Dinette Triple Crown, a beloved Montreal restaurant in Little Italy known for its Southern-style comfort food and pre-packed picnic baskets, has closed its doors for good.
When you look around the city and observe what’s been happening in the food scene in the last few years, one thing that stands out is a huge boom of fried chicken in Montreal. Sure, Montreal is known for its rotisserie chicken, and our chicken wing game is strong, too. There were classic Montreal fried chicken spots before now, but lately, they're proliferating: we've got new restaurants opening up everywhere from Laval to the West Island and places in between.
Few things are more satisfying than a perfectly crispy, juicy and well-seasoned piece of chicken, and Montreal has plenty of hidden gems ready to shovel that perfection right into your mouth. If you're unsure where to begin your Montreal fried chicken journey, this list of best-reviewed spots was generated by Google Maps using their data, so it can't be a bad place to start.
If you like crispy, seasoned chicken and fluffy waffles separately, then just wait until you try them together! Topped with syrup, the Soul Food staple offers just the right combination of sweet and salty. Even better, local restaurants have put their own unique spin on the dish.
Not all have spoken about it, but two years of financial stress and uncertainty are taking a very heavy psychological toll on restaurateurs and their staff, many of whom cannot easily leave the industry or don t want to.