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| - My first time in Montreal! I have heard so much about the food here and because my bf and I were only here for two days, we (or I) wanted to maximize my eating experience. My bf brought me to this very popular brunch place (name eludes me now) and the line was INSANE! I am normally not a stand-in-line girl, but add to the fact that it was FRICKIN cold, I was dying. And I was hungry. I was so hungry that I told my bf I just wanted to eat at St. Hubert's for lunch as it was close by. Yes, St. Hubert's as my first restaurant destination in Montreal!
Luckily, we also passed by this pub, which I thought was just a regular pub...until we stepped in. This is a classy, glorified, upscale pub...whatever you want to call it. The place was pretty empty and we got to sit in nice circular booths...stars for that! As with other reviews, you come here for the mussels and we were not disappointed. However, can anyone really do mussel's badly?
Because I was planning a birthday dinner for my bf, I wanted to eat light. And of course, my "light" was ordering the sausage dish with your choice of two HUGE sausages, salad and a compliment of different mustards. Delish, but feeling absolutely full. I couldn't even imagine eating dinner...which is probably why I got sick after my dinner (another review on that).
There are lots of beers here and my bf tried a local Quebecois choice. I had some beer with a polar bear as the icon...refreshing to say the least.
All in all, not bad. I loved the atmosphere, but it was quiet and for a late lunch. From other reviews, the service may be on or off, but ours was certainly nothing to complain about. The food also didn't disappoint (BIG PORTIONS), and you can never go wrong with a wide selection of beers.
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