You know you're having a "Verdun" moment when you walk into a butcher shop owned by expatriate…read morecontinental Frenchman (as in from France) that not only specialized in French, continental, and American cuts but also ASIAN cuts as well and the friendly staff there break out into perfect French, English or Korean at any given time. Seriously, the best, thickest cuts of bacon I've ever seen, freshest lamb shanks ever, great made-on-the-premises sausages. If you are a carnivore or happily-content omnivore, you will have died and gone to heaven when you walk in here. Staff are super-friendly and helpful and the place is meticulously clean. Prices are also very,very reasonable given the quality of meat here. Every neighbourhood should be so lucky to have a great butcher shop like Le Viandal.

Guess who finally found a butcher shop in Verdun, Qc? Yes yes yes I did. And I immediately went for…read moremy preferred steak, the KING of steaks, a Rib Eye steak, perfectly marbled, and once I seared that baby, it was easily in my top 10 steaks of all time. We're talkin' some seriously good steak here and at $6.50 for 10oz. we're talking some seriously cheap eats that turn out better than restaurant fair. I also purchased some onsite handmade sausage that looks just wonderfull. But since I was simply walking by and discovered this, from what I hear, Verdun institution I didn't have anything in mind. But the possibilities in this meatopolis are seemingly endless. I saw every possible cut of beef, veal, pork, venison, and delicious duck. They also have prepared meals and other tasty goodies for meat lovers. Seriously there is no hope for me now that I have a serious meat shop just around the corner (sorta). The service was great, helpful and friendly. Butchery is a dying art and anyone with a love of food should support their local butchers. Keep in mind that if you buy steak at your local chain store supper market is cheap quality, often very badly butchered and overpriced, while a butcher has a deeper appreciation and respect for meat. You don't have to eat offal to be a meat lover, enjoying a good quality steak is sufficient and reason enough to bypass the chain store and go support your local butcher, local fishmonger and local whatever. Make friends with the owner and you'll see the good stuff that comes from this relationship. It's like going to a bar, if you're a good tipper, by the end of the night, your drinks are free.

Really nice butcher that offers premium choice of meats. They also smoke their own bacon and smoked…read moremeat. If you buy sous-vide and frozen meats, you get an extra 5% off. The owner and butcher knows his meat. I had very good service coming from the butchers but the cashier/floor employee was so rude! I was the only person there and with my order of 250$ worth of brisket, it made her nervous because it prevented her from filling out her shelves. She made it quite clear about that. At one point, I even heard her say "osti" while at the cash register. It made my first time there quite unpleasant afterwards. I drove an hour to get to them... i would definitely return when in need of special cuts of beef and cross my fingers that she'll be in a more pleasant mood. That's why I gave it a 4 and not a 5 stars

With all the horror stories about food poisoning, antibiotics and hormones, it's nice to be able to…read moreknow the source of what we eat! This place is about short proximity supplies of great quality, natural, organic food. They grow their own beef, control the process at the slaughterhouse and sell it directly to the public. The meat is individually wrap and frozen quickly to make sure that the quality remain high. This enable them to offer a wide choice of cuts and the vacuum packing enables quick unfreezing in cold water. On this nice spring day, we settle to have our first bbq of the season but our plan was rather a late one... we didn't have a bbq and it was 4 pm and stores were closing at 5 pm on this Saturday. After stoping in Hudson to buy a charcoal Weber (with charcoal) we asked the store if they knew of a butcher in town and one of the girl directed us vaguely to this producer. We got there at 4:30 pm and were greeted by a nice and very enthusiastic woman who gladly showed us their variety of cuts available. For our bbq, we settle on a great porterhouse steak which she suggested would take about an hour to unfreeze in cold water. We also bough some bacon and fresh eggs. At home, we unfroze the steak while assembling the bbq and proceeded to cook our steak. A porterhouse is a higher quality t-bone and is big enough to share (a part of it is the "filet mignon"). I shared the sirloin part with my partner (who had a small part with her salmon) and our son got the filet mignon. It was probably the tastier piece of meat I ever had in North America! We followed up with bacon and eggs on the next morning and it was absolutely great. They don't produce their own pork and chickens but source it from nearby places they know and they make sure that those follow the same organic, humane process that they do for their beef. An awesome place to know and we will be back often. My philosophy with meat is that it is better to eat less of it but when you do, source it with high quality. This place makes it possible and easy to do for us! They also have a place in Terrebonne for those that find it more convenient.

I purchased a wide variety of meats from Sylvie and she pointed me in all the directions concerning…read moreproducts etc..... My kids loved the rib eye very very tender and extremely tasty. Yum, yum....

