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| - I can't comment on dinner, but we had a great lunch here during our trip to Montreal.
We grabbed a couple seats at the bar towards the back end of the restaurant, which ended up being quite close to the open kitchen. Hopefully the chef doesn't get annoyed when people sit there, but we had a fun time watching him work his magic. We kept changing our mind on what to order as things appeared from the kitchen, all looking incredible.
That's how we arrived at the bacon burger, which mind you, is stacked with much more than that and was superb. We also had the polenta and meatballs, which were also outstanding and some sort of salad that's faded from memory with all the meat we ate. What I am still dreaming about however, is the Chou-Fleur Frit. Fried brussels? Almost always great, fried cauliflower the same, but those two combined with fried halloumi in a bed of yogurt and hummus?? The best. If I'm being honest, I could just eat the fried halloumi with the various dippings forever, but it was nicely balanced with the vegetables.
Our waiter/server/just all around personable guy Alesandro (think I have that correct) was top notch as well. Excellent detail about anything on the menu, happy to chat with us about Montreal (on our first day in town). I hear that Montreal is a service industry down and the standard is high, but even if that is the case, Alesandro was above and beyond.
A cozy, delicious place for lunch and we would certainly return if in Montreal again. Well worth your time.
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