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Boris Bistro
You'll be elbowing your way past Armani-clad executives, dishevelled artists and maple syrup-toting tourists in order to get a table at this popular bistro. Once settled, however, dishes range from artfully presented salads to the fantastic duck risotto with mushrooms. It's a good idea to reserve ahead during the lunch rush.
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Café St-Paul
With so much hullabaloo in Old Montréal, this is the place visitors stop for a low-key rest from exploring the area or start their days with breakfast while going over their brochures and guidebooks before heading out. It's got grey, exposed stone walls and understated bare, black and chrome colored tables and chairs. Burgers, salads and bacon and egg breakfasts.
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Le Grain de Sel
This tiny, friendly bistro just beyond the eastern edge of the Village exudes old-world ambience with a small bar and open kitchen. The menu has bistro favorites such as pheasant terrine, bavette (undercut steak), mussels cooked in beer and goat's cheese salad, but with Asian accents. The waiters will marry the right wines with your meal.
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Mazurka
This Polish place has filled generations of students with cheap, hearty fare. The menu features pirogi , meat or cheese blintzes, Polish sausage, potato latkes, and the restaurant's namesake, mazurkas (latkes filled with beef goulash). Wash it down with Poland's famous export, Zubrowka, a vodka flavored with bison grass. The restaurant is a sprawling place, with nearly 200 seats over four levels and paintings from the Old Country on the walls.
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Restaurant Holder
High ceilings, a terrific wine list and the best and most beautiful diners from the nearby multimedia offices. This French bistro buzzes with importance and fun during both lunch and dinner. Try the wonderful salad foie gras (around C$20 ), a meal in itself.
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Schwartz's
Known far and wide, first port of call for ex-pats and new arrivals alike, this old-time Hebrew deli is widely considered to serve the best smoked meat in Montréal whether it's brisket, duck, chicken and turkey, all piled high on sourdough rye bread. The Romanian-style meat is cured on the premises and aged without chemicals. Waiters can be impatient with novices but it all just adds to the legend.
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Stash Café
This place serves hearty Polish cuisine in an intimate setting of church pews and low-hanging ceiling lamps. Your stomach will be made warm and content by Eastern European standards like borscht (beetroot soup) and pierogi (triangular, savoury filled pastries). The more ambitious should sample the Wild Boar table d'hôte . Reservations are a good idea anytime of the year especially if you want a window table.
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