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July 10, 2009

Streetlevel: A Taste of Montreal for Hoyt Street

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Earlier this week, BlackBook broke the news that a new Montreal-style restaurant is under construction at 97 Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill. What's the big deal? Evidently when the new spot, to be called Mile End, opens it will offer up a dish called Poutine, which is basically french fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. The restaurant also plans to serve a microbrew from Montreal called St. Ambroise. Sounds like a winner. GMAP




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What say you Biff?

Posted by: TownhouseLady at July 10, 2009 2:17 PM

A a full time denizen of Hoyt Street (don't say nuttin or i'll put a hurt prounouced Hoit on you) i am delighted that
Mon-ray-all will be represented hear. If they can only match Schwartz's meat sandwiches....

Posted by: chrishavens at July 10, 2009 2:18 PM

I'm excited the St. Viateur bagels are coming! Yay!

Posted by: bhabe at July 10, 2009 2:27 PM

THL, je suis tellement excité!!!

chrishavens, I think I prefer Reuben's Deli to Schwartz's. I know Schwartz's is THE place for smoked meat, but it's a bit fatty for me. Still, I've spent a few nights (early mornings) in there after partying on St. Laurent!

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 2:27 PM

The Kurds are totally not going to be happy about this.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 10, 2009 2:28 PM

bhabe, êtes-vous sérieux?

I will sound so contrary, but I prefer Fairmont bagels. Having said that, I will gladly take St. Viateurs!!

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 2:29 PM

"The Kurds are totally not going to be happy about this."

No whey will they be happy.

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 2:29 PM

Sorry, was that joke cheesy?

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 2:30 PM

Will Miss Muffet chyme in?

Posted by: dittoburg at July 10, 2009 2:31 PM

Biff, totally agree. Wow I'm indifferent about either St. Viateur's or Fairmount's "plain" (sesame seed) bagels, I believe that Fairmount's everything (with fennel seeds) is the gold standard of that style.

For the time being, the chef of Sheep Station is Quebecois and the poutine there is quite tasty.

Posted by: lambretta76 at July 10, 2009 2:33 PM

Mmmm, gravy fries with bean curd, sounds delicious. Cant wait.

Posted by: woodys at July 10, 2009 2:38 PM

lambretta76, maybe I should organize a Canadian Friends of Brownstoner gathering. Or is that too exclusionary? Can we find a place that will show the Habs versus the Leafs and serves Labatts and Molson? It's coincidental that I posted in the OT today a link to the new poutine restaurant in Manhattan and a link to Tim Horton's coming to New York. It's like Canada Day all over.

I also love the Fairmount matzos (which are nothing like the typical matzos people know) that's covered in poppy seeds. A bit of melted butter on top and it is delicious!

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 2:38 PM

Biff, évidemment, I'd take Fairmount over St. Viateur (still have 2 in my freezer to get me through), but I'll take St. Viateur over none at all

Posted by: bhabe at July 10, 2009 2:42 PM

I grew up on St. Ambroise -- literally, my last few inches (from 15 years old to 18) were grown on that beer's fine, full-bodied hops.

Ah, the memories that will come flooding back with each sloppy gulp. . . .

Posted by: iz at July 10, 2009 3:05 PM

Is this how you contract St. Viateur's dance??

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 10, 2009 3:10 PM

I drink St. Ambroise each year when I go to the Cabane A Sucre in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 10, 2009 3:11 PM

The first time I ever saw poutine I thought someone had thrown up on a plate of french fries. Definitely not my thing.

Posted by: babs at July 10, 2009 3:31 PM

My quebecoise friend swears by them. I was raised in a culture where the only proper topping for fries is cheese whiz though. So... not sure.

Posted by: Heather at July 10, 2009 3:49 PM

those ladies are RUNNING from the canookian invasion fer sure! run ladies run!!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at July 10, 2009 4:01 PM

poutine is IT. I cannot wait for this place.

Posted by: laik at July 10, 2009 5:04 PM

just biked pass this today, saw a bunch of chinese construction workers sitting outside smoking, and wondered what was being built here. lo' and behold the answer is here.

the poutine at pomme frites has nothing on the poutine in montreal. hopefully this place has something closer to the real thing!

Posted by: madmanrich at July 11, 2009 12:39 AM

great news!

Posted by: werner at July 11, 2009 11:32 PM

I know that "gravy fries with cheese curd" may not sound that delicious--but it is. I can hardly wait for this place to open.

Posted by: Jumbo at July 12, 2009 9:29 AM

Have to agree with Babs re. poutine. As for smoked meat -- it's pastrami with all the flavor taken out of it (and, yeah, I tried it at the famous delis). As much as I love visiting Montreal, it's not for the local food (though the Asian cuisines there are excellent, and there's a steakhouse, La Queue de Cheval, that's as good as anything in NYC).

Posted by: ProfRobert at July 12, 2009 1:54 PM

I rarely log on during the weekend, but was very curious to see if the Awaye thread had more posts, which it did.

Anyhoo, ProfRobert, I really enjoy your posts, but on the one above, I couldn't disagree with you more!

Poutine is delicious.

Smoked meat is far juicier and tastier that the dried up corned beef and pastrami and Carnegie, Katz's, etc.

Asian cuisine in Montreal is average at best. Toronto and Vancouver have much better Asian cuisine.

La Queue de Cheval is one of the worst steakhouse experiences I ever had. While the food was edible but hardly worth returning for (almost every steak I've had in NY tops it), the experience our large group had was horrific. The service was rude (during the times we could even get the waiters' attention) and we even heard slurs uttered from more than one of them during our meal - my group was predominantly comprised of Far and East Asian individuals.

But alas, these things are all a matter of personal taste.
Vive la différence!

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 12, 2009 7:18 PM

Chacun a son gout, Biff! Obviously, I can't argue with your tastes or experiences (I'm horrified by the racist comments -- our service was great, but then each time I've gone, my dining companions and I were lily white). But really, you found the smoked meat juicier? I found it drier and less flavorful than Carnegie, Katz's, Stage, etc.

I've never had the pleasure of visiting Vancouver, and I've only had Chinese in Toronto and couldn't find good Szechuan there. In Montreal, I had excellent Indian and Thai -- though given our taste perceptions, probably neither of us should be making restaurant recommendations for the other!

Posted by: ProfRobert at July 13, 2009 1:57 PM

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