Where to eat in Montreal

[GePap]

Given the fair number of Canucks here in Poly, I thought I might ask.

I shall be in Montreal Wednesday and Thursday, and I am wonderingh if anyone has any recommendations for places to eat or drink..I would appreciate if they are on the economical side, given that money is tight.

[techumseh]

Schwartz's Deli for Montreal smoked meat. Biddle's if you like live jazz - it's more pricey though. Lots of other restaraunts on Rue Cresent, just off Rue Ste. Catherine.

http://www.montreal.worldweb.com/Maps/CityMaps-Flash/MontrealMap.html?map_id=

[GePap]

Thanks

[Bosh]

There's this amazingly good and cheap Vietnamese place. Forget the address but it's right down the street from the city's youth hostel.

[GePap]

Which youth hostel? I am staying at a hostel..is it close to the arena?

[Bosh]

this one:

http://www.hostellingmontreal.com/en/home.aspx

It's like a block away, really small place. Go out the front door of the hostel and go straight. Called IIRC Le Aroma d'Asia or something vaguely similar to that. Get the crispy duck set meal, it's amazingly good and costs like $8 canadian and includes soup, salad, dessert and appetizer...

[Kontiki]

Schwartz's and Ben's are probably the two best (or at a minimum, most iconic) smoked meat shops in Montreal. Ben's is more in the downtown core. I can recommend a couple of pretty good places on St. Laurent, but they wouldn't fall under the economical category - Moishes for steak, and the Globe for more casual fare.

Just head to the Plateau area on St. Laurent and/or St. Denis. You won't have any problem finding a place to eat there.

[GePap]

I think that's the place I am staying. Thanks for the tip.

[notyoueither]

Eat frogs' legs. Have all you want!

[notyoueither]

Oops. Forgot the winkie.

[GePap]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Eat frogs' legs. Have all you want!

Only if I find them for cheap. Otherwise, I have no problems. After eating snails, chicken innards, all sorts of cow innards and other assorted paraphanelia, a few frogs hinds legs are no biggie.

I mean some people can be such babies when it comes to what they will ingest. Man was made an omnivore for a reason.

[notyoueither]

There should be no shortage. Island in the middle of a river... Large French population...

It's a veritable bonanza of frogs!

[Tingkai]

Fairmount Bagels is a must. Montreal bagels are fantastic.

Ben's

[Drake Tungsten]

Tell him where to get some poutine.

[notyoueither]

Anywhere?