The best smoked meat in Montreal
Brisket cured with spices, smoked and steamed, sliced hand-thick onto rye with yellow mustard. The dish to eat here, and the three places that do it best. Recipe at chefamazing.com/food-travel/dish/montreal.
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Schwartz's
Saint-Laurent Boulevard, PlateauGet: Medium-fat smoked meat on rye, fries, a pickle and a black cherry soda
Smoking meat the same way since 1928, and the line out the door says it all.
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Main Deli Steak House
Saint-Laurent Boulevard, across from Schwartz'sGet: Smoked meat sandwich, medium
The locals' alternative across the street, with tables and less of a wait.
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Lester's Deli
OutremontGet: Smoked meat sandwich and a cherry Coke
A neighborhood deli with old photos on the walls, making smoked meat since 1951.
Also on the list: Montreal: what to eat and where.
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