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| - ACP is situated on the famous St. Denis street which has lots of bars, nightclubs and restaurants on it. So a restaurant has to be special in order to stand out from this huge assortment of eateries, and ACP does exactly that. First of all let's be clear about the price tag that is associated with this French cuisine "gastronomie" experience. You'd easily end up paying around $90-100 per person (aperitif, entree, dessert, coffee, tips and tax).
The decor is good in a rustic way. There's no printed menu, all the available items are written on a blackboard which covers more than half the wall adjacent to the counter. The waitress who served us, very cheerfully and patiently, explained in detail all the ingredients in the menu items we chose and how they were cooked and would be served. Although the item list is pretty limited, they have chicken, mutton, beef, fish and veggie well covered. I chose escalope de veau as my main dish with coquille St. Jacques as the entree. Both these items were very delicious. The veal escalope was served with green beans and roasted tomatoes with a chef's speciality creamy sauce. Although the portions are medium sized (you won't expect big portions in a French restaurant anyway) they compensate it with giving you a lot of bread and butter that you can have with your entree or even with your main course.
We ordered Margot 99 (I don't remember exactly) to go with our order and it was sublime. I chose mousse au chocolat as dessert and an espresso to go with it. Needless to say that the dessert was excellent as well.
The only thing which would stop me from going back to this restaurant is that it's very pricey. Apart from that it's a very good place to eat with excellent decor and ambiance. Oh and if you'd like to have a digestif, they serve cognac/grand marnier as well. Just don't drive after all these Margots and Cognacs otherwise you'd be paying about the same price in traffic tickets to SAAQ hehe.
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