St-Viateur Bagel, Montreal

The world's best bagels are found at St-Viateur Bagel on St-Viateur Street (near avenue du Parc) or at Fairmount Bagel on Fairmount Street (not far from avenue du Parc). I am not kidding...these bagels are fantastic. You might have to line up a bit to get your hot 1/2 dozen or dozen...but its worth it. I love the sesame seed (referred to as white seed) bagels, but the poppy seed (black seed) ones are fine as well. Take the #80 bus up Parc from METRO Place des Arts, it's not too far...and buy some of these bagels. Take some home with you on the plane, bus or train. And while you are up on avenue du Parc....walk around a bit. This is an interesting area, sometimes referred to as Mile End. Very hip and multi-cultural. I bet your bagels are gone before you arrive back at the hotel :-) I can smell them now!