Santropol! How many first dates, friendly lunches, long university reading sessions, hungover solitary coffee ravishings?
Whither flow the sandwiches of time?
I am a big fan of their carroty-raisiny veggie pate and their simple salads. All of their sandwiches are huge - the tuna will feed you for 2 days (if you are 5"2'), but Santropol is really about being the meat between the slices of LIFE that is its atmosphere.
The stamped tin ceiling, murals, old books and wooden everything along with the beauuutiful leafy backyard make this the kind of place every Montrealer is happy to visit over and over.
I recommend asking 'light on the cream cheese' if you don't like it to be more than 2 centimeters thick.
Service wise, it varies. The place is bigger than it looks so the wait is usually justified. Take it in stride and enjoy their secondary function as highly mobile lusting targets.