Fastest service ever!…read more I think they were in a hurry to close LOL. I ordered 2 Wilensky specials, one with cheddar and the other with swiss. Literally between the time I handed over my money and the cashier turned around to make change from the register behind her, my order was ready and bagged in front of me before I got my change back. I had nothing else to do but walk out and find a place to eat. I was literally in the store for less than 2 minutes! Now the Wilensky is salami, bologna, and your choice of cheese on a roll (that reminds me of an english muffin) with yellow mustard. Simple but absolutely delicious! I've had bologna sandwiches before but never thought to add salami which adds a little spice. That bun was super pillowy and just eased right on down after taking a bite. I generally hate yellow mustard but this wasn't overbearing smear. Each Wilensky was like $5 each and incredibly satisfying. The first steps through the door, it was as if I time travelled directly to 1930s, old weird looking slender poles with round wooden seats, wood cabinetry, and short countertops. The old school was transferred to payments as the prefer cash and accepts Canadian form of debit cards but not American. There are signs basically to say, your way doesn't count. If you order a Wilensky special, it's their way and I'm ok with that. Because their way works! There's also another sign to say no tipping and any money leftover after settling the bill goes to charity, how wonderfully generous that is. Regarding the promptness of my food, I did show up 10 minutes before closing and the prompt service was expected as everyone has places to be and places to go after work. I totally enjoyed the no nonsense effort.

More than for the food, this place is worth a visit for the experience. You feel like you're…read morestepping back in time when you visit this establishment. The sandwich is still tasty for it being bologna and cheese on an English muffin. There's something nostalgic about its simplicity. Bring cash or debit. They do not let you modify or cut sandwiches in half.

Food: was good - the pancake was my fav Service : ordered…read moreonline Ambiance: ordered online

We had a craving for Polish food and this place popped up in the very few search results (seems…read morelike there's not that many Polish options in Montreal). In summary, this place offers authentic Eastern European food at a very reasonable price, with a smile. Pyza is not a restaurant per se, but rather a tiny grocery store/deli/caterer that offers a variety of Polish foods such as pierogies, sauerkraut, sausages, pyzys, etc. There are a few small tables for patrons. We ordered at the cash register and sat down. The warm and kindhearted cashier brought us our food and it looked and tasted delectable. I highly recommend this place if you are looking for Polish food, and you don't want to break the bank, and if you don't mind a very informal setting. Parking is also very convenient.

Locals get really passionate about who makes the best smoked meat sandwich in Montreal. If you go…read moreto YouTube, there is an inordinate number of videos opining primarily around three spots with rabid followings. After watching the Food Network's Jeff Mauro rave about this old-school diner in a short clip, Jamie W and I decided to take the metro to Snowdon, the western terminus of the Blue Line. It felt a bit on the city's outskirts to us but only because we were first-time tourists. Open every day at 6AM, we got here early enough to get a small table almost immediately, though the place was already bustling around 9AM. We decided to share the C$7.50 Chicken Soup with Matzoh Ball (Photo 5). Very basic, no noodles. It was just the right morning balm, and the matzoh had the perfect texture. We were originally going to split the C$16.75 Smoked Meat Sandwich and share the C$14.95 Poutine. However, our veteran server course corrected us by steering us to the C$27.50 Smoked Meat Platter (Photo 8) with a stack of bread (Photo 7). This allowed us to customize our own sandwiches plus they only charge C$5 for the poutine (Photo 10). We requested medium-fat smoked meat. It was so meltably tender that it disintegrated immediately in my mouth. Despite appearances, the flavor aligns more with corned beef than pastrami though not as salty. This turned out to be our only attempt at having poutine in Montreal during our vacation, but not having time to hunt for a specialty shop, we figured Snowdon Deli probably made a deliciously satisfying one. We were right. After all, the restaurant is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, so they're not going anywhere. I won't go into unnecessary comparisons with Katz's Deli in NYC (review: https://yelp.to/KhEaBm9HJq) and Langer's Deli in LA (review: https://yelp.to/XY_ovih4sg). Yes, they're both legendary, so let's just say Snowdon Deli deserves to be mentioned in the same gristle-filled conversation. FOOD - 5 stars...meat smoked right with matzoh and poutine not far behind AMBIANCE - 4 stars...just a small diner with enough room SERVICE - 5 stars...trust the longtime servers TOTAL - 5 stars...definitely the place to get Montreal's tastiest meat morsels RELATED - Exploring Montreal? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/WxajiXCBvZ

Smoked Meats Sandwich (8/10): Got the medium fat. Very tender and flavorful!…read more Matzoh Ball Soup (7/10): Definitely hits the spot. Simple chicken broth and a matzoh ball. Service was very good. We came for Friday lunch and were seated immediately.

