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MONTREAL SMOKED MEAT: SCHWARTZ’S, LESTER’S AND THE MAIN

When traveling to a new city – especially Montreal, extensive research is usually done to find great attractions, local museums, shows and or shopping. In such a metropolitan city the things to do are endless, but what lures most travelers to Montreal is the food.

BLACKSTRAP BBQ: MEMPHIS COMES TO MONTREAL

New to the Wellington strip in Montreal’s Verdun neighborhood, sits the greenhorn, Blackstrap BBQ – offering the lucky residents and destination restaurant diners authentic Memphis style, southern barbecue.

A MONTREAL BURGER PHOTO GALLERY

Montreal ushered in September with the first annual Montreal Burger Week. Over twenty restaurants – some with specialty burgers specifically for this week – participated in this weeklong burger brawl, battling for the ultimate title. If you missed out, here’s a photo gallery of some of Montreal’s best burgers…

PORTUGUESE CHICKEN IN MONTREAL

Unike the little villages that pepper Montreal where one can find an abundance of local ethnic specialties – dragon’s beard candy and dim sum in Chinatown and fresh canoli and pizza in little Italy – you can smell the grilling of Portuguese chicken from almost any corner of town…

MONTREAL BURGER WEEK: SEPTEMBER 1-7

The idea of “Montreal’s best burger” is undoubtedly one of the single most debated issues of the city. It surpasses “best ways to avoid traffic congestion”, “best public washroom” and “best Celine Dion album”. It would take forever to find a burger that would best represent Montreal… actually, it will take a week: Montreal Burger Week.

DIABLOS BBQ HEATS UP RUE ST-DENIS

One of the newest players in the Montreal barbecue game, Diablos BBQ, is situated in one of the city’s most eclectic streets – St-Denis. Amongst the boutiques and lively terraces that line this section of the Latin Quarter, billows the smoke signal calling all barbecue aficionados and charcoal connoisseurs…