Places to eat in Pierrefonds/Montréal

I’ve been tagged by Wreckless to list my top 5 favourite places to eat in my area, Pierrefonds/Montréal.

I thought it would be fairly easy since we are so lucky to have so many restaurants, but like everything else, the fact that we have such a wide selection to choose from made it a little harder to select only five. We have periods where we do go out quite a bit, but lately we’ve been “home bodies”, but nonetheless, here are some of our favourites, the price range varies from affordable to quite expensive, but no matter what if ever you make your way here, be sure to drop by one of those:

1. Every so often we feel like a good smoked meat sandwich, and “Abbie’s” is the place for us, 10 minutes from home. You do not go there for the décor or the ambiance, but for their great smoked meat! We often take out the “Laki’s Special” which includes 1 lb of meat, rye bread, pickles and coleslaw for $13 – can’t beat that!

2. In 2004 before our trip to Greece, Hubby’s cousin (who’s married to a Greek girl) took us to “Philinos”, as preparation for what we would eat in Greece. The feel of the place is like a taverna, with small tables, loud environment. The food is simple and quite good, especially their marinated grilled octopus, and it just melts in your mouth. One of my favourite is their fried zucchinis and eggplants. We’ve been there many times since, and we’ve never had anything but appetizers – never had a main dish, we just order a bunch of different appetizers and come out of there, happy & full!

3. The brother of a client of mine opened this little Italian restaurant, right in the heart of Little Italy, called “Ristorante Primo & Secundo”. It is a very quaint restaurant, with limited seating, therefore sure to get attentive service. The food is very mouth savouring and made fresh. You can surely taste the freshness in the ingredients. Highly recommended, but be ready to open your wallet.

4. This B.Y.O.W. (Bring Your Own Wine) on Le Plateau was a pleasant discovery. We don’t do French cuisine often, but “Le Pégase” is worth the drive downtown. Also a small restaurant with good service and the food is really good. Was there last week and their “mignerons de porc servi sur un chutney de fruits” was so darn good. I’m salivating just thinking about it! And their desert!!! O.M.G. So worth the money spent there!

5. And finally, no selection of ours would be complete without a good pizza place and in the West-Island there’s no place like, “Gigi Restaurant” on the Lakeshore in Pte-Claire Village. Their Gigi Deluxe (all dressed with bacon and onions) is everything you want in a pizza, just greasy enough to be burped a little while later. That’s one pizza joint we do like. We never really had anything else from them, 'cause their pizza alone does it for us!

Et voilà, those are 5 places you could go to while in my area, and you would be certain to have a great meal.

I'm not tagging anyone, but if you want to let me know your favourite spots, please do!
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Image: Bar at Philinos