I was told that this place is a MUST TRY so I added it to my itinerary. I showed up to find an apparently famous out the door lineup. I figured that if any place has a line up out the door when it's -24 with the windchill, it had to be good!! I was not disappointed.
I only waited in the line up for about 10-15 minutes. The way they have arranged their seating meant that the waiting isn't necessary going to be long and it reminded me of a school's lunch room where long tables were lined up all the way to the back and you were squeezed into any available chair. Although not ideal, this layout got the job done of getting you in and fed a lot faster.
The menu had several different items listed; like chicken/turkey sandwiches, steak, etc. but while I was there I didn't witness a single person consuming anything but the smoked meat sandwich this place was well known for.
The sandwich was definitely mouth watering good and I'm already looking forward to my next visit. I had also ordered a side of fries and a pickle which went great with the sandwich. I left Schwartz with half a pound of their smoked meat spices combo and a chunk of meat from next door (take out section). They accept plastic (debit/CCs) only in their take out section and only if you spend over $12, whereas it's only cash in the diner side.
If anyone knows of a place that is remotely similar to Schwartz's in Toronto (GTA), I would love to know about it.