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Good "French Canadian/Quebecois" food
Make sure your friends eat some Quebec cheese -- possibly on a cheese-plate for dessert. Or serve some at home home, before, or after, with wine or Quebec beer or cider.
Grumman 78 Food Court @ Faubourg
Everybody is talking about the fillings. What are their tortillas like? ( It is so long since I had a really good wheat tortillas that I am starting to forget what a really good freshly made tortillas tastes like...)
Need a good place to eat downtown Montreal...
BTW: Has anyone been to JULIEN lately. It has been years since I have been there. Their terrace was always nice for a summer lunch as I recall.
Help with Local Beers...
Écume
4,8% alc./vol - 341 ml
Our Ecume beer is a truly rustic, earthy beer, proud of its unique island personality and its salty maritime origines. This highly refreshing beer combines a seductive, robuste bitterness with lovely herbal and salty accents lent by fresh ingredients from the Madelinot soil.
Help with Local Beers...
I picked a very unique beer from the Magdelen Islands called Ecume at Marche Stanley (a good place to shop for Quebec beer). Also got an excellent Ste-Amboise apricot wheat beer there.
Olivier Potier - New amazing pastry shop and bakery
The Paris-Brest was awesome (actually deserving of that poor abused word). The eclairs apparently disappear VERY fast -- I will try again to sample one. The croissants are above average and heavier too. Friendly service.
Cartel Street Food?
I discovered (19 March) they are closed on Mondays and only open at 5pm the other days of the week.
Olivier Potier - New amazing pastry shop and bakery
About how big were these Paris-Brest pastries? big enough for 2?
Dining suggestions for Sunday & Monday in Montreal
Very good advice from Oliver B, but add Mas des Oliviers (rue Bishop) for rich southern French: Sunday dinner or lunch (Monday) or dinner . Yummy!
Staying at St. Catherine and Fort, where to go?
What is this innovative tacos place that you mentioned like?
Baguette d'Ivoire ???
Has anyone eaten at Baguette d'Ivoire on rue MacKay? Any info appreciated!
Hungarian food in Montreal? Or other central European
Poloprincess, If you are interested in the Hungarian contribution to Montreal's restaurant and coffee scene here is an interesting historical link for you:
http://www.hungarianpresence.ca/history/starbucks.cfm
Quiche Lorraine
Can't really suggest a true substitute but the cafe in the basement of Ogilvy's does a nice Quiche Lorraine with a huge choice of sides. It is, however, no longer cozy since they expanded that space several year ago...
Alexandre's on Peel does a good "made on the premises" Quiche Lorraine -- nice with lentil soup on a winter day with a hardy red wine..
Cheesecake
A recent article in the Globe and Mail about the surge of innovative "takes" on the American cheesecake in Paris (of all places) got me wondering if there are any places in Montreal that are experimenting on pushing the cheesecake "envelope" or are especially focused on cheesecakes?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/le-cheesecakes-coup-de-dessert-in-paris/article2305482/
Hungarian food in Montreal? Or other central European
Troika menu:
http://www.restauranttroika.com/html/menu_english.html
Haven't been in years and years; I think they recently renovated.
Hungarian food in Montreal? Or other central European
Pyropaul99,
I think the place you are trying to recall is the Austrian Vieux Kitzbhuel.
Hungarian food in Montreal? Or other central European
Cafe Europa on Sherbrooke is a mix of Eastern European cuisines (usually filled with Eastern European clientele). Pleasant place...
Which free meal would you choose in Montreal?
All good choices, however, Pintxo would be the most fun! But go with ALL pintxos not their "main" plus chef-selected pintxos; choose your own pintxos! Enjoy!
Cartel Street Food?
Stopped by Cartel on a dreary mid-December afternoon around 2:30pm. Ordered their $12 lunch special which turned out to be really to my tastes. There was a huge serving of fresh guacamole with homemade tortilla chips served with a cup of tasty black been soup. There was a choice among 6 tacos; the special included three. I had one with pulled-pork, one with beef shortrib and one with duck confit meat. The tacos were small but served on the best tortillas I've had since I left Southern California decades ago, all with tasty, fresh and somewhat unusual garnishes. All was washed down with an interesting, well-made "tropical" Pisco.
The chef stopped by as I was finishing my meal to chat about Mexican food; he seemed like a rather passionate foodie...There were only two other tables occupied at that hour. Both groups were voluable in their praise (and surprise) at the high quality of the ingredients. For me it was a perfect tapas-like light lunch!
Special Montreal Foods???
For sure, check out the cheeses and other Quebec items at the Jean Talon Market. And, yes, don't plan on eating in a park in November.
Loved Pintxo and Au 5e peche....now what??
Since Pintxo and au 5e Peche are two on my reliable favorites list, I will add my other go-to favorites: Laloux, Lemeac and Mas des Oliviers.
TO CH needs help picking a spot for dinner...
The terrace at Accords is another option -- but not a burger place.
Myriad problems?
Stopped by Myriade for a double espresso: it was generously sized by any standard! Since I live in Nova Scotia, I only make it there only 6 or 7 times a year but Anthony remembers me every single time I visit :) -- going back to the Cafe Veritas days.
One more restaurant please!
For Sunday you might consider Laloux a deluxe Montrreal style bistro.or the rather unique and fun Spanish/Basque Pintxo both on the southern edge of the Plateau district not far from the downtown core.
BTW: You should make reservations for Lemeac's brunch; it is popular!
President's Choice
Getting away from PC products, another find at the Provigo at du Fort is the otherwise hard to find Liberte Creme Fraiche although the P&A across the street also on du Fprt also has it sometimes.
President's Choice
Two things: the quince fruit paste I mentioned is refrigerated there. And another PC I love there is the PC Black Olive Tapenade.
