I forgot this is in the anglophone part of Montreal. So when I ordered in French (like I had been trained to do over the past few days) the very weird server kept replying in English -- the opposite of how things were in the rest of town. Ah, the politics of language. But she kept giggling oddly and half talking to me, half talking to the bakers behind her. It made for a strange experience, like I was talking to someone playing the role of insane asylum escapee. Anyway.
The bagels were sweeter than a NY bagel but my favorite part was that there was less to them -- so you didn't feel like you were eating four servings of carbs (which is about what a NY bagel is) but maybe just two. I got a few of these on my last day and the sesame was by FAR the best, and the heavily carroway-seeded/salted bagel a surprising close second. The one with chocolate chips in it tempted me but I tossed it after a few bites because it just tasted off -- poor quality chocolate and not the right dough to mix with it.
I'd recommend these as "straight from the oven" as you can get them, but the couple I took home remained chewy and delightful for a few days in the tied up bag.