I prefer this bossa location the most. There really is nothing quite like getting a bossa sandwich…read moreon wellington and eating outside. My favourite sandwich is the Milanese, it's so fresh and tasty. The bombalones are also really good, the nutella and pistachio are so creamy inside. There's tons of nice products for sale like fresh pasta and sauce as well. No seating inside, plan accordingly.

Amazing loaded sandwiches! Friendly service! Mildly busy in mid-weekday afternoon. We loved it…read more We had two sandwiches. A cold Italiano and a hot porcetta (pressed). And we shared them half and half. Porcetta was full of moist delicious pork, with just enough fat to bring that deep flavour. Italiano was over flowing with cold cuts and the marinated veg and hot peppers and fresh mozzarella balanced it out perfectly. Also Verdun is a great part of the city to visit. So it's worth the trip (if you don't live there already)

As a seasoned foodie (and self‑proclaimed schnitzel whisperer), I sauntered into Bohemia with high…read morehopes and left on fleek. Here's the insider scoop: Schnitzel: Perfectly crisp, gold-fried, and so tender I may or may not have audibly moaned mid-bite. Goulash (for real gouoners): A hearty, rich stew that had my friends waxing poetic about Eastern Europe, right in the South Shore. Sides: Beets and seasonal veggies stole the show; bright, fresh, and seasoned like a chef who actually gives a damn. The décor is charmingly rustic-Bohemian: soft lighting, vintage accents, and enough character to make it feel like you stumbled into a cozy Prague café. It's welcoming, warm, and strangely enchanting. Only downside? They didn't have Pilsner Urquell on tap, and my dream Czech pairing dashed. But the food more than made up for it with flavor heavy enough to forgive a brewery oversight. Would I go back? Absolutely. Bohemia is a solid little European escape; right here in Brossard.

The food was amazing and did not disappoint a girl from Chicago who is extremely fond of Bohemian…read morefood. We were initially turned away for not having a reservation, ordered to go and were eventually told we could have a table. My daughter felt we were "profiled" and turned away for being American since after we were sat two other couples came in and were sat who clearly did not have reservations, but spoke French. Truthfully, I was shocked but did not care because the food was so delicious. We had the schnitzel and the duck. If you go, speak French!

I'll admit, I was influenced to eat here based on videos I saw on Instagram hyping this place up…read more Overall, the one word that sums up my experience: meh. Firstly, I didn't realize that if you want eat in (there's only a handful of barstools in the VERY small space - but sometimes the best food comes from a hole in the wall!) you have to wait 25min for your lasagna to be warmed up. So it's essentially a takeout counter with premade, cold lasagna. Now I'm not saying it's not made fresh, this is certainly not like grocery store freezer aisle lasagna, but it was just not what I was expecting. So I ended up taking mine to go because why sit there for 25min while the lasagna warms up if I could be in the comfort of my own home? I got a small meat lasagna with tomato sauce and a small meat with rose sauce. I will say at $10 for a small, the quantity is great. A small could easily serve two people and the large is only $14. For the taste test- maybe I was mistaken in choosing to take my lasagnas to go. The tomato sauce lasagna didn't have that ooey gooey hot cheesy thing going on, not sure if my home oven did the trick or if the lasagna itself is to blame. The rose sauce lasagna did get nice and steamy (I heated them both together for the same amount of time so not sure how that happened). The tomato sauce one was underwhelming. Nothing to critique, but nothing impressive about it. The rose sauce was more interesting maybe because of the creamy element. But even that isn't a lasagna I'd rave about or recommend someone go out of their way to try. All in all, I was left feeling disappointed. If a restaurant only makes one thing, they better make it really well, and this missed the mark.

Do you like carbohydrates? Do you dislike decision making? Large menus? Est-ce qu'il fait frette en…read moretabarnak? Oh boy do I have the place for you! A sloppy plate of lasagne swimming in tomato sauce. Did I mention carbohydrates? I mean seriously, it's cold as f right now. Did you see the weather forecast for overnight? I just got a *snow squall watch* notification on my phone, gourd dangabbit. WTF. Someone get me a bathtub full of that tomato sauce, STAT

Very good food options for veggie people. Lots of healthy green salads. And hot veggie options…read more Don't remember the name of mix veggie with rice thing. But the tabouleh salad and bean salad taste really good. Lady behind the counter was very helpful with explaining what's everything. And the restaurant has a vintage kitchen vibe to it with lamps and lights made out of utensils. Very kitschy!

