I have been to this city too few times, given that it is no further from the Boston area in time and distance than Philadelphia. I found it took about 5 hours to get to Montreal from the Boston area via these routes: 3, 93, 89, 35, 133, 10, and then crossing via Pont Champlain. I will describe some restaurants I have been and some more places I intend to try on future trips here. Zagat does not currently produce a restaurant guide to this city.
| Ambience Tea Room 1874 Notre Dame West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 514-939-2609 |
W-7 | |
| This is a combination antique shop and restaurant, as I recall. At least it looks like an antique shop, even if it is not. This is a low-key, out-of-way place to come for a brunch or lunch. The food is quite good, but I cannot recall specific items we had. | ||
| Ben's Delicatessen Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
W-0 | |
| Fodors guide book influenced us to go here. The only thing redeeming is you get a glimpse of the 1950's when it was last decorated. Stay away, except perhaps to look at it. | ||
| Cafe Mozart 2090 DeLaMontagne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 514-849-1482 |
W-5 | |
| This has Hungarian fare. All in all in was only fair, but the soups were great. A smoked salmon appetizer was very good. | ||
| Le Jardin Nelson 407 Place Jacques Cartier, Vieux Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
W-8 | |
| This is a pleasant outdoor place, featuring crepes. They were open on Memorial Day in 1996. They had live chamber classical music. | ||
| Moishe's Steak 3961 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 514-849-9333 |
W-6 | |
| We were walking around this neighborhood and chanced upon this place. With so many interesting places in the city, it is hard to recommend a steak place. We had been eating various ethnic foods for a few days and thought a more plain meal would be good. There was a wait for about 30 minutes in a cramped front room. Perhaps one could have ordered a drink from a bar visible in that room and stood there while waiting. Once seated, we ordered T-bones, and they were disappointing - somehat thin and with too much fatty sections. The sirloin looked much better on other folks' plates - it was considerably thicker. The verenekes, potato/dough dumplings are available steamed or fried; we tried them both ways and I prefered the fried ones; but the steamed ones were served with strands of fried onion, which were a good accompaniment. | ||
| Troika 2171 Crescent St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 514-849-9333 |
W-7 | |
This is located between Sherbrook and Maisonneuve. The
total experience here makes this worthy of continued
return visits. The environment seems to transport you
back to the old country. There is a roving accordionist,
who ended one evening here accompanying Wendy's vocals.
When you arrive, you deserve to sample the various
special imported flavored vodkas, served straight from
the freezer in small shot glasses:
Most of these are impossible to get by the public, at
least in the Boston area. It sounded as if the restaurant
imports these directly somehow. |
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These are places which caught my eye, since they have cuisines unusual for us:
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