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  • Punishing and decadent. In a good way. Joe Beef is where you go when you've had enough of clean living and want to give your arteries a workout. It's been a couple years since we've been here as recent media appearances by the owners (Bourdain's shows etc) have rendered this the go to spot for out of towners, and reservations are hard to come by. We met 5 groups in line (more on that later) and none were from Montreal. In that time Joe Beef seems to have morphed from a neighborhood restaurant into hipster central. Reggae and rap blasting all night, super informal service and packed with kids (we're in our 30's and felt on the cusp of irrelevancy amongst this crew). The only sour note of the meal was waiting in line in the rain while looking through the windows at 15 year old servers languidly setting the five free tables while the five sets of diners outside who had reservations looked on. Come on guys, getting your customers indoors and seated should be the priority! But once seated all was forgotten. Perusing the chalkboard we settled on an opener of lobster and caviar, New Brunswick oysters, and raw scallop with pumpkin seed. Paired with a light and bubbly Rosé from Italy and our eyes were rolling back in our heads. Next up was the infamous Foie Gras Double Down. Twin pieces of deep fried foie forming the "bun" of a bacon and cheddar sandwich slathered in Quebec maple syrup. My informal calorie count had this somewhere in the the two thousand range. No problem since we paired it with in season local asparagus. Oops, the veggies are swimming in a tangy bechamel with more aged cheddar on top. Still the best asparagus I may have ever had, peeled and lightly steamed they were crisp and flavorful and offset the foie nicely. Our eyes were bigger than our stomaches and so we were only able to choke down a third of our shared steak. It came with fresh grated horseradish, and a fat slab of tomato on top with the whole thing resting in a gravy made and served right in the pan it was cooked in. Oddly antiquated presentation, but the whole meal had something vaguely seventies about it which was actually kind of fun. We ended with espresso (way too bitter!) and an amazing rhubarb dessert. All in all one of the best meals I've ever had in Montreal, so despite the rocky start and the Peter Pan feel of the place the food lives up to its reputation.
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