All:
Wow, Montreal is a foodie city. I strongly recommend a visit if you want to go on an eating vacation. Meat-eaters will have an even better time than I did.
No pictures, but some reccomendations based on eating my way around Montreal:
Dinner Options:
Stash Cafe: excellent Polish food in Old Montreal. Also good for groups, and a surprising number of veggie options.
Gado Gado: excellent Indonesian food deep in downtown. Ask them to spice stuff up, though, or they'll make it mild.
Bullion Bilk: Frenchish haute cuisine near Chinatown. Great splurgy restaurant with really good food and an excellent French wine list.
Jano Grillades: old-school no-frills Portuguese restaurant, with grilled sardines, roast Chicken, etc. Two doors down from Schwartz's, if you want a non-beef option while your friends are getting smoked meat.
Confusion Tapas du Monde: fun large-group place which serves small plates from around the world. Somewhat pricey, but very good wine list.
Several people also recommended Garde Manger, but I couldn't get a reservation.
Breakfast/Lunch Options:
Olivie et Gormando: fantastic cafe/bakery in Old Montreal. Also very popular, so be prepared for lines.
Le Cartet: more upscale lunch place near OeG above. Good seasonal cafe menu.
Other foodie stuff:
The Jean-Talon market; pictures coming later.
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