Montreal's Portuguese charcoal chicken is butterflied, marinated and grilled over hot coals, then basted in garlicky piri-piri, a Portuguese-community legacy.
Portuguese immigrants settled around the Plateau and Saint-Louis from the 1950s, bringing charcoal-grilled frango and piri-piri sauce. Rotisseries like Romados and Ma Poule Mouillee near Rue Rachel turned churrasco chicken into a Montreal staple, served with fries, rice and hot sauce to long weekend lines.
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Romados ★ 4.7
plateau · 115 Rue Rachel Est, Montreal, QC H2W 1C8
Romados is a Portuguese rotisserie and bakery on Rue Rachel in Montreal, drawing daily lines for its charcoal piri-piri chicken and custard tarts.
Ma Poule Mouillee ★ 4.5
plateau · 969 Rue Rachel Est, Montreal, QC H2J 2J3
Ma Poule Mouillee is the tiny Plateau counter grilling charcoal Portuguese chicken over Rue Rachel, its piri-piri birds and francesinha drawing daily lines.
Chalet BBQ ★ 4.3
ndg · 5456 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC H4A 1V9
Chalet BBQ has roasted hardwood-charcoal chicken in NDG since 1944, an unchanged Montreal rotisserie whose quarter-chicken and gravy fries define the genre.