Montresl this weekend.

This is a really cool resource!

Went to Toque! based on recs on this board and thought it was awesome. The bread alone was worth the trip. I did not get the tasting menu, just the cauliflower soup with foie gras, the seared scallops and a dessert. All were magnificent.

Time for my annual trek to Montreal at month's end!
Always open to new places to have some good food. The Hotel Vogue has a nice restaurant on the first floor. Everything is made to order. Last time, I had the buffalo filet.

Finally, stopped at a restaurant, that I have walked past for about 10 years.
St. Hubert's BBQ Chicken and it was fabulous, so I ate all my other dinners there for 5 nites. It has to be the best tasting moist nongreasy chicken breast, that I have had in years.

The Table d'Hote included:
Chicken soup- choice of rice, noodle or cream. Or juices.
All the coleslaw you want-creamy or traditional (vineger)
1/4 chicken breast with the best sauce (gravy) to dip it in. Chef's salad for me or Caesar in place of frites and a slice of a bun to lick the sauce cup clean!
THen choice of a full Dessert. The Strawberry Shortcake was delicious. Date squares with vanilla ice cream. More!

$13.10 Can.

Excellent service. I am still thinking of those meals and will go back in Sept!

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5 nights! that is saying something.

BBQ, does that mean grilled or pit/smoker BBQ style?

Open for lunch?

St Hubert is a chain of rotisserie chicken restaurants in Quebec (haven't seen them elsewhere in Canada, but they might be in other provinces, too). If you like Boston Chicken/Market, you'll like St Hubert. Most locations seem to offer delivery.

Asked how it was cooked without any greasy fats for a very moist chicken breast.
Learned, that it was roasted on a rotisserie for 2 hours 'with a lot of water' on the bottom. Must be steamlike to keep from drying out.
It doesn't compare to Boston chicken. I had Boston chicken once many years ago and have never been back. I left hungry that one time and that was enough. Their portion control was absurd.

Isn't that funny - like you, I've always simply walked by that place over the last 10 years or so I've been going to Montreal. It just looks a little cheesy, a bit too Applebee's. Interesting to hear that there's a reason it's always crowded!

Interestingly St. Hubert's tried and failed in a major expansion into this part of the country, due mostly to competition from a well-established similar chain called Swiss Chalet. Almost as prolific as doughnut shops, Swiss Chalet's signature dish is rotisserie chicken with a heavily salted skin and excellent bbq sauce. They are well entrenched in Southern Ontario and other parts of Canada, as well as border communities such as Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. Try one if you're up this way.

I dislike anything with BBQ sauce on it. I always think, those dishes are for smokers, who need the strong tastes for any taste.

That is what I liked about St. Hubert's. It didn't have a strong taste. It tasted like fresh CHICKEN! The sauce was very delicate and NON greasy, while the meat was moist and more of a natural taste. The desserts were equally outstanding.

Good food at a very good price!