As a come-from-away visiting Montreal fairly regularly, where can I get good bagels, preferably early in the morning 6a.m.-8a.m.
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Bagels in Montreal?
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Bagels
You can read about our Montreal-Style Bagels here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_bagel
And you got to go where it all began:
Fairmount Bagel: www.fairmountbagel.com/
St-Viateur Bagel: www.stviateurbagel.com/
You can read about our Montreal-Style Bagels here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_bagel
And you got to go where it all began:
Fairmount Bagel: www.fairmountbagel.com/
St-Viateur Bagel: www.stviateurbagel.com/
Thanks, I must have driven right by St. Viateur and missed it.
Next time, after Jessica and Alexia.
Next time, after Jessica and Alexia.
Best MTL Bagel
Traveller:
I vote for Fairmont Bagel as the Best Bagel in Montreal. St. Viateur is #2 IMHO. Both are great.
I am fairly addicted to the Fairmont Bagel, and visit at odd hours. To beat the rush, try going at 2:30-3:00 AM just before the bars close. No line-ups. Used to be a big rush after Saturday nite Habs games. They bake 24 hours/day, so bagels are always fresh n warm. Some bagel tips:
1) NEVER eat a hot bagel right out of the oven; you will be destroyed.
2) If you can't wait, roll down the window, hold the hot bagel outside and drive x 5 minutes (works best in January!)
3) Try the special "Matzoh Board" with sesame or onion. A real treat but not always available. Warning: Highly addictive!
Traveller:
I vote for Fairmont Bagel as the Best Bagel in Montreal. St. Viateur is #2 IMHO. Both are great.
I am fairly addicted to the Fairmont Bagel, and visit at odd hours. To beat the rush, try going at 2:30-3:00 AM just before the bars close. No line-ups. Used to be a big rush after Saturday nite Habs games. They bake 24 hours/day, so bagels are always fresh n warm. Some bagel tips:
1) NEVER eat a hot bagel right out of the oven; you will be destroyed.
2) If you can't wait, roll down the window, hold the hot bagel outside and drive x 5 minutes (works best in January!)
3) Try the special "Matzoh Board" with sesame or onion. A real treat but not always available. Warning: Highly addictive!
I enjoy St. Viateur bagels. They are open 24 hours with many locations. My favorite is there pobby seed bagel with there tuna spread (or salmon). Just writing about it makes me want to have one.
Bagel Battle
Did you read about the Bagel Battle between Montreal and Toronto in The Gazette earlier this month ... naturally, Montreal won.
Here are the articles:
1st: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazet....html?id=4a151a18-c0ff-4b08-a949-a6244899a163
2nd: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=06ce51e5-ff9b-4628-8259-4f32bc1e1749
Did you read about the Bagel Battle between Montreal and Toronto in The Gazette earlier this month ... naturally, Montreal won.
Here are the articles:
1st: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazet....html?id=4a151a18-c0ff-4b08-a949-a6244899a163
2nd: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=06ce51e5-ff9b-4628-8259-4f32bc1e1749
Fairmount bagels are definitely the best..and what a variety of choices you'll get there!
Located on Fairmount St. (between St Laurent & St Urbain)
Located on Fairmount St. (between St Laurent & St Urbain)
Maybe the place is called DAD's Bagel, as Google Map shows--on Sherbrooke O (past Decarie, headed west) by Wilson Ave--but anyways they have the Montreal-style bagels, but they are cooking them practically all the time in front of your eyes so you can get them hot, freshly-cooked, which is in my view the only palatable way to eat Montreal style bagels, which are just very plain and characterless soon after they cool, and can't compare to less sweet, more doughy bagels, whose origins I can't speak on. Haven't been there for a while but they always carried freshly-made tandori chicken to go... Very good!
Thanks, I must have driven right by St. Viateur and missed it.
Next time, after Jessica and Alexia.
I have not been there in years, itis easy to miss the place. It is a hole in the wall, not very modern.
The Fairmount and St Viateur's are definately good but are a bit out of the way if you're downtown. A closer option is the bagel place downstairs in the Faubourg Ste Catherine (corner Guy / Ste Catherine). they do make a pretty good bagel as well
Always loved Fairmount bagels... could never get into St-V.
I've always tasted that subtle honey sweetness in Fairmount bagels that seems to be missing in other popular shops' bagels. Grabbin' a fresh n warm dozen is a MTL tradition... especially late evening on a clear summer night.
I've always tasted that subtle honey sweetness in Fairmount bagels that seems to be missing in other popular shops' bagels. Grabbin' a fresh n warm dozen is a MTL tradition... especially late evening on a clear summer night.
So, how did you two meet?Near my work, i sometimes go to get bagels. I usually get 2. In the last six months, one cashier served one extra bagel. At first , i thought it was a mistake. But she kept serving me an extra bagel every time she served me.
Today, i still bought 2 bagels, she served me 4.
Is it signal or something? Is that a hint i should take or what?
Well, he thought I was giving him extra bagels as a flirt, he asked for my digits. As he walked out, with a smile and my phone number he then saw the giant sign that said: Buy one, get one free.
Just go for it budd. Unlike the habs, you gotta shoot to score.
