other pubs in town. the food is also better
Recs needed for pubby places in Montreal
laurier gordon ramsay also has a decent beer selection
Recs needed for pubby places in Montreal
francophone anglophone lines to exist if you attempt to speak english east of st-denis
i've heard ici c'est quebec more than i am comfortable with
Has anyone been to Brochette.ca?
the amount of signage seems to have increased exponentially and it looks more like a strip club than a restaurant.
just went to their website. what a cheese fest - i love the brochette skewer scroll bar. the food pictures indicate that it is similar to all the other arab chacoal grill restaurants
Frustration with grocery chains in Montreal
the logos were there probably because you all sign the same collective bargaining agreement
Hells Kitchen 8/9 - possible spoilers and Wolfgang Puck
this season is so bad - so bad that they shouldnt have even bothered
but then again, how can you top last season, except for the obese one winning. i mean, we get it, she likes food but obviously she will eat anything
Egg Rolls
Li-Chee could easily be featured on this american life (if this was america) because of the mystique and terror that place evokes. I'd be curious to learn its story - too bad the mirror didn't tease it out. Truth be told, I've always wanted to go inside and it just might be time.
Egg Rolls
bourbon street is shut down - it's some new bar now
same location that you are familar with
Laurier Gordon Ramsay
man, one in toronto is a mckewan restaurant. the guy's entire empire is in toronto. by the way, i thought one was terrible and i thought the staff were horribly rude but i digress
and if we had joe's stonecrab what would be the point in going to florida
have you noticed that tourists flock to montreal for food?
Laurier Gordon Ramsay
what is a big box restaurant anyways? in my mind kelsy's is a big box restaurant.
are you talking about restaurants owned by food network hosts? what exactly does toronto have that we don't in the way of fine dining? the only difference is price. by the way, trust me, we aren't missing out on anything by not having a mark mckewan restaurant - by the why, the guy is from and lives in toronto. i don't really understand your point at all.
if you are suggesting that toronto's restaurant scene has something i ncommon with the las vegas strip, yo uare wrong.
Egg Rolls
i guess she must live there
when we were in high school we would dare each other to go knock on the door
would you suggest a visit even today?
Egg Rolls
ya i can't remember the name but it is the buffet on des sources beside the old bourbon st w. i think they sell them frozen. they also do catering.
Fried Clams in Montreal
montreal is ethnically and culturally diverse already. maybe if the maine diaspora emigrated to montreal we'd have wooden clam shacks everywhere
Fried Clams in Montreal
montreal couldn't be any further culturally from new orleans and louisiana
Fried Clams in Montreal
there is no best place. i believe the place on top of grumpy's has fried clams but i've never heard anything good about that place. you should go to maine.
Myriad problems?
i seriously doubt it is a cost saving measure - the overhead on a few extra ounces of filter coffee probably don't amount to much when compared with their revenue. sept-june the place takes it in like a slot machine
Myriad problems?
Are you saying filtered coffees are now served in smaller mugs but the take away cups are the same size? That is quite odd. I read on Twitter that they recently lost some of their best baristas and are currently bringing up a new crop. I suppose this is also their downtime and I'd imagine most of the kinks to be worked out before it gets busy again. Anthony is surely not someone to jump the shark. I doubt it is tanking but I haven't been all summer.
Laurier Gordon Ramsay
looks like they reopen tonight at 5
i think i will order delivery today
Frustration with grocery chains in Montreal
i believe this happened 6 or 7 years ago. it was in the local media for sure. i remember reading about it/hearing it on the radio
but i believe that provigo/loblaws are aligned but not metro and iga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Inc.
from wiki
In Canada, other than British Columbia, IGA is a group of independent grocers supplied by Sobeys, which franchises the name. Acquired by Sobeys as part of its purchase of The Oshawa Group Ltd., it now operates primarily in Quebec. The IGA operations in Atlantic Canada were sold to Loblaw Companies Limited and were restructured under its existing brands, while its company-owned stores west of Quebec now mainly operate under the Sobeys banner. In Ontario, Sobeys forced franchise owned IGA stores onto the Foodland program, and announced the upcoming closure of the IGA program in Ontario. There are, however, many IGA stores still operating in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.[2]
IGA Extra locations are larger and carry a wider variety of general merchandise, more akin to the hypermarket model. They include a pharmacy, large bakery, a bank, a bistro, a post office and a larger selection of food items.
In addition, IGA in Quebec also operates smaller supermarkets, such as Bonichoix and Tradition (a branding introduced in 1999).
In British Columbia, IGA and Marketplace IGA stores are, for the most part, independently owned and are supplied by the H. Y. Louie Co.[3
Fresh Atlantic seaweed for clambake?
it's not just quebec, it's all of canada - the beer selection is terrible coast to coast
also you cannot simply return to canada expecting to pay duty and tax on anything that accompanies you. there are limits which i do not know off hand.
