This place hands down has excellent smoked meat. It definitely is a Montreal landmark. My boyfriend is from out of town and loves coming here. We prefer to order our smoked meat a bit on the fatty side - it is much more flavourful this way, I strongly recommend it! Their pickles and their coleslaw are delicious too. The drag with this place is the long lines. Tourists: the inside is kind of run down and they sit you next to other strangers - you are better off at their take out store which is right next door! In their take out area, they have a few places that you can sit and eat. Otherwise, what we do is, we will take it to go, and sit across the street at the area where the city has designated a rest area with benches. There are also many nearby parks to enjoy your food and avoid the crazy lines.
A downfall in my opinion is that the restaurant is Cash only, so irritating when you are forced to use the ATM.