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| - Schwartz's smoked meat eh? Coming from NYC, the capital of deli's, I think I would have very high standards. So, whatdya got? You have two options here, go the sit down route and wait in that horrendous line or do the take out route and be in and out in 15 minutes. Since we didn't want to waste our limited time in Montreal standing in line, we did option two. Food here is pretty cheap you can get one of their sandwiches for $8.00 CAD (IIRC) and fries for another $2.00 or so. This pricing of course is infinitely cheaper than what Carnegie Deli or Katz's Delicatessen will charge you. Hell you can get TWO sandwiches at Schwartz's for the NYC equivalent.
However, the big difference is in the size. Katz's sandwich is huge, piled high with so much meat you could make two sandwiches out of it. So I guess on price, it's about even. The smoke meat at Schwartz's has a rich and deep flavor but what I disliked was how dry it actually was. Because it was so dry, the juicy goodness of Katz's wins hands down. I never quite understand why these Jewish delis use crappy rye bread to hold down such a massive amount of meat, they always tend to fall apart quite quickly and make a mess. Either way, Schwartz's was a good stop to try Montreal Smoked Meat, but it just can't beat what we have in Manhattan.
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