Wilensky's Light Lunch is a deli budget eat in Mile End, Montreal.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste your way through Montreal’s Mile End on a guided tour featuring warm wood-fired bagels, classic poutine, street-style gnocchi, and a savory Mediterranean secret dish.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Discover the Mile End neighbourhood in Montreal on a guided foodie walking tour. Enjoy 7 food/drink tastings, and learn about the history of Mile End and its culturall...
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Taste your way through Montreal’s Mile End with a local guide. Enjoy iconic dishes like bagels, smoked meat, gnocchi, and poutine while discovering the city’s rich cul...
Address: 34 Avenue Fairmount Ouest, Montreal, QC H2T 2M1
A hot St-Viateur bagel with cream cheese is Montreal's cheapest signature bite, sold around the clock in Mile End for the price of pocket change.
TryBagel with cream cheese
TipBuy a dozen to take home; per bagel it is far cheaper than any cafe breakfast in the city.
La Panthere Verte serves quick, cheap vegan falafel pitas and bowls across Montreal, a reliable meat-free lunch for well under fifteen dollars in Mile End.
TryFalafel pita
TipThe falafel pita with green sauce is the value pick; bowls cost a little more but feed you longer.
Romados serves a big plate of charcoal Portuguese chicken and fries for cheap on Rue Rachel in Montreal, one of the Plateau's best-value filling meals.
TryPortuguese charcoal chicken
TipA half chicken with fries feeds one generously; the custard tarts are a cheap sweet finish.
A hot St-Viateur bagel with cream cheese is Montreal's cheapest signature bite, sold around the clock in Mile End for the price of pocket change.
TryBagel with cream cheese
TipBuy a dozen to take home; per bagel it is far cheaper than any cafe breakfast in the city.
Chalet BBQ serves a hardwood-charcoal quarter chicken with gravy fries for a modest sum in NDG, Montreal, a filling retro-diner meal that has held its value.
TryQuarter chicken and fries
TipThe quarter-chicken combo is the value order; dine in for the full 1960s room at no extra cost.
Boustan is a downtown Montreal institution for cheap, garlicky shawarma, its Rue Crescent counter feeding students and night owls well past midnight.
TryShawarma pita
TipThe Aladin potato pita is the cult order and barely dents a tenner; extra toum is free and essential.
La Panthere Verte serves quick, cheap vegan falafel pitas and bowls across Montreal, a reliable meat-free lunch for well under fifteen dollars in Mile End.
TryFalafel pita
TipThe falafel pita with green sauce is the value pick; bowls cost a little more but feed you longer.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou fills a table for cheap in Montreal's Chinatown, its hand-pulled beef noodle soup one of the best-value hot bowls in the city.
TryHand-pulled noodle soup
TipOne big beef soup and a plate of dumplings feeds two for the price of a downtown sandwich.
