. "As a rule of thumb, I hate bagels. Like with a passion. They are hard and doughy and generally bread overload. So after my zillionth time in Montr\u00E9al, I finally broke down and tried a Fairmount Bagel and... I love bagels now. Just not the machine processed globs of dough that are passed off as bagels in the US. These are lighter, smaller and slightly sweet from being boiled in honey water. I did not try St. V so I have to do that the next time I am in town. It's small, crowded, the people are bitchy and I don't think they have coffee. Yet I will go back for sure. And there is a cute cafe on the corner to get coffee from anyway."^^ . . "5"^^ . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . . "2015-08-23T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ .