The Michelin Guide may only just be on its way to Québec but Montréal has long been one of the world’s best cities when it comes to food. Travelers come from far and wide to taste this French-Canadian city’s iconic smoked-meat sandwiches, honey water bagels and poutine (browned fries, squeaky cheese curds and savory gravy).
This culturally diverse corner of Canada has so many options that you could easily enjoy a different cuisine every day and struggle to find better elsewhere. In addition to its trio of legendary dishes, Montréal is becoming just as popular for its spicy Portuguese piri piri chicken, saucy Haitian griot, crunchy Italian cannoli and perfectly crisped Levantine falafel. Here’s where to eat and what to order in Montréal right now.
Poutine is the Québec national dish (it’s also probably Canada’s most well-known dish, but people in this province tend to balk at the maple leaf claiming its treasured snack). While Montréal has a few great places to eat poutine (Chez Claudette and La Banquise, for example), the fries-concoction is really more of a rural thing, best enjoyed at a greasy-spoon casse-croûte on the side of a highway or ski lodge. That said, leave it to Montréal to level up poutine with a spice of diversity. Case in poutine: the Portuguese chicken version at Ma Poule Mouillée.
The poutine is made with Portuguese roast chicken – a Montréal institution in its own right thanks to the influence of neighborhood greats Coco Rico and Romados – chouriço, São Jorge cheese and piri piri spiced gravy.
How to get it: Lines stretch out the door all day long for either the poutine or chicken, so be prepared to wait. When your order’s ready, take it to nearby Parc La Fontaine and enjoy it on a picnic blanket.
A Montréal-style smoked meat sandwich from Schwartz’s Deli is the quintessential city dish. Brought here by Eastern-European Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century and part-owned by the Canadian icon that is Céline Dion, the smoked meat at Schwartz’s is made without chemical enhancers and comes as fatty as you like (tip: don’t get lean).
Order the sandwich with slices of meat piled high between two pieces of rye, or get a plate of cold cuts to share. A Cott’s Black Cherry soda to wash it all down is obligatory.
How to get it: Sitting at a shared table with fellow hungry patrons is part of the Schwartz’s experience, but be prepared to line up along St Laurent, aka The Main. The takeout counter next door to the original restaurant is quicker if you can't wait.
Falafel is everywhere these days, but the tiny, freshly fried balls of chickpeas at Falafel Yoni are a cut above. Their falafel pita comes loaded with red cabbage, Mediterranean salad and tahini is the perfect
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