August 2012
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Annex 85: La Mangeoire
Truck spotted at: Parc Émilie-Gamelin Montreal, Quebec Metro: Berri-UQAM Bus: STM 14, 15, 24, 30, 125, 410, 427, 430, 715, 747
Visit: August 24, 2012 http://www.lamangeoiretruck.com/ Summer 2012 has been a very busy time for the GBS. On top of getting a lot of burgering done, I’ve been checking off a shortlist of 5 places that I had to get through before the vacation ended. That list...
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Annex 84: Kem CoBa
60 Fairmount O. Montreal, Quebec Bus: STM 46, 51, 55, 80, 435, 935 Visit: August 21, 2012 http://kemcoba.com/ The Mile-End district of Montreal is literally bursting at the seams with places to visit. In the last post on this blog, the latest brunch and burger offering was looked at. With that place in the books, I just couldn’t resist crossing the street and sampling some of the most...
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Burger 156: Fabergé
25 Fairmount O. Montreal, Quebec Bus: STM 46, 51, 55, 80, 435, 935 Visit: August 21, 2012 http://www.restofaberge.com The Mile-End part of Montreal is home to a lot of really big names in Montreal’s eating scene. Trying to become one of those iconic names isn’t quite that easy. When your neighbours are Wilensky’s and Fairmount Bagels, you know that the competition is...
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Annex 83: Grumman'78 Counter
1616 Sainte-Catherine O. Faubourg Ste-Catherine Montreal, Quebec Metro: Guy-Concordia Bus: STM 15, 24, 57, 66, 165, 166, 427, 435
Visit: August 16, 2012 http://www.grumman78.com/ Over the course of Summer 2012, I’ve been visiting a series of places that have been on a shortlist. While they haven’t been the kind of places you would necessarily hear great buzz from, they were...
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Burger 155: Abie's Smoked Meat & Steak
3980 Saint-Jean Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec Bus: STM 201, 205, 207, 218, 470, 485 Visit: August 14, 2012 http://www.abiesmokedmeat.com/ The debate for Montreal’s best smoked meat is always a heated one. There are many contenders when thinking about that fierce question. Well, today, I’m not going to add any fuel to that fire. What I will do is add something that’s a whole...
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Road to Burger 200: The Challenge
With just over 150 burgers done in the last 3 years, I’ve been thinking about what Burger 200 is going to look like. I’ve already stated that I want this burger to be in Montreal. Also, it cannot be just any old burger, it has to be epic. What constitutes an epic burger? That’s a question that’s pretty easy to answer. An epic burger is one that makes your jaw drop. ...
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Annex 82: Les Rotisseries Benny
5500 Grande Allée Saint-Hubert, Quebec Delivery Phone #: (450) 462-1060 Bus: RTL 5, 21, 50, 150 Pick-Up: August 9, 2012 http://www.bennybbq.com/ When I think of another part of my upbringing, chicken plays a big part of that. In the past, I had a soft spot for Kentucky Fried Chicken. But, also in the picture was a take-out/delivery place known as Rotisseries Benny, or Benny’s for...
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Burger 154: Resto :)
5486 Boulevard Saint-Laurent Montreal, Quebec Bus: STM 46, 55 Visit: August 7, 2012 Every once and again, there comes a restaurant name so out there that it gets people talking. That name is the computer symbol for a smiley face. Normally, I wouldn’t be so interested in something that out of the ordinary unless it had something that everyone can read, a burger on a menu. Well, I was...
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Burger 2 Burger w/Yelp MTL's Risa D. and...
We all know that food is such an intricate part of Montreal. For me, the aspect that takes precedence is the burger scene. That scene is so much more than the burgers themselves, but the people who make that all possible. There are so many angles and directions that come from that and I hope let you in on some of that. Hopefully, about once a month, I hope to introduce you to people who make...
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Annex 81: Café Grand
6202 Sherbrooke O. Montreal, Quebec Bus: STM 104, 105, 138, 420 Visit: August 4, 2012 Recently, I was given an invitation to a restaurant to try something I haven’t done in almost 20 years, brunch. Brunch is not something that I will go out of my way to go get, though it’s something that I’ve been thinking more and more about over the last few years. Well, there was no...
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GBS Review of July 2012
Thinking about what I did, or didn’t get to do in June, I had to make up for lost time in July. July was jam packed with a lot of big time visits, most notably a trek to Toronto, the home of Burger 150. It seems like just yesterday where I was going to Ottawa and Quebec City to hit the milestones of Burger 50 and Burger 100. Even though July was a conclusion to the third season of the...
