Dunns
My first exposure to Dunns was when I lived in Ottawa. The Dunn's on Elgin was one of my favourite places to eat. When I moved back to Toronto there was a Dunn's at Empress Walk. It lasted a few years, but Torontonians never warmed up to Montreal smoked meat - shame on them.
So on our family vacation to Montreal, we had the opportunity to dine at the original Dunn's. To me, this is like the Holy Grail of Dunn's locations. Going in, I was surprised just how small it was given the size of the other locations we had been to. Still its not size that matters, its how the food tastes.
I had the Super Smoked Meat Sandwich, and my wife had the Classic Club. The kids split chicken fingers and a cheese pizza amongst the three of them. Our food arrived, then I had a mixed experience. My smoked meat sandwich was good. However my recent smoked meat at Brisket Montreal (Salon Krausmann) was better. The fries were ok, but as memory serves me the fries at the other Dunns locations were just ok as well.
My wife gave her lunch a 7 out of 10, and the kids were very happy with the pizza, and the chicken fingers got an ok.
The detractor of the meal was the table beside us. The general manager of the Dunns chain was there with a salesperson, discussing their television advertising plan. I didn't need to hear two loud talkers during most of my meal. Management should know better and should discuss plans in their office.