GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Anyone been recently? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Yes - I didn't post about it?? We were there at the end of May. Really like Vin Mon Lapin, which Ori had told us about prior to our previous trip. Still great on this most recent visit. Vin Papillon was very good. We finally got to L'Express, which was fine, just because it's L'Express, but the food doesn't approach the other two mentioned. Sabayon is supposedly really great (from others who have eaten there). Chef is Patrice Demers, who was doing some of the best pastry, at his now closed pastry shop. Looks as if some hoop jumping is necessary to get in though. I like Jean-Talon and Atwater Markets, I guess because I like markets, and these are 2 great ones. Plenty of good coffee. We end up here, Café Myriade, because our airbnb was within walking distance of one of their locations. Plenty of good cocktails, too. https://www.instagram.com/patrice_demers/ https://www.instagram.com/sabayon.mtl/ And if you need the fix of smoked meat, I'd say avoid the tourist hell that is Schwartz's, and go here instead: Snowden Deli It's classic. Should I mention that the restaurants are not quite as reasonable as they once were, but the dollar is still going strong (and actually looks even better than it did when we were there in May). Enjoy - it's one of my favorite cities, although if you're driving (as we were), the roads are possibly the worst roads of any city in North America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 Thanks for these recs! It's been a while since I've been, but I'm a big fan of both Schwartz's and Snowdon. 😭 my cousin told us to not even bother trying to get into vin mon lapin, but I'd be fine sitting at the bar tbh. I was on the fence about going to one of the Au Pied de Cochon / Joe Beef / McKiernan places, so I'm glad to see you mention Vin Papillon. Good to know about the roads -- luckily I won't be the one driving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I was able to secure a res at Mon Lapin, but it certainly looked as if they were taking walk-ins. It's not a tiny place by any stretch. We've eaten at Joe Beef a couple of times and tbh at this point, I'm more a fan of Vin Pap...suits our style of eating a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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