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Considered one of Montreal's quintessential restaurants to bring someone on a first date, we went to Santropol after we had explored St Laurent on a very cold (-20 degree Celsius) evening around the trendier parts of downtown. It wasn't our first date, but it was still our first night together in Montreal. Santropol is a bit of an institution in Montreal. Most locals have fond memories of many times spent here. Often frequented by students, the restaurant is located in an old house in the Plateau neighbourhood on the east side of Parc Mont Royal. Its style is part Art Deco, part beatnik, with that homey, cozy, eccentric-artsy atmosphere. It's a restaurant where everyone is welcome.
Santropol is well-known for its sandwiches, and this is the item that dominates the menu. Even though we had just ate an enormous appetizer platter an hour before at another restaurant, we shared the Hazel Brown sandwich at Santropol. It looked too good. The Hazel Brown was made with very thick slices of fresh brown bread smothered with cream cheese, chocolate and hazelnut spread, fresh bananas, honey and fresh leaf lettuce. It was sooooo good, I even ate the garnish of fresh fruit, pickled banana peppers and red cabbage! With our sandwich, we shared a pot of Humani-tea (humani-thé) herbal tea. It was so comforting on such the cold day. They describe this blend of tea as "Cinnamon and cloves woven through a tapestry of camomile and peppermint: A soothing digestive suggesting conversation and philosophy." Amen! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalComparison: about averageAddress: 3990 rue St Urbain, MontrealPhone: (514) 842-3110Directions: Located on the south-west corner of Rue St Urbain and Duluth Ouest.Website: www.santropol.com Other Contact: cafe@santropol.com
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This place was in full throttle when my mom was at university...and still is, more than ever! Straight from 1970, it's "granola" style, in all it's glory! And It's one of the most fun places to go and have lunch! You can also go in the evening, but as a meal, they only serve sandwiches (thick ones), two types of salads and a vegetarian home style chili. It serves both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. What I love about it, is that you feel a bit like you just entered the Weasley's house. But the best part is the fenced garden in the back. It is a small and fairy-like oasis in the middle of the city. They even put lamp heaters so to prolonged the period during which it can be used. Opening hours: 11h30 to midnight every day.
My favorite is the "Santropol" sandwich, containing roast beef, blue cheese (I love blue cheese!) and cream cheese, with some mysterious spices, on thick and moist whole wheat bread. (I'm not sure if you can have white bread instead, but think that I've heard it offered.) As you see, I'm not a vegetarian, even though I do like to eat that way quite often. They also have great house blends of tea. Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 3990 rue St-Urbain, corner DuluthPhone: 514-842-3110Directions: Mile End / Plateau Mont-Royal, right near the Mont-Royal Park. And next to the Hotel-Dieux Hospital.Website: http://www.santropol.com
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I got to know this place thanks to VT member rwaksberg, who invited me to a meeting he had organized here with some friends & acquaintances of his (more details in my travelogue!!). I must say they have some weird food in here... sandwiches are their specialty, but not just regular sandwiches... They have strange mixes of organic and healthy ingredients & dressings stuffed between 2 slices of bread, most of them sweet & sour (or sweet & salted?), which I confess is not my favorite kind of food. So it was hard to find something that sounded really appealing to me, but I finally got to pick a sandwich and it turned out to be really good.... and ENORMOUS! There were so many things inside that it was tough to get to bite it! But I made it through the end and ate it all! Their other specialty seems to be TEA, mostly hot (I wonder if they serve iced tea in the summer time???), and with many different herbs and flavours inside (there are single flavour choices as well). One of the girls at the meeting told us that this restaurant was well known for having one of the prettiest terraces in town, where people love to sit at and have dinner or a cup of tea and chat. We didn't get to see it cause it was still early spring and the weather was really cold, but I guess she said they even won an award due to this unique feature. So it looks like it's a place worth the visit, and not only for its food!
The Santropol sandwich, with roast beef and goat cheese and other stuff inside, was really good.... nothing sweet in it, either! Satisfying, fresh and healthy, I do recommend it. I wasn't the only one who picked this sandwich and the others liked it very much too. Leave a Comment Theme: Health FoodPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: St-Urbain and Duluth corner
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