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Montréal Restaurants and Dining

Transportation to the hotel:
Taxi fare from the airport to the Hilton Bonaventure is about $25 CAD.
Hotel parking is $14 CAD/day self-park or $23 CAD/day for valet parking.

Dress Code: Business Casual

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Here are some additional restaurants that were recommended by local businessmen. We added the published reviews.

Casa Gaucho
5834 Ave. du Parc (at Bernard)
Bus Route: 80 (du Parc)
Phone: 514-270-1300
Open: 4:30pm-2am daily
Credit cards: Visa, Interac; Alcohol: all
Average complete dinner: $15 CAD

This Argentinean Grill is a meat lover's paradise on Avenue du Parc.
The specialty here is meat, grilled to perfection, complemented by the house-made special chimichurri sauce. The sauce is so good it's sold by the jar to take out. Soup is life-sustaining, chock full of meat in a tasty broth. Empanadas made here are superb, among the best around town. The real deal though is the grilled meats, available individually or in combinations as complete meals with soup, dessert, and beverage. Portions are very generous and two portions of the special Argentinean grill easily serve three normal people. Beef and pork are tasty, tender, and lightly charred. The sausage is typically Argentinean, half beef and half pork. Boudin is meltingly tender and tasty. Tripe, kidney, and sweetbreads can be substituted if they are not to your taste. You can mix and match meats if you like. The charcoal grill is brought to the table with your chosen assortment and everything is fresh and hot. Salad is ordinary but still a welcome counterpoint. They will do take-out but this food tastes best hot off the grill.
Carlos Sansone came to Montreal in 1968. He worked at Joe's Steak House until he opened his own place in 1973. Since then he has owned and operated several legendary Argentinean places: Rio de la Plato, Argentina 78, Las Brasas, Martin Fiero, and Noches de Tango. He opened Casa Gaucho in 2000 and knows his business. Service is friendly and helpful although it may seem a bit slow at times. Everything is prepared to order, so be patient, it's worth the wait!

Les Caprices de Nicolas
2072 Drummond Street
Phone: 514-282-9790
Open: Seven days, 6 p.m.-10 p.m.
Fully licensed.
Major credit cards.
Reservations recommended.
Dinner for two, including taxes, but not wine or tip:
$110-$130 CAD

A treasure chest of pampered civility, this breathtakingly comfortable room with its luxurious service now boasts the creations of new Chef Stelio Perom-Belon. Potato pancakes on poached salmon with beurre blanc and caviar; fried skate on aromatic couscous; melting duck liver with poached pear; then a complimentary sorbet; tender duck breast with yam and dates; sweetbreads with salsify and caramelized cipolini onions; and outstanding sea bass with asparagus and wild mushrooms. Fabulous desserts, pricey but satisfying wines, and oh, so many, many fine frills. A must-attend.

La Papaye Verte
365 Bernard West
Phone: 514-279-0688
Open: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.;
seven days 5 p.m.-10 p.m.
Fully Licensed
Major Credit Cards.
Reservations required.
Dinner for two, including taxes, but not wine or tip: $30-$65 CAD

Petite, box-like, very popular, Papaye Verte is the labor of love of chef-owner Xuan Lam Tran and his family. The food is Vietnamese haute cuisine, a mixture of Chinese and Thai, with distinctive features of its own. Green (unripe) papaya is the hit of the menu in two salads (one with meat: $4.75; one with squid and chilies: $5.25), and also in a marvelous seafood stew with cooked papaya and a lovely basil-lemon sauce on crispy noodles ($18 with soup and appetizer). The grills (chicken/shrimp/monkfish, all around $10.50); the appetizers ($3.50-$5.75); the addictive salt & peppershrimps ($11.25); and the shimmering crème caramel are all lovely. Worth several visits.

Toqué
3842 St. Denis
Phone: 514-499-2084
Open: 6 p.m.-11 p.m. seven days.
Fully licensed.
Major credit cards.
Reservations required.
$110-$170 CAD for two, before wine or tip.

Inarguably the best and most exciting restaurant in Montreal, Toqué has all the right trimmings (great service, fabulous wine list, priceless cachet), but it remains a champion because it has never wavered from the most important task of an expensive eatery: to provide astounding, unforgettable, truly masterly food. Chef/co-owner Norman Laprise regales with flawless, highly-innovative "new" Quebec cuisine featuring delicacies like salmon tartare with avocado ($12); marinated Arctic char with daikon ($13); plumb, crisply-crusted scallops with bean and red pepper stew ($26); best-on-the-continent glazed duck foie gras ($28); rare cheese and amazing desserts. Toqué is worth a pilgrimage: once a year is minimum for the good of the soul.

Queue de Cheval
1221 boul. René-Lévesque Ouest
Phone: 514-390-0090
Open: Lunch and dinner nightly 5:30 pm - late
Fully licensed
Major credit cards
Reservations required.
$120-$200 CAD for two, before wine or tip

Likely to be Montreal's best steakhouse. Close to the Bonaventure hotel. Queue de Cheval bar and steakhouse serves exclusively Oklahoma corn-fed beef, cut on the premises, aged in their controlled weather fridge at least 34 days, cooked to perfection. The portions are enormous (vegetarians weep). Ala carte menu with lots of side dishes and terrific desserts. Queue de Cheval features one of Montreal's most extensive wine cellars. Private dining rooms available beginning at $125 CAD per person for a four course meal.

If you would like to recommend other great Montréal restaurants, please send e-mail to rluedeka@pfa.org