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No. 6 in the world · November 2026

Schwartz's

Saint-Laurent Boulevard, the Plateau · Montreal, Canada

Schwartz'sNo. 6
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The one to order

Smoked meat on rye, medium-fat, with mustard, a pickle and a cherry soda

The line to expect: A line down the Main at dinner and on weekends; they seat you wherever there's a gap. Beat it: mid-afternoon on a weekday, or get it to take out next door.

Montreal smoked meat since 1928: brisket dry-cured for ten days with Schwartz's own spice mix, smoked and hand-sliced; ask for medium, not lean.

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Pastrami on rye, deli style

Pastrami on rye, deli style

3 days brining, 6 hr smoking or oven, 3 hr steaming (about 1 hr hands-on) · A 2 kg brisket, about 8 big sandwiches. Deli pastrami is three slow steps: cure, smoke, steam. The steam at the end is what makes it fall apart under the knife. Do it for a crowd; it keeps a week.

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