We stopped for sandwiches at this boutique butcher shop. Rustic trendy decor with beautiful wood,…read moreexposed brick, open-case fridges, floor to ceiling glassed-in butchery, and a tiny eating counter with three barstools. No bathroom. We split the Philly steak sandwich with Angus beef and tender mushrooms, and some other veggies, served hot. The other was smoked turkey and pesto, with spicy peppers and eggplant served on crusty bread, served panini style. We asked for no cheese (personal preference). These sandwiches were next level! Worth every penny from this bougie place we wouldn't normally go to. Sandwich perfection and friendly service. We shared a Zam Cola which was better and less chemically than Coke. Kinda like Brio. Yummy. We will be back with family from the USA for this European style experience.

Hands down best steaks in town!…read more I always pick up steaks here just before I take off for camping. Nothing beats a fresh grilled steak in the wilderness. Gotta give it to them they really do have a great selection of steaks with amazing marbling. It's always so juicy and amazing. The cool part is that they have pre made food like chimichurri brochettes, bbq ribs and souvlakia for easy grilling. The pret a manger selection at the counter is packed with goodies like (shepherds pie, Cesar salad and onion soup) I noticed that they actually have beer and wine here and they are all Quebec local brands. I love that they keep it local good eats and good drinks.

A bad day along Saint-Laurent! I stepped into the joint only…read moreto be harassed by a man panhandling for money... INSIDE the store. What the??? Why would a business owner allow this? After brushing him aside, I looked at the wall of dried sausages hoping to spot my prize. I wanted to bring home a nice selection on the plane home to Vancouver. Wait! What the??? again. Staring back at me was a nice coating of blue mold around one of the ends of the sausages. Au Revoir!

Tiny meat store with a good assortment of eurostyle cured meats and sausages, along with some…read moreappropriate spices and canned and packaged foods. As others have said, they also make sandwiches to go, which one can choose to eat at their little parcel shelf next to the door. The appeal of this place for me, though, is the partially-smoked and cured pork shoulder rolls they keep in the small cold case along the back wall. They're not even labelled, so you may have to ask to be pointed at them. But do ask. One of those balls of meat, simmered in a cauldron of water for 150 minutes, yields both the most densely-flavored, tastiest cold pork you'll ever put on your sideboard, and a pot of truly magnificent stock for your next pea or white bean soup. They also sell a couple of different varieties of bacon, in slabs if you wish. And there is no question too stupid for the bright lady in the baseball hat behind the cash. This is another of those little places that makes cooking my way through a Montreal winter into something I almost look forward to in summer.

Great charcuterie selection. Only dissappointment was the merguez: not spicy enough…read more... Will return on next Montreal visit.

The House of Roast. Thought it was the house of pasta...but that was another business right down…read morethe road. Pretty much high end, speciality, gourmet, grocery store. Love everything about it. Was looking for highly seasoned, peppered or blackened turkey deli meat...but apparently, that is not a common food item in Montreal. Does anybody KNOW where???? I can find this?? Okay, back to the review... they have all types of meat, duck, pigeon, horse & cow meat. Yes... horse meat. HUGE massive selection of cheeses. Lots of unique spices. Looks like heaven to the Gourmand.

Walking inside this specialty butcher shop is a treat, you are visually stimulated with the colors,…read moreshapes and aromas of fresh meats, cured meats, grocery items, prepared foods, etc. You can get Wagyu beef, sirloin, T-bones, pork chops, veal, etc...you can take some already prepared kebobs or sides home to finish off...all made with excellent spices and marinates. The owner, Patrick Loyau, owner of this butcher shop in the Jean-Talon market, knows how to make a business succeed. He bought the premises on rue Mozart in 1994, at the age of 24. When he opened the store, he was not yet a butcher.... his employees taught him everything....so hiring the right people is always the best strategy for a good enterprise. For nearly 20 years, this small butcher's shop has many loyal customers that do not hesitate to weave their way between its crowded aisles in exchange for its quality products (such as its famous marinated flank steak) and the friendly service of its personnel. Hi

When I walk the door Boucherie du Marche, I know I can do it…read more I can come here and load up on all the pre-prepared food (tons of beef, pork, poultry, rabbit, lambs)... just grill, bake, pan fried... a dinner party for my friends? Hopefully, they love meat and will eat everything. There are also cured and preserved meat and all the sauages I need if I just want to make a Charcuterie platter.... bon appétit!

A woman was giving out samples and I just couldn't resist. We tried at least 4 types and purchased…read morea pack of five. All flavours were tasty and well-seasoned. Great for a bbq, that's for sure!

