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I Took Montreal By (Snow) Storm

I don't know any French except for "free trip," so when publicist Norah Lawlor invited me on a Quebec Tourism Board jaunt to Montreal, I totally understood and bit the bait. As you'll read in the column this week [CLICK HERE], I had le really marvelous time, never feeling as if Montreal is Canada' ... More >>

ISLANDS IN THE SUN

Beer, BBQ, and indie rock

VIVA LA  VINYL

Wax nostalgic at the Warsaw

Masked Men

Wax nostalgic at the Warsaw

Sports

Wax nostalgic at the Warsaw

Bomba Away

Wax nostalgic at the Warsaw

North to the Avant-Garde

The Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal

Sports

The Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal

Atonal, amoral garage rock at its finest, trashiest

Demon's Claws's Satan's Little Pet Pig

Pouting for Poutine at The Inn LW12

Does Canada really have its own cuisine?

Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

The Spiegeltent returns with teak, velvet, and nipple glitter

'Mutek Presents Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts, Claro Intellecto, Andy Stott, MLZ, Pangaea & Ezekiel Honig'

The Spiegeltent returns with teak, velvet, and nipple glitter

Bloomberg to Bikers: Screw You!

With all the pale green bike lanes going in across town, you might think we have a bicycle-friendly mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The bike lanes are really his method of hectoring motorists by eliminating car-traffic lanes--as are the pedestrian malls at Times Square and Heral ... More >>

'The Bunker'

With all the pale green bike lanes going in across town, you might think we have a bicycle-friendly mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The bike lanes are really his method of hectoring motorists by eliminating car-traffic lanes--as are the pedestrian malls at Times Square and Heral ... More >>

Islands+Jemima Pearl

With all the pale green bike lanes going in across town, you might think we have a bicycle-friendly mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth. The bike lanes are really his method of hectoring motorists by eliminating car-traffic lanes--as are the pedestrian malls at Times Square and Heral ... More >>

Totonno's to Reopen in a Fortnight; Food Bars for Dogs

​Totonno's Pizzeria in Coney Island is finally expected to reopen after a fire forced it to close earlier this year. It was announced at a Community Board 13 meeting that the oven will be fired up in the next two weeks. [NY Post] A new security law requiring crates of goods to be checked for ... More >>

Mile End to Open Next Monday

French-Canadian ex-pats and roving carnivores, rejoice: Mile End, Boerum Hill's very own Montreal-style Jewish delicatessen, will open next week.

Evangelista

French-Canadian ex-pats and roving carnivores, rejoice: Mile End, Boerum Hill's very own Montreal-style Jewish delicatessen, will open next week.

Mile End to Add More Space, Hours

Smoked meat poutine will soon be what's for dinner.​Noah Bernamoff had no intention of opening his Montreal-style Jewish deli, Mile End, just for breakfast and lunch. The plan was to be full service, open for dinner. In a as little as three or four weeks, he says, that might be the case. "Bus ... More >>

Think About Life

Smoked meat poutine will soon be what's for dinner.​Noah Bernamoff had no intention of opening his Montreal-style Jewish deli, Mile End, just for breakfast and lunch. The plan was to be full service, open for dinner. In a as little as three or four weeks, he says, that might be the case. "Bus ... More >>

More Montreal Bagels Surface at Marketa

SevenSpoons.netInvasion canadienne!​It seems that New York is experiencing a slow but unmistakable Montreal bagel infiltration: back in February, Mile End began a delivery service for their customers, and now, they've hit Midtown. According to Tasting Table, Marketa, the Greek market from Esti ... More >>

Mile End Brings Montreal to Brooklyn

Boerum Hill gets a smoky, meaty taste of Quebec

Battle of the Montreal Bagels and Lox: Mile End vs. Marketa

Mile End's Montreal bagel and lox is named, appropriately, the Beauty.​ On its own, the Montreal-style bagel isn't a particularly jaw-dropping creation: made with egg and malt, and lacking salt, it's boiled in a honey solution and baked in a wood-fired oven. It's more fine-boned than its bloa ... More >>

'Booty Crisis Presents Shyvonne & Zuzuka Poderosa'

Mile End's Montreal bagel and lox is named, appropriately, the Beauty.​ On its own, the Montreal-style bagel isn't a particularly jaw-dropping creation: made with egg and malt, and lacking salt, it's boiled in a honey solution and baked in a wood-fired oven. It's more fine-boned than its bloa ... More >>

Hugue Dufour of M. Wells on His Love of Queens, the Disappearing Diner & Manhattan as the Fifth Boro

foodnetwork.caHugue Dufour, in shaggier days.​Our Man Sietsema pronounced it mere weeks after it opened: M. Wells is home to "some of the most innovative cooking in the city." Quite a claim for a diner in Queens that's only opened till 3 p.m. (for now). So, just how is chef-owner Hugue Dufour, ... More >>

Think About Life

foodnetwork.caHugue Dufour, in shaggier days.​Our Man Sietsema pronounced it mere weeks after it opened: M. Wells is home to "some of the most innovative cooking in the city." Quite a claim for a diner in Queens that's only opened till 3 p.m. (for now). So, just how is chef-owner Hugue Dufour, ... More >>

Pigs Now Raised with Less Antibiotics; Food Co-ops on the Rise

​Food trucks have been illegal in foodie Montreal for decades, but two taco truck visionaries are looking to fight the system with their mobile kitchen. [Montreal Mirror] Pig farmers prepare to adjust to raising their animals with new FDA-imposed limits on antibiotic use. [NY Times] The Park ... More >>