Wow this place was disgusting, don't trust the google reviews, my god. Food was cold, service was…read moredismissive. Ambience wasn't great. Basically all empty and on top of all of that the price was too high. I think they got their friends to give them a bunch of review.,

Oh I loved Le Vieille Europe when I was living in Montreal. Unfortunately, I was a poor and…read morestarving student at the time and so I wasn't able to shop there as much as I wanted to, lol. I would occasionally go there for their imported cookies (oh how I adored Anna's Almond Swedish Thins, lol) and exotic teas. And also for their cheeses and deli meats. I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I love the smell of coffee and they have a good selection of coffee beans and a huge coffee grinder. The store has a very European feel to it, and very high prices. However, they carry products that are difficult to find elsewhere. Every time I go back to Montreal I like to pop in and poke around ;) My last visit was shortly before the Pandemic started. Looking forward to going back once this Pandemic is over.

Okay. When it comes to cities with great culinary traditions, somewhere in the back there…read morenaturally lies a bunch of places to promote, vend and educate on cuisine. Take New York for instance - if you want to know what we eat and how we came to eat them, you hit our bunch of ethnic markets and grab some finger foods. Wanna know how the Greek do their stuff? Hit Titan or Parrot Foods. Syrian? Sahadi or Souk el Shater. Chinese? Flushing. Korean? Same. Jewish style? Barney Greengrass and Avenue J in Brooklyn. In short, if you want something and is willing to travel the 5 boroughs and beyond, you'll be able to find it. When it comes to Montreal? You hit the Main. The Main is basically Boulevard St. Laurent between Sherbrooke and Jean-Talon, and the diversity of places informs you of its richeness of flavors. Want Hungarian and Askenazi jewish? Start at the Sherbrooke end. Portuguese? That's around Rue Rachel. Something more hipster friendly? That's St. Viateurs. How about Italian? That's closer to Marche Jean Talon. Interspersed between that range is a series of small shops that can cater to your specific needs. Marguez? There's a joint near that. Spanish cooking with a specific need for a paella (the pan for cooking a paella is itself called a paella), there's a place that sells it. A bit of a melange? That's what La Vielle Europe is for. So what makes La Vielle Europe such a good place to visit? Well, it might have to do with its blend of European charm and core Frenchness. When cultural anthropologists talk about food traditions they use the term foodways, which is the socioeconomic and cultural practices when it comes to food. When Quebec was a New French Signoralty hundreds of years ago, its culinary roots were preindustrial French. Then the Brits came in and injected its traditions, and throughout Montreal's history of expansion through immigration, new palates inform and expand upon these foodways, and there are still cultural and economic links back to France and other parts of Europe, and you see it in vivid display here. First, the cheese. The glorious cheese. One thing every visitor to Quebec learn quickly is the richness of the soil at "nos pays". They have great pasture, great dairy, and unlike the morons south of the border, they don't require their cheesemakers to pasteurize all their milk. As any American can attest, Quebec cheese is just better, creamier and more complex, and there is no better place to buy cheese than here. Have something in mind? Point and ask! They are not stingy with samples and will toss a few clues your way. The price is fairly decent as well, check out their discount section for some good stuff. Next, the baked goods. Yeah, they have bread, but they also have galettes, pasteis and will do you a sandwich. What kind of sandwich? They can do something classical like a jambon sandwich, or they can make you one of those gorgeous Portuguese sandwiches with their large eggy rolls. What about syrups and the beans? Yeah, for the coffee geeks out there, they have a massive selection of roasts and varietals, and the same goes for the au chocolat. Sure, they got coffee syrups to add that extra bit of salted caramel to your brew, but the payoff comes to your sodastream machine - The real charm comes from the availability of drinks syrups from France, the Teisseires and the Piquitos. Trust me, it's much better than the crap on offer in the US, and they last a long time. Honestly, with their large selection of sauces, candies, charcuterie and cooking oils, you cannot help but be impressed by both the breadth and depth of their selections. Want good eating? Visit old Europe. No availability on Air Transat? Bixi out to La Vielle Europe.