Saucissier de L'ouest isn't what you see on the sign. It say something like WunderWurst Saucissier…read morebut there's some smaller sign for with their place they say Saucissier de l'Ouest. So the owner bought the business from a guy that used to be quite sloppy and lacked in cleaniness. Well the current owner revamped that and is clean and listening and trying lot of stuff and is always serving people, always rolling his stock and that's a very good thing to hear about a place where freshness is everything...or Almost. There's also quality and variety. And you he hold 60 kinds of sausages / chorizos / gendarme/ peppeto. Also a pretty interesting selection of Gluten Free sausages. The owner and his wife as pretty much always working there and being successful at it. They have love for what they do. They serve some food in the Marché de l'Ouest food court like burgers and european hotdog with home made fries. Cheap deal for quick eating. I won't go into details about every sausages I've tried there, but I have to say that half would sound about right. I like their Gluten Free sauvages, especially because it's Game Meat and I LOVE GAME MEAT. Also they have some good gluten free breakfast sausages, nothing like you would normally taste. I also like their more casual sausages like Italian, or Chorizo which are natural, no additive and freaking delicious compare to the one you buy in the super market. Smoked saucages! This is delicious! the Swiss Cheese or Debriziner which is spicy smoked german saucages is amazing. Most of the time I go to Marché de l'Ouest, I'll grab at least something to eat there and have a chat with the owner about what's new, what's the good seller of the week, etc. Le Saucissier de l'Ouest n'est pas le logo qu'on voit quand on passe devant l'endroit, c'est plus quelque chose comme WunderWurst Saucissier mais c'est l'ancien propriétaire était paresseux et pas super propre. Il a vendu son commerce à un nouveau proprio vraiment sympathique et surtout beaucoup plus propre! Si il y a un truc qui compte dans ce domaine là c'est la propreté, la fraicheur des produits et biensur la variété et la qualité du produit. Je suis content de voir que Mon Saucissier soit vraiment quelqu'un avec une belle passion pour son commerce, à l'écoute de ses clients, toujours en train de chercher de différents produits a faire essayé à ces clients. Il tient une impressionante variété de 60 sortes de saucisses sans compter Chorizo, Gendarme, pepetto. Il a en moyenne, de façon permanentes 45 sortes. Sans rentrer trop dans les détails de ce que j'ai essayé et manger, je dois dire au moins la moitié du stock qu'il a, je l'ai essayé. Quelques trucs intéressant: des saucisses sans Gluten, beaucoup d'options de gibiers et volaille. J'aime les options de saucisses fumés, la Debreziner est piquante et bonne, la fumée au fromage suisse, superbe. J'aime les classiques comme Italienne, toulouses et saucisse de déjeuner particulièrement bonne. Bonne quantités de saucisses naturelles sans additifs chimique. C'est ça qui fait que t'achètes de la saucisse a un Saucissier VS un super marché ou une «boucherie moyenne». C'est vraiment une bonne place où l'on peut se procurer des Burgers ou des hot dog européens avec des frites maison! Vraiment très bonne! Vraiment un bon marché, pas cher. Allez y faire un tour, ça vaut vraiment le coup.

Very nice and consistently good quality meat...that's unfortunately very expensive (my only gripe…read morewith this place really). Before going to Vito's I never thought that there could be such variations in the taste of a cut of pork...now I know. Service is always warm and friendly. These guys also have a great memory for faces. I only go there 8 or 10 times per year and they always seem to remember me and most of their customers. It's also the only place I know of where I can get my fix of authentic Italian Limonata (not the one made in the States).

Chez Vito is one of my favourite butchers in Montreal. Friendly service and great small-talk with…read morethe guys when you come in and they will always help you find the perfect steak for you. Honestly, whenever we are in the mood for steak, we'd rather go buy their marinated bavette and cook at home instead of going out. The marinade is very simple (oil, paprika, steak spice, salt, pepper) and not overpowering. With a cast-iron pan and some animal fat for frying, you can make a restaurant quality meal in no time. Another great thing about this place are the wonderful Italian products they import. The other day, Dino had me try some special Mortadella he had imported (the name escapes me). It was soft, perfectly flavoured and melt-in-your mouth good. If you're looking for a butcher in the Plateau/Mile-End, look no further. Chez Vito ranks among the top 3 butchers in the city and his prices are very reasonable.

My FAVOURITE place to buy meat at Atwater. Great selection, great service! My personal favourite?…read moreThe bavette with shallots... delicious on the BBQ!

I like this place. They offer many options for different cuts of meat. I wanted brisket and they…read moreoffered me 4 different size/fat options. Price is quite reasonable given quality. Only quibble: can't always get help/tips on how to prepare the meats purchased. Given (still premium) price, I view advice as part of the product (hence 4 stars).