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It might be name after a the french play, since the restaurant has for neighbour a theatre !

Martinik at 30 $ !!! what is it ? Premium Alcool !!! Please Cachaça is worth nothing... max 22$ CDN for 750 ml.

I'll repeat one of my favorite sentence: In a ring, anybody can be a champion for a few seconds, but how many can hold up 12 rounds...

Breakfast at Méliès starts at 8h30 (weekends only) and you can find eggs, omelettes, pan-cakes, crepes, Bagels and salmon, Duck confit, Quiche, Steak... the lounge section opens at 14h for coffees, drinks or a cheese plate with a good bottle of wine... www.cafemelies.com (Sorry, the menu and wine list are not updated...lot's of changes since...)

Hey, if you're ready to get out of NDG, come at Café Méliès. I know, I know... I work there but I have the same problem than you Cook-em-all, I'm always disapointed for breakfast... so I go back at work... Honestly, Méliès is a bargain considering the price, the space and the comfort of the dining room. And the most important, it's excellent (real Hollandaise)

I believe we will need a butcher's opinion !

Try L'Échaudé, great french bistrot, with great wine list at affordable price.

I've tried the filet Mignon, served on it's bone. Excellent piece of meat. Very tender and ''savoureux''. The cooking was perfect. I'd like to know from are friends that work in the kitchen specially with meat, what is the deal with filet mignon with the bone. Isn't that what we call in french Entrecôte but just a bit higher. Under what cut do you find the mignon with the bone (french, english, american ?) Thanks (from a guy that works the front...)

It's my second time at Restaurant À l'OS. I had fresh oysters and scallop in their shell. For the main dish a rack of caribou. To finish, I tried the crème brulée trilogy. Everything was excellent. It's a nice room, with good service. The plates are beautiful. It's a bring your own wine, which I enjoy... With the cheese plate, my dinner cost 76 $. And that's the problem. It's expensive.

I'm all in for the PannaCotta at Brunoise. Topped with a basil coulis and passion fruit. It's delicious !!!

Come on Jason your french is excellent. Your italian I'm not sure...

Surely not us at Méliès !

or from Café Méliès

I was there the same night has you QUANNEUR (I guess, looking at your post date and time) and the rabbit saucage that you describe was râble wrapped in prosciutto and sage with a jus à l'orange. (correct me chopper if I'm wrong) The prosciutto, once cooked brings a lot of salt to a dish... I found it really good... Thanks again to all the team, wonderful place, you'll see me again, for sure !

I guess we could start a new post.... but concerning all that critic thing, YOU HAVE TO READ the latest Gault Millau (french magagzine) of april/may There is a big dossier called "Faut-il manger la critique Gastronomique ?" Cuisiniers, Historiens et Journalistes passent à table

Jean-Philippe the restaurateur or Jean-Philippe the critic ?

Again Lesley, you forgot Café Méliès. The only real terrace European style on the Main. For Brunch, Diner , Supper or just drinks. See you !

You guys should try PRATO right next to Schwart's.

Anybody went to try Brasserie Holder in old Montreal ? I heard I should wait before going... ?

Reservoir still needs to work on their brunch... two ice cold poached eggs on a bed of watercress, shaven parmesan and bacon bits. Good idea, but extremly salty and..... so cold ! I still like the place, but more for their night shift !

What is a Wine Spectator Award ? An infinite list of bottles ? A check of 200 USD $ to be eligible ? You can have 25 chiantis on your list, it doesn't make it a beautiful wine list ! It's a bit like the former president of SAQ that filled the shelves with cheap chiantis all between 10 $ and 20 $. What is the point ! They are pretty much the same. At least Roquet (new president of SAQ) understood that right, get rid of all these insipides products. You keep a few regular products (ie Chiantis) that are worth the try and get other producers or/and cuvée that brings a higher level of quality, different style of wine making and different philosophy on our shelves, and that inside that same region. That's what wine is all about. And it's the real way to learn about grape, wine region, wine making, climate, élevage and that human factor. It makes you travel geographically, and learn about peoples philosophy. By the way Lino did an amazing job at BN bringing that wine list to what it is today. But the Award is to me not what makes it a nice wine list. It's the mentality behind, keeping in mind the business and the customers.

We apply a politic that promotes the sell of higher end products, less profit we take on more expensive wines. Tough my less expensive wines are still affordable. Café Méliès is not yet 4 year old and my goal is to eventually get a price policy where I will be able to ad a flat profit margin, like at L'Express. For now I do my best to get good producers, at good prices ! Meening no Ornellaia 99 on my list (with all due respect).

How could you forget Le Continental on St-Denis, they have a huge selection. Just need to ask to see the hidden wine list (at least three different ones: the regular, the specialties and the do not sell...) Thanks Michel for mentionning Café Méliès, we have more than 120 differrent entries on our list, 17 by the glass !

Also heard about Ducasse looking at Montreal...

Hey Dave, will it be a Sushi Samba (like the NYC chain) ?