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| - The cafe had really cool decor- it was like a throwback to the 60's.
The food was good, I got a Huevos Rancheros and my boyfriend ordered a classic breakfast. The food was deilcious! The bagels come on the side of both and the salsa on my plate was SO good.
The drawback from this place was the quality of service. Our server came and checked on us once total. We ran out of water and I had a fairly spicy breakfast, and it took her a really long time to refill our drinks.
When we were finished with our meal, nobody gave us guidance on how to pay, and so we sat there for about 20 minutes before grabbing our server and saying that we would like to pay our bill. She told us to go up to the counter.
There was a gentleman, who I assume is the manager or owner, based on how he was talking to the staff and other guests, who was ringing us out. When my boyfriend pulled out his American credit card (with the chip), he looked at us and told us he couldn't take that. Over the course of our 4-day trip to Montreal, he was the only one that told us that he couldn't take an American card. I'm still not sure if he just didn't want to deal with an American card or if that was true. From our perspective, he had the same card reader as everyone else - so we aren't sure.
As a result, he made us go to an ATM in-house and get Canadian money to pay him with. So with the $2.95 ATM fee, in our eyes, that made our breakfast a bit more expensive.
The food was fine- but if you are looking for Montreal bagels, go somewhere else with better service. You'll have an all-around better experience.
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