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Montreal comfort food
My friend Mike A. asked me about comfort food offerings in Montreal, so I sent this response via email:

You know you're in a Montreal comfort food restaurant when you can order french fries (frites) as a main entree (alongside various mayo-based dipping sauces)! Montreal's comfort food establishments place a heavy emphasis on french fries and poutine; we had excellent poutine tonight at La Paryse, which included wonderful brown gravy and mozzerella (in leiu of cheese curds). Rotisserie chicken, which is served with brown gravy, is another local comfort food favourite. Montreal's Jewish community is credited with introducing the smoked meat sandwich (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_smoked_meat) and we hope to have lunch at Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen this week. Italians are the 3rd largest ethnic group in Montreal and pasta-only entrees, including spaghetti with meat sauce, appear on many menus. And burgers of all types figure heavily in the local comfort food scene.

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