Brasseurs de Montreal

Address: 1485 Rue Ottawa (Griffintown)
Phone: (514) 788-4505
Website: http://www.brasseursdemontreal.ca
Having sampled the beers from this new microbrewery, I was itching to hit their resto-bar in Griffintown. It’s in an industrial building directly attached to the brewery, so it doesn’t have the cosy feel of some of the other good brewpubs in Montreal (Dieu de Ciel, Reservoir), but it was a good place to have some food and watch a hockey game. I would have thought down in this corner of Griffintown in mid-winter it would be dead, but it was surprisingly busy the evening we went and will probably get busier as some of the new condo projects go up in the Griffintown area. We had a simple meal on our visit. I had their sausage plate, which was quite good, including one sausage infused with cheese. Across the table, the poutine was not faring as well. It should probably be labeled “poutine” on the menu, as the cheese curds had been replaced with a broiled on cheese and there were a few unidentifiable lumps in the sauce. Although the flavour of the cheese was actually not bad and the fries were fine (in fact quite good when solo), its not a true poutine. Overall, 50/50 on the food on our first visit. Worth a second shot, but we’ll avoid the poutine the next time.
Price: $65 for two with some food and a couple of pints of beer each.
Beer: A blanche, a rousse, an ambrée. All excellent.