It’s 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning, and a long line of eager customers snakes out of the door of a small bagel shop in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood. In sub-zero temperatures and on hot summer nights, ...
Which bagel reigns supreme in Montreal — St-Viateur or Fairmount? We took to the streets to find out. Fairmount Bagel, founded in 1919 when its original location opened on The Main, was the first ...
The scene: In most parts of the world, what masquerades as a bagel is not really a bagel, it’s just bread made into a ring shape — a roll with a hole. Despite the proliferation of regional specialties ...
The results of our bagel poll were so close that I had to try both St-Viateur Bagel (which won 46% of the votes) and Fairmount Bagel Bakery (44%) while here in Montreal. First, thanks to reader ...
Montrealers who write about bagels walk a fine line, especially when catering to an audience that reaches many New Yorkers. The rivalry between these two cities and their respective bagel addicts has ...
A culinary symbol of Montreal has become ensnared in a battle pitting environmentalists against bagel-loving traditionalists. By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — Irwin Shlafman, the owner of Fairmount Bagel, ...
The scene: In most parts of the world, what masquerades as a bagel is not really a bagel, it’s just bread made into a ring shape — a roll with a hole. Despite the proliferation of regional specialties ...