If any Muchentuchen joint can compare to Phantom Muchentuchen it would be the great Montreal institution Boustan (I wish to have Tasty Delight attached). Boustan is one of the greats, and has been stuffing my belly as long as I can remember. They make their chicken, shawarma, kaffta, veggie, and fallafel pitas grilled on charcoal to perfection. Chef Deck’s standing order here is an all dressed chicken pita (don’t call it shish taouk!), with omelet, spicy sauce, grilled and well done (gotta mention the fact that they are the only joint that adds coleslaw). They are a Crescent street late night hot spot, and you might even run into some stars (hockey players, Tom Selleck’s mustache, Trailer Park Boys, and once upon a time the late great Mr. Trudeau). So if your budget can’t afford l’Express and you’re not into La Banquise, try Boustan but don’t blame me if you get addicted. Boustan you warm my hart with garlic and love, so XOXO until the next drinking binge!

Tastiness: 8.723123812/10
Ambiance: Drunk frat boys peeing their pants/10
Price: under $10 a person/10

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Restaurant Boustan Information

On Montreal Restaurant Cosmos Chef Deck Says (with a raspy voice, Greek ascent, while smocking a cigarette, and yelling at his children):

Cosmos Snack Bar and I, have been down since day one. I still go there with hopes of collecting enough evidence for my lawsuit against them for contributing to my future sextuple bypass. G-d forbid on the bypass and sorry guys for the whole fattening innuendo but my cousins cholesterol did go back down to normal after he stopped eating two creations and a mish mash (lots of eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, salami, tomato, onion, cheese and toast.) a week. You are so forbiddingly delicious and I can’t help but crave your two eggs over with butterflied sausage burnt, patates burnt, and a bagel on the grill. There are also days that I sweat thinking about biting into a creation (BLT with a fried egg and salami $4.75), greasy bacon cheeseburger, or feeding myself for two days with a mishmash. The thing that I appreciate most about Cosmos though is the secret ash in my food, the family feuds, and of course good old Tony. For all of you who are confused by my banter Cosmos is a Breakfast restaurant counter, they have some of the the best potatoes in the city, it is tinny and you only can sit at the bar (11 stools) except for in the summer when you can sit outside, and there is a documentary that you can catch on the owner (Tony Koulakis) called “Man of Grease”.

Food: sticks to your bones/10
Service: screw you for asking/10
Size: Tokyo hotel room/10

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Cosmos Restaurant Information

5843 Sherbrooke West, Notre Dame de Grace (NDG), Montreal
Metro: Vendome
Phone: 514-486-3814
Hours: Tues – Sun breakfast 6 am – 5 pm
Pay: Cash only
Price: Cheap

On Bofinger Montreal Barbeque Restaurant, Chef Deck Says:

If I was a pig, and sick of the pen, Bofinger restaurant in Montreal would be my chosen final resting place thats Bofinger not “Bowfinger” the Eddie Murphy movie. We came, we saw, we wet napped, we conquered! A good suggestion for all of you newbies to Bofinger would be to go with a group and order everything on the menu, try every different sauce, every different side and get many pitchers. Beef ribs amazing, pork ribs just as amazing if not more, pulled pork sandwich the bomb (such good topping options), macaroni and cheese even better than Stouffer’s, cucumber salad…ya. The beans quite tasty, chicken good, chicken wings…word, beef brisket quite fine, you are just the best Montreal fast food restaurant ever and you put places like Baton Rouge restaurant to shame.

Price: Everything under 10 bucks/10
Deliciousness: The best you can in Montreal get for the price range/10
Clientèle: Bring out the good ol south/10

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Bofinger Barbeque Restaurant Information

5667 Sherbrooke W, NDG, Montreal
Phone number: 514-315-5056
HOURS: Daily, 11 am – 11 pm
Payment: Cash only