Finally! a St. Viateur bagel Shop on West Island
The bagel that sets the benchmark for the taste of Montreal bagels has now opened up near Costco in Pointe Claire.
This famous bagel store churns out a constant stream of indigenous white (sesame seed) and black (poppy seed) bagels. For 70 cents each for these basic ones, ($.75-.85 for the others) you can bite into a hot one straight from the oven; you won’t be able to eat any other bagel again.
You can also buy plain, cinnamon raisin, whole wheat, flax seed, all dressed multi-grain, and rosemary sea salt (but why would you?), as well as matzoh boards, challah and rye bread.
To slather on the bagel, there’s lox and cream cheese, of course, but also veggie pates, hummous, eggplant spread and tofu. This is one of the locations where there is a cafe on site to scarf it all down on the spot.
West Island location: Pointe Claire, 821 Tecumseh (514-542-3344)
Hours here: Mon-Wed 6am-8pm, Thurs & Fri 6am-9pm, Sat & Sun 6am- 7pm
Other locations: Original one, 263 St-Viateur O. (514-276-8044); 158 St-Viateur O. (514-270-2972); inside Marche Esposito, 340 boul. Marcel Laurin (514-747-1649); inside Esposito 7030 boul. St-Michel (514-722-2224); Cafes: 1127 Mont-Royal E. (514-528-6361); 5629 Monkland (514-487-8051) .
You can now order bagels across Canada and the US at
www.stviateurbagel.com