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| - Thank you, Le Saint-Sulpice- especially our cute, friendly waiter for introducing me to poutine- for showing us what a great Montreal time is all about on a Saturday night!
As mentioned in other reviews, the outdoor terrace is huge, huge, h-u-g-e, crammed with hundreds of other Saturday night revelers, and l-o-u-d. It feels like one ginormous party with people flowing in and out of the terrace, between the tables and seats hoping to grab one, and up and down the stairs to its many floors.
Now about the food and service:
There are separate servers for food and drinks. The servers in red are for drinks, and the ones in blue are for food. You place your order, they come back with it, you pay/tip on the spot, then enjoy what you ordered. Is this a Montreal thing? Whatever it is, I think it's a great system: get the bill/tax/tip crap out of the way with the group you're with then enjoy your drinks/meal.
Our drink server was all right, but our food server was incredibly friendly (and very handsome, but unfortunately that can't be a factor in my yelp review) who recommended we tried poutine when we asked him for a unique Montreal dish, and gave us other restaurant recommendations-even going out of his way to look for them and mark them on our maps. Thanks! :)
The poutine (french fries, cheese curds that go squeak-squeak when you chew them, according to waiter cutie, and gravy) was pretty good, with a heavy dose of gravy that transported me back to memories of Thanksgiving, although when I tried it somewhere else known for their awesome poutine, the gravy wasn't so Thanksgiving-ish.
Our group liked this place so much, two of us went back the next night around midnight and ordered a pitcher of sangria, kicking back near the fountain. Since it was a Sunday night, the atmosphere was slightly less rambunctious but lively nevertheless (but no waiter cutie in sight... oh well).
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