Montreal Trip

Hey guys

I'm going to Montreal for 4 days next week. Does anyone have any new recommendations for dining in the city? 'm looking for some resonably priced french, but also open to anythng else that Montreal may do very well. Thanks

Here is an excellent thread on this topic:

MONTREAL

We also have a poster, GEO, who splits his time between Montreal and Kansas City.

The best deal in town is the Au Bistro Gourmet, at the St-Matthieu entrance to the Guy-Concordia metro station. 9.95$CA lunch special, three courses, with three varying choices for the mains. We've been there a million times (my wife teaches at Concordia U. so it's pretty handy!), and have never failed to be shocked and awed at the incredible quality/price ratio.

Portugese is also an incredible bargain in Montreal, with Vietnamese coming in there pretty close.

For fun and games, hit Frites Alors!, a Belgian-style place, with superb frites (6 different mayo sauces), decent burgers and etc., and good beers. They're everywhere. (Well, there are 6 or 7 of them, anyway.)

If I can think of the name of the Alsatian deli we frequent in the Vieux Port, I'll get back to you.

Geo

http://www.aubistrogourmet.com/

http://www.fritealors.com/

In the following post, I recommended a wonderful BYO French bistro, Le P'tit Plateau, which was under $50 for 3 courses. I also loved Chez L'Épicier, although I'm not sure that you could do more than 2 courses and stay under $50.

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 4&start=30

Reviving one of the old Montreal threads looking for some updated recommendations for places that are a good fit for solo travelers. I'm headed to Montreal in a couple weeks (my first time visiting the city) and will be on my own to explore/eat. My flight arrives Wednesday morning and I depart late-afternoon Saturday. I found a great rate at the Chateau Versailles, so that will be my base (planning to use my feet and public transportation to get around the city). The hotel rate includes breakfast, so I'm looking more for dinner recs (assuming lunches will be more snacks to tide me over until dinner). Having read through all the Montreal threads on this board (as well as checking out a couple other boards), I've compiled a list of potential restaurants and am now in the process of narrowing down some options.

The places that I've seen consistently recommended include: Au Pied de Cochon, Schwartz's (planning to hit this for lunch after checking into my hotel on Wed), L'Express (saw a couple reviews that claimed it's getting touristy - true?), L'Actuel, P'tit Plateau, Club Chasse et Peche and Au Cinquieme Peche. I guess my main questions are what places absolutely require reservations and what places are most open to walk-ins (I'm open to early-birding a place if it means a better shot at getting a seat)? Not every dinner has to be high-end, so if you have a great rec not currently on my list, I'd love to hear it.

Daisy 11--

All those places you mention, except Schwartz', would be better with with reservations; essential at APDC and Club Chasse, unless you go in at 23h!

One place that's very handy, very old tradition, very Montréal is Le Paris, which is exactly what a bistro was in Paris in 1950. You just HAVE to love it. Two blocks from métro Guy-Concordia.

And if you haven't eaten at a Portugese grill-resto in a while, you should really give a thought to Le Roi de la Plateau: a fun family place with excellent grilled food, especially their octopus and sardines. Chicken is great, too.

Geo

PS. Surely you'll be visiting the marché Jean-Talon, right? NO visit to Montréal is complete without a visit to the finest market in North America!

Le Roi Du Plateau
51 Rue Rachel W
Montreal, QC H2W 1G2
(514) 844-8393

Geo - thanks so much for your reply. Le Paris sounds lovely and just the type of local place I like to go to when checking out new cities. And yes, I absolutely plan on visiting Marche Jean Talon - that's going to be one of my "snacking lunch" excursions. I don't think I've ever been to a Portugese grill-resto, so Le Roi de la Plateau is also interesting to me. I love grilled octopus!