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Starbucks (YUL): No more St. Viateur Bagels?
The only Starbucks with a raison d'être, IMHO, used to be the one at Dorval, er, Trudeau Airport in the Air Canada departure area. There one could grab a one-dozen bag of St. Viateur bagels to bring home. On my truncated Montreal...
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Thermal-like Coffee Holder/Mug for Work [Moved from Not About Food]
I got a Trudeau mug at Crate & Barrel and it’s pretty good, keeps things warm for several hours. Apparently it won a Wall Street Journal award for best car mug in '02. Link:...
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bazaar and garage sale finds?
I’m just back from the Ste-Madeleine d’Outremont church bazaar. For people not from Montréal, this is a church in an “old money” district, and the one where the son of the late Prime Minister Pierre...
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Kosher Montreal
I googled “Kosher Dorval” (the airport name has been changed to Trudeau, but it is in the town of Dorval) and got this: Hampton Inn Suites situated at 1900 Transcanadienne in Dorval has a brand new reception hall,...
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Montreal-style bagels in Vancouver???
I’m in SF too, but fortunately have a need to pass through Montreal once a year. I can’t NOT get Montreal bagels, since they sell St. Viateur bagels in one-dozen bags at the Starbucks in the departure areas at Dorval...
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food "thermos"
If the Canadian brand you’re talking about is "Trudeau" I think I will have to say it’s inferior to Nissan by far. If it’s stainless steel, I’d go with Nissan. Zabar’s mezzanine has lots of options to...
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An interesting restaurant downtown?
Trudeau used to be a frequent diner) so they are time tested. L’entrecote St. Jean: 2022 Peel & Maisonneuve (281-6492) According to a review I found: "Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 5 p.m. to 11...
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Auberge Hatley..........Magog............
seyval blanc. It is centred around Durham. It is a relatively easy drive from Pierre Trudeau aiport along Cote-de-Liesse, Decarie Blvd onto the Champlain Bridge and then an easy drive along the Eastern Townships autoroute. Knowlton...
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Why do so many corkscrews suck?
I’ve used a Trudeau for years, to the protest of my wife. Everyone seems to have these big, massive things that take up a lot of space and is some crazy ten-step process. One day I saw a waiter open a bottle of wine and...
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Pepper Mill Recommendation Please
, meat or fish to have a free hand to flip things. It’s a toss up between a William Bounds & a Peugeot electric grinder for me. I see that Trudeau has a “rechargeable” grinder, I’m not familiar with that...
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place where i can find a good selection of high end travel mugs in montreal?
trudeau ones, and those ones arent the type i am looking for. does anyone know of any other places i can look? i’ve been to canadian tire, zellers, cuisine gourmet on st catherines st, and various small stores that sell...
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any gadget suggestions in the $15 range? available at amazon?
reviews on Amazon.) Lately I’ve been eyeing a (CI-recommended) Trudeau gravy/fat separator and either the (CI-recommended) Cusipro measuring cup or the OXO Good Grips measuring cup (I’ve got the Oxo 2-cup, but need to...
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Help! A Peppermill that will last more than a month
I have had 2 Peugeots, one for black pepper in black lacquer and one in white for white pepper for about 17 years. They just keep grinding away. I have also had since Christmas a Trudeau. It requires 6 batteries and works just by...
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china lily in Edmonton
One word: nostalgia. It has a cult following because it was about the only soy sauce one could get at their friendly neighbourhood Safeway before Trudeau opened Canada to the world by shifting immigration policy (and thus allowed...
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Best reasonably priced Pepper Grinder
Bought a Trudeau set of salt and Pepper but after 2 years the pepper grinder seems to be leaving pepper droppings on kitchen table.... Cannot wait to toss it and get new one .. any ideas
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