A Jewish-style deli that does to perfection the traditional Montreal smoked-meat sandwiches. Huge piles of meat on simple white bread, topped with mustard. On weekend mornings, there can be a 15 or 20 minute line out the front door. Swift, no-frills service. Schwartz's is perhaps the archetypal Montreal experience, and the list of famous names who patronise the place is suitably complete.
3895 Saint-Laurent Boulevard;
tel: (514) 842 4813
www.schwartzsdeli.com
Updates
Try eating your smoked meat with cherry flavoured Cott Soda! Don't waste time in the lines at Schwartz's. Get some smoked meat to go (you don't have to queue for this) and go and eat it with some bread in Parc Jean Mance. Better still, go across the road to the disgracefully undervisited "Le Main". It doesn't make the tourist guides, but the smoked meat is just as good.
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