24 Hours of Montreal

Julia Kilpatrick, a summer intern for The Gazette of Montreal, catches up on her sightseeing by hitting 24 Montreal sights in 24 hours (alright, we doubt she actually did all these things in 24 hours but what does that matter?).  Her story should come in handy if you're planning a visit; many good ideas on the list.

Her food stops include coffee in Montreal's Little Italy (did you know they had one? We didn't!), bagels at St. Viateur (Roadfood.com review), a visit to the Atwater Market, one of three major farmers markets in Montreal, smoked meat at Schwartz's (photo above; Roadfood.com review), a stop at brewpub Benelux, dinner at the famed creperie Jardin Nelson, poutine at La Banquise (25 varieties! See the complete list below), a drink at Bily Kun, and finally a stop at the local dépanneur (a 24-hour convenience store) for beer and snacks.

These are the 25 varieties of poutine served at La Banquise:

Classical Poutine

Poutine Pepper sauce

Hot Dog Poutine: Smoked sausages

Veggie Poutine: peppers, mushrooms, and sautéed onions

Bacon Poutine

Duleton Poutine: Minced meat and sautéed onions

Pizza Poutine: Pepperoni, peppers and sautéed mushrooms

Poutine Galvaude: Chicken and peas

Poutine Chouxxx

Italian Poutine

Mexican Poutine: Hot peppers, tomatoes and black olives

Olé! Olé! Poutine: Italian sauce, hot peppers and Tabasco

Elvis Poutine: Minced meat, peppers and sautéed mushrooms

Dan Dan Poutine: Pepperoni, bacon and sautéed onions

Matty Poutine: Bacon, peppers, mushrooms and sautéed onions

Three Meat Poutine: Minced meat, pepperoni and bacon

Mart Poutine: Smoked sausages, bacon and sautéed mushrooms

Frank Poutine: Merguez sausages

Kamikaze Poutine: Merguez sausages, hot peppers and Tabasco

T-Rex Poutine: Minced meat, pepperoni, bacon and smoked sausages

Obélix Poutine: Smoked meat

Poutine B.O.M: Bacon, sautéed onions and merguez sausage

3 amigos: Smoked sausage, pork and beef sausages and merguez sausage

Jaco Poutine: Minced meat, onions, mushrooms, peppers sauce

Dance Poutine: Chicken, onions, bacon, peppers sauce