Fedora Imports a Former Au Pied de Cochon Chef

telequebec.tvMehdi Brunet-Benkritly, avec un chapeau.​Between M. Wells, the meat, the bagels, and now, the Fedora, New York is tasting more and more like Montreal these days. Florence Fabricant reports that Gabe Stulman has hired Medhi Brunet-Benkritly to helm the kitchen of his soon-to-open r ... More >>

Exploring the Montreal-New York Food Connection

A trip up over the border to the great French north

Robert Sietsema on the New York-Montreal Food Connection

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema explores the relationship between New York and Montreal food. Sam Sifton awards two stars to Harold Dieterle's Kin Shop, even though it's not quite authentic Thai: "[It's] an American restaurant that serves food prepared using Thai flavors, a restaurant that ... More >>

Montreal Food Trudge, Part Two: Snowdon Deli, Brasserie T, Laloux, and Beyond

​The "medium-fatty" smoked meat at Snowdon Deli is light-years different than the smoked meat at Schwartz's. I traipsed through the snow in Montreal a couple of weeks ago to bring you yesterday's food trudge, which included Au Pied de Cochon, La Binerie Mont Royal, and two competing bagel sho ... More >>

Getting A Head: Will Noggins Be the Next Food Fad?

​You can score a lamb head at any halal butcher. Since the Age of Foodism began, we've been bombarded by freaky food fads, some of rather long duration. Pork belly has enjoyed an extended run, and pastel-frosted cupcakes never seem to decline in popularity, but we've also seen smaller crazes ... More >>

Brooklyn Heights to Receive Montreal-Style Bagels

The Montréal Buzz​Taking a page from Mile End, Marketa, and the love that flows like maple syrup around M. Wells, someone in Brooklyn has taken it upon themselves to sell Montreal-style bagels to the natives.

Noah Bernamoff Talks About Schmaltz, Bagels, and Keeping Jewish Food Alive

MetromixNoah Bernamoff and his wife, Rae Cohen.​Yesterday, Noah Bernamoff spoke with us about his plans for Mile End, the phenomenally successful smoked-meat mecca he opened a little more than a year ago in Boerum Hill. Today, he talks with us about his grandmother's recipes, keeping tradition ... More >>

Grimes+Doldrums

MetromixNoah Bernamoff and his wife, Rae Cohen.​Yesterday, Noah Bernamoff spoke with us about his plans for Mile End, the phenomenally successful smoked-meat mecca he opened a little more than a year ago in Boerum Hill. Today, he talks with us about his grandmother's recipes, keeping tradition ... More >>

Hats Off to Greenwich Village's Fedora

Montreal makes another tasty incursion into NYC, courtesy of Gabe Stulman

That Brooklyn Heights Montreal Bagel Place Is Called B&B Empire, and Should Open in May

​A couple of months ago, word got around that a Montreal-style bagel shop would be opening in Brooklyn Heights. Now, a few scant new details have become available, courtesy of the shop's website.

Veggie Mag Uses Meaty Models; Daniel Boulud Plans Montreal Resto

​A food blog has introduced a food-cart walking tour, charging $40 to take participants to some of the city's most talked-about mobile vendors. [NY Post] Underground food markets are cropping up around the country, allowing vendors to avoid hefty fees for health permits and insurance. [NY Tim ... More >>

And Now, Some Montreal Bagel Smack Talk

Her Own Journey/FlickrThe real McCoy?​Park Slope restaurant owners aren't the only ones talking smack this week. Over on Atlantic Avenue, Noah Bernamoff has registered his disapproval of B & B Empire Bistro, the new-ish bakery that purports to make authentic Montreal bagels.

Hand Cream

Her Own Journey/FlickrThe real McCoy?​Park Slope restaurant owners aren't the only ones talking smack this week. Over on Atlantic Avenue, Noah Bernamoff has registered his disapproval of B & B Empire Bistro, the new-ish bakery that purports to make authentic Montreal bagels.

What To Eat When You're Sick: Of Montreal Sing About 'Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast'

Of Montreal on Yo Gabba Gabba! from NickPress on Vimeo.A friend from San Francisco sent this in to Fork in the Road. It's a song from Of Montreal that I've never heard them perform in concert, and casts the band in a more wholesome mode than you've probably seen them in lately.

Where the Bands Eat: Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear and More

Kim Erlandsen​ Want to sip cocktails and eat with the Arcade Fire? Unless you are already an awesomely talented, famous musician, too bad! What you can do, however, is sit and subtly stare at them from a few tables over while eating deconstructed Niçoise salads and sipping glasses of Bulleit ... More >>

Hand Cream

Kim Erlandsen​ Want to sip cocktails and eat with the Arcade Fire? Unless you are already an awesomely talented, famous musician, too bad! What you can do, however, is sit and subtly stare at them from a few tables over while eating deconstructed Niçoise salads and sipping glasses of Bulleit ... More >>

Barr Brothers

Kim Erlandsen​ Want to sip cocktails and eat with the Arcade Fire? Unless you are already an awesomely talented, famous musician, too bad! What you can do, however, is sit and subtly stare at them from a few tables over while eating deconstructed Niçoise salads and sipping glasses of Bulleit ... More >>

BREAKING: Has Topless Breakfast Come to an End in Montreal?

Sheri Teris/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/crestedcrazy/137739255/Nothing inappropriate here...​It's a sad time for the Canadians who think that breakfast is best served with boobs, since their Montreal hangout -- topless diner Restaurant Les Princesses d'Hochelaga -- is now a fully clothed eat ... More >>