The biggest surprise of my Montreal trip by far, was discovering how great these bagels were. Better than any I've EVER tried anywhere(and I very oddly didn't try bagels in at least one place, when I was in NYC...), and I enjoyed the fact that theirs were less dense than ones I've had in the U.S. Not too expensive, and Fairmount sells their own cream cheeses that were excellent.
Don't think I need to say too much else, except to look at Ju L's review on the differences between their bagels(and Chicago ones seem to be similar to NYC style bagels, based on what people have told me they are like).