The Montreal bagel is smaller, denser and sweeter than its New York cousin, hand-rolled, boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired oven until blistered; in Canada we have verified places to eat it in Montreal. Start with where to eat Montreal bagel in Montreal.
Montreal bagel · Montreal
The Montreal bagel is smaller, denser and sweeter than its New York cousin, hand-rolled, boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired oven until blistered.
Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe brought the bagel to Montreal in the early 1900s, and the city's version set itself apart by the 1950s. Fairmount Bagel dates to 1919 and St-Viateur to 1957, both in Mile End, both still firing wood ovens around the clock. The honey in the boiling water and the wood smoke give the Montreal bagel its sweeter, denser character.
Where to eat in Montreal:
- St-Viateur Bagel
- Fairmount Bagel
Where to eat Montreal bagel in Montreal: the editor picks