Schwartz's has been taking debit cards for... I would say a decade - nothing to do with COVID.

They don't take credit cards. Cash or Interac debit, that's it. Their take-away location next door does take credit cards (including Amex), but the restaurant itself - which is where you want to go - doesn't.

Dunn's is okay, but nowhere near as good as Schwartz's. A visit to Schwartz's is also more of an experience in and of itself than Dunn's.

Dunn's is something to experience about 3 am, not necessarily for the Smoked Meat!

Ah! :idea:I usually have my smoked meat to go (there's a little park on the corner of the Main & Rachel that I like), but there's most definitely a charge on one of my recent Visa credit statements. Who would have thought that card acceptance varies between the take-out and the restaurant! :eek:

I'm surprised no one brought up La Banquise yet. As a local it's one of those institutions I keep telling myself should be overrated but every time I go I'm still surprised at how actually good it is. Not a lot of poutine places in Quebec have that kind of consistency. Anyways, a pretty good introduction to poutine if you've never had one. The line is pretty long most of the time but I find it usually goes pretty quick.

I'm not, given that this thread isn't about poutine at all. ;)