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| - Let me save you time: It's the smoked meat sandwich, with a pickle, and a black cherry soda. Number 4 on their board of items to order. That's the thing you get here (and of course, get some poutine) and that's the thing people will ask you if you got here.
It's incredibly, wildly popular here. Which doesn't coordinate well with the teeny interior. There is precious little seating, so unless you luck out on a rainy day and arrive with no waiting for a single seat at the bar (but a nearly full house otherwise) at 11:25am, you're going to wait. By the time I left at noon, there was a monstrous line out the door and down the sidewalk.
If you've made it past those two paragraphs up there, I should also indicate that there's a massive menu here and I feel kind of bad giving you the same tourist info that is undoubtedly on many websites and traveler books. Yes, this is what you get. But it seems like if I were to come back and really dive into the menu, I could find some things that are real treasures. The fellas next to me came in and ordered something entirely different; one was a local and the other visiting, trusting his judgment. Indeed, the menu is actually pretty large.
I delighted in that sandwich, was totally happy to have also ordered poutine, and it was a totally wonderful and pleasant meal. The bread, the mustard, the pastrami; it's hearty stuff and stacked high. Currently it's around $10 for the sandwich, and I was out of there for less than $20 with the poutine.
Be aware that it's cash only. There's an ATM a few doors down, and they were super patient as I asked directions. The whole staff, in fact, was patient with my questions. Incredibly kind and tolerant. I'm sure I asked the same questions that they're asked a hundred times daily, but they were nice in answering, prompt in service, and got me in and out quick--but not too quickly.
You have to get the smoked meat sandwich. Start there. You have to, at least once. Then go back and really explore what else they do.
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