Michelin Guide comes to Montreal: ‘We feel snubbed'
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The Michelin Guide has finally arrived in Quebec and Montrealers reacted with shock to see only three restaurants get stars.
Even Quebec City received more stars, with six in total, including the only two-star restaurant in the province.
Who better to react to the controversial Michelin list than Dustin Gilman, the man known on the internet as Food Guy Montreal?
'We feel snubbed,' Gilman said on this week's spicy episode of The Corner Booth with hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand at the Snowdon Deli.
'When I first read the list, I thought, 'this is a real head scratcher.' '
Brownstein is also no stranger to the culinary scene. He, too, defended Montreal's dining reputation internationally, despite the few accolades the city received from Michelin compared with Toronto and Vancouver.
'We're the Paris of North America,' Brownstein said.
The trio listed a few notable omissions, including the very deli where the episode was filmed, and even discussed their favourite local rotisserie chicken option. Spoiler: one host is Team Chalet Bar-B-Q and the other is Team Côte St-Luc BBQ. You'll have to watch the episode to find out who.
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