9395 Leduc, suite 5
Brossard, Quebec
Bus: RTL 14, 35, 135
Visit: May 10, 2012
http://laurochs.com/
One of the most important things for me in this Burger Search is trying to find places close to home. The South Shore of Montreal doesn’t quite have the quality, signature places that the island does. It might be the case when it comes to restaurants, but when it comes to shopping, that’s a whole other story. Quartier Dix30 opened back in 2006. Since then, it has grown exponentially and has become the face of Brossard. What’s the most important commercial sector of Brossard without the possibility of a burger? That’s what I wanted to find out.
5375 Queen Mary
Montreal, Quebec
Metro: Snowdon
Bus: STM 17, 51, 63, 166
Visit: April 21, 2012
http://www.yiasou.ca/
Greek food and large group gatherings have become a vital part of my food adventures in Montreal. Ever since I’ve been to my first real Greek restaurant in September of 2011, I’ve been looking forward to every and each opportunity I could get. Most of those Greek outings, even if they were organized by me, came from the head of someone else. This would be the first time that I would be the one to choose the Greek restaurant. The pressure was going to be on my head.
1200 McGill College
Montreal, Quebec
Bus: AMT Terminus Centre-ville, STM 15, 24, 61, 125, 150, 168, 178, 410, 420, 427, 430, 435, 715, 747, 935
Metro: Peel, McGill, Bonaventure
Train: Gare Centrale
Visit: April 3, 2012
http://www.benjerry.ca/
Ben & Jerry’s has played an important part in the last year for me. On this day, I just want to highlight something that they do once every year. On a day in April, Ben & Jerry’s offer a free cone to their customers. Regardless of what kind of weather it is, you’ll find droves of people lining up just for that one scoop of ice cream. For me, it’s been 9 months since I’ve had any chocolate therapy and I wasn’t about to pass this up.
6365 St-Hubert
Montreal, Quebec
Metro: Beaubien, Rosemont
Bus: STM 13, 18, 25, 30, 31, 160, 161, 197
Visit: March 22, 2012
Lately, in my eating endeavors, there has been one thing that’s been pushing its way in, desserts. It really hasn’t been something that I always was planning on doing, but it forced me to really start broadening my horizons. The island of Montreal has so many restaurants that offer desserts on their menus. Outside of that, there are places that specialize mainly in desserts. If you look even deeper, you’ll come across places that aren’t really restaurants, but bakeries that happen to have seats and tables. This happens to be one of those places.
3237 Des Sources
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Bus: STM 208, 209, 215, 225, 409, 475
Visit: March 15, 2012
http://www.delfriscos.ca/
In the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking how I haven’t had much pizza in 2012 or even in the latter half of 2011. Growing up, pizza has been just an important part of my childhood, just as the ever popular burger. The fact that I’ve been doing things lately that have tapped into my past has propelled me in the thinking that pizza must be something that I had to eat soon. When the opportunity came up and the stars aligned on this nice March evening, I couldn’t pass up the chance to go out west to D.D.O. and have Del Friscos’ pizza.
377 Laurier O.
Montreal, Quebec
Bus: STM 46, 51, 80, 129, 435, 935
Visit: March 13, 2012
http://julietteetchocolat.com/
My search for another place to get decent in Montreal has led me to Juliette & Chocolat. Montreal has quite the competition when it comes to dessert. Whether it be ice cream or chocolate, you have a wide selection of places that can satisfy your sweet tooth. Myself, having just done another chocolate, was still in the frame of mind where I needed that sugary fix. Where better than this place to try something that I’m really starting to enjoy.
4879 Notre-Dame
Laval, Quebec
Bus: STL 20, 26
Visit: December 21, 2011
http://www.mrpuffs.com/
Over the last year, I’ve been doing my best to expand my net as far as different types of cuisine are concerned. I’ve enjoyed all of my recent Greek restaurant visits and look forward to more in the future. Last September, I was attending a retirement party at Restaurant Ellada. On that night, I was introduced to a dessert known as loukoumades. It was around that same exact time where I heard the name Mr. Puffs for the first time.
3961 Saint-Laurent
Montreal, Quebec
Bus: STM 29, 55, 144
Visit: October 27, 2011
http://www.moishes.ca/
2011 has been quite the year for eating here in Montreal. In this stand-out year for myself, I’ve been to quite a list of places and done quite a bunch of things that I never thought I’d do. Out of all the things or places in Montreal, there is one thing that I never thought I’d ever be any part of, Moishes. This place is a Montreal institution, much like the famed Schwartz’s just a few steps away. If you want to be seen, this is one of the very few select places you come to, no matter which day of the week. So, I was very intrigued when my favorite food eating colleague threw this out as a suggestion for an outing.
69 George Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Bus: OC Transpo Rideau/Mackenzie-King Transitway Station, Societe de Transport de l’Outaouais
Visit: September 21, 2011
http://www.beavertailsinc.com/
For my fourth and most recent visit to Ottawa, I had to cap it off with a dessert stop. During my visit for Burger 103 at Zak’s Diner, I went around and scouted some to the places around Byward Market. I came across the famous Beavertails franchise location. I was very tempted by what I say on that day. My mind, being what it is, instead, went for the Triple Chocolate Blizzard at the nearby Dairy Queen. We all know how that turned out. I left Ottawa in July of 2011 in a pretty good mess. I was determined to not have that again by going to the place I should’ve went to.
1311 Bernard O.
Montreal, Quebec
Metro: Outremont
Bus: STM 160, 161
Visit: September 20, 2011
http://www.bilboquet.ca/
My search for decent ice cream has taken me to a place that everyone keeps on mentioning when it comes to top contenders. I had plenty of opportunities over the last 6 months to get pretty decent ice cream and I did not hesitate at the chance to come here. As was the case with the Greek restaurant visited on the same day, I was accompanied by my very knowledgeable educational cohort.
3807 Saint-Denis
Montreal, Quebec
Metro: Sherbrooke
Bus: STM 24, 30, 144, 427
Visit: August 16, 2011
http://www.lesgivres.ca/
As some of you know, ice cream has become a recent fixture in my excursions. I have been quite lucky to have been surrounded by a few ice cream experts in recent months. Those individuals have paved the way for dessert goodness.
50 Rideau
Rideau Centre
Ottawa, Ontario
Bus: OC Transpo 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 85, 86, 87, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 176, 182, 221, 231, 261, 262, 263, 283, 603, 693, Societe de Transport de l’Outaouais
Visit: July 15, 2011
http://www.dairyqueen.com/
I first visited this location a year ago during my first trip to Ottawa. When I approached the place, I noticed the long line. For the three people working there, I felt that they weren’t being used to their full capacity. You had one person working hard, while the other two wasted a lot of time trying to figure out things. When you’re rushed, it leads to catastrophe and shoddy product.
