Chalet BBQ has roasted hardwood-charcoal chicken in NDG since 1944, an unchanged Montreal rotisserie whose quarter-chicken and gravy fries define the genre.
Order: A quarter chicken with fries and the house barbecue dipping sauce.
Tip: The room looks frozen in the 1960s on purpose; dine in for the full retro rotisserie experience.
Melk is a neighbourhood coffee bar on Monkland Avenue in NDG, Montreal, an easy all-day cafe for espresso, pastries and a laptop-and-stroller west-end crowd.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: The Monkland Village branch has room to sit and work; there is a smaller downtown outpost on Stanley too.
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.
Try: Quarter chicken and fries
Tip: The quarter-chicken combo is the value order; dine in for the full 1960s room at no extra cost.