Foodie Experiences
Québécois Comfort at St. Lawrence
Chef J-C Poirier's Michelin-starred Railtown room where Québécois comfort food arrives in quantities your willpower simply won't survive.
Railtown, Powell Street
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Chef J-C Poirier's Michelin-starred Railtown room where Québécois comfort food arrives in quantities your willpower simply won't survive.
Railtown, Powell Street
More infoStep into St. Lawrence and you'll swear you've been kidnapped into a Montreal bistro circa 1987: checkered floors, warm wood, and a room that has figured itself out. Chef J-C Poirier earned this Railtown institution a Michelin star not with precious micro-portions but the opposite, rich meat-forward Québécois like tourtière and duck in unapologetically generous heaps. Book well ahead, show up hungry, and let the duck do the work.
Book well ahead, this Michelin-starred room is tiny and fills fast, and aim for a table along the checkered-floor main room rather than the bar. This is sharing food, so go heavy and split: the tourtière and whatever rich duck or pork is on are the moves, and first-timers underestimate how generous the portions are, so pace yourselves and save room for the sugar pie. Budget two hours of cozy, unhurried eating; Railtown's quiet streets are right outside to walk it off.
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