Comments on: Cosmos Snack Bar

By: Nicholas Robinson

Nicholas Robinson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:38:56 +0000

Hmm . . . must admit I showed up there not too long ago after a coke-fuelled night and chowed down on a breakfast burger. Good old Tony and Nikki, may they paint the Universe with grease.

By: TWH

TWH — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:32:34 +0000

Me and my buddy Rick have been tryin’ out a few breakfast places and we both agree that Cosmos is one of the better places , and a great way to start the day!!! Best potatoes !! Like Hristina says, Oded G , you just gotta find a place of your own ! Finally some good home cooking!! I”m going Back for more!!!
-Terry,

By: Hristina

Hristina — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:39:34 +0000

Oded G: I think you’d better go find a Jewish deli and leave the real food for the Greeks to cook. To each their own, as they say! Opa! And kali orexi.

By: Loulou

Loulou — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:41:05 +0000

Cosmos is open 7 days a week from 7am-5pm

It is old fashioned, stick to your ribs greasy spoon breakfast and burger place. Real Burgers. People are friendly and that’s good for your health.

See yah There!

By: Jesse V-H

Jesse V-H — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:41:17 +0000

PS: Beauties has nothing on Cosmos, not by a long shot!!!

-jesse

By: Jesse V-H

Jesse V-H — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:38:07 +0000

I will make this nice and short. It all comes down to: there’s a time and a place for everything. No, I would not bring my fiance to Tony’s for our 7 year anniversary – but we would happily go there the morning after (having drank a bottle of wine each). Cosmo’s is a place where people still know you name, where cholesteral is not yet an issue and where you might want to go to the bathroom at home, before you go. But damned if you’ll find the same kind of artistico-margino-fringe characters…. from loan sharks to accountants! OK, wasn’t as short as I thought, but I must stick up for what brings-back so many of my University days!

By: stef braun

stef braun — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:45:57 +0000

mmmmm grease…..mmmmmm tony…..mmmm arteries

By: Nicholas Robinson

Nicholas Robinson — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:49:27 +0000

Hey, add Montreal Pool Room to this list, add Schwartz’s (never saw anything good about it–cherry coke? Give me a break) but the list is long. For me Cosmos, like Binerie, blah blah blah, was just an INSTITUTION. You know, all capitalized. But people love institutions. It’s where old folk tend to congregate. Food is tried and true, no changes, same chef, same clientele.

Hell, nothing wrong with that, now that I think of it. So many places open and close in 6 months, so I guess it’s a sign of something that Cosmos is still around.

But I . . . don’t . . . think . . . I’ll . . . be . . . going . . . back . . .

By: Oded G

Oded G — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:07:16 +0000

ok, so i am about to risk my own life here, but please try to bear with me on this one Chef Deck (and the rest of you beloved Montrealers…)
How to put it delicately, despite my numerous attempts (mostly out of great respect to your now-much-healthier-cousin), i just don’t dig the greatness of this place. I dig the charming and whimsical characters, and the lovely local and down-to-earth atmosphere, but as far as the food goes, the accolades just don’t stick (…the secret is butter, TONs of butter). If you ask a humble immigrant like myself, the food is unfortunately wayyyyy to greasy (on the verge of being criminal), even for breakfast after a night full o’booze. It is often too soggy, unrefined, the texture is undefined, and it is all rather too salty (nevermind the lack of consistency in quality). Furthermore, as a proud and discerning Jew, i could also dare and say that many times the Greek Chala served is rather stale and dull (forgive me Cosmos, forgive me Tony). So, my friend, in my humble opinion, there is only one explanation for your exquisite review: you, like many great chefs out-there, and most other humans, have succumbed to the s “sin” of nostalgia. Yes, it is probably love by association! we all need to keep around those special places that help define who we are. We love those same old stools we probably added an indelible mark to when we were 14, we all need to get the same food from the same ppl we know and learn to love, and it is absolutely necessary for us to have at least one unchanged & untouched get-a-way amid the sprawl of new soulless but stylish new restos. Unfortunately, this love takes years of hard work and sacrifice to build, and cannot be shared by a late addition like myself… too bad!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:07:31 +0000

great breakfasts, arguably the best in montreal or north america for that matter, u inspired me to go today… droool