St-Viateur was the clear winner when I decided to try both theirs and Fairmount's bagels.
I played it safe and got a sesame bagel and the herb and garlic cream cheese with tomato slices. This is my favourite way to eat bagels.
Our server brought it all over to the table with a heaping dish of cream cheese. At first I laughed and wondered how anyone would ever manage to eat that much cream cheese in one setting... and then I ate it all.
It was delicious and chewy and perfectly toasted. I probably could have eaten about 3 more plates it was so good.