From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Jan 31 2003 - 13:25:22 PST
On 31/01/03 15:47, "Doug Parker" <dougparker_at_progressdata.com> wrote:
>>> Poutine is a French dish and consists of french fries with gravy and
>
>> Oh no! The great poutine thread threatening to rear it's head yet
>> again!
>
> I'm headed to Burlington, VT on 2/9 - 2/11. Would I be able to find
> poutine there, or will I have to drive to Montreal?
I'd be surprised you would find poutine in Burlington (you know the syndrome
it's not invented here ;-). So, I would say you would probably have to drive
to Montreal. However, like I said a few times, you might not experience what
a real poutine is in Montreal. If you don't mind the drive to Montreal, I
would suggest you go to Sherbrooke. There, you can get on King St. and going
further downtown Sherbrooke, there are a few places there that can serve
decent poutine. If you go to Sherbrooke, I would suggest Charlies and
Louie's Luncheonette. You can find them both on King St. There is a Charlies
just after Jacques-Cartier on King St. I think Louie's is a little bit
before Jacques-Cartier blvd. However, both places don't match up places
where the poutine originally came from. There is a small place about half an
hour from Sherbrooke named "Warwick". There, you have a place where they
make cheese and you can have a real poutine with fresh curd cheese. The
place is called "Fromagerie Kingsey". You can't miss it on route 116. The
other nice place that I remember was in Victoriaville, about 1 hour from
Sherbrooke called "Fromagerie Victoria". They used to server one of the best
poutine I ever tasted.
Now, if you would prefer not doing this long drive, since you'll be only 2
days in Burlington, you can probably drive to Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu or
Cowansville and find probably a small family-owned restaurant that would
probably server a pretty decent poutine, but I've never been there, so I
can't suggest anything. Stay away from the big places and chains, like
Montreal (not saying that there isn't any good poutine in Montreal, but they
are hard to find) or MacDonald's. You'll probably be able to have poutine at
MacDonald's and the likes, but I would strongly suggest against it since
it's not going to be nice and you'll have a negative opinion.
Let me know if you need more details or suggestions!
-Laurent.
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