Despite the frigid temperatures, the deceptive sun was shining and the guilt of the calories soon to be consumed made us walk the 3.7 kilometers to this old style casse-croute. We donned our similar but DIFFERENT black north face winter gear and headed down St-Patrick against cold, unforgiving winter winds. Katie complained of frozen thighs and Jen kicked up a fuss of a cold butt, so by the time we arrived on the corner of Charlevoix street, we were two wimpering little babies yearning for a warm savoury poutine. A few blocks down, we spotted it, Patates Paul...and oh the joy of being fed and warm was so near.
Alas,
"It looks dark in there", Katie said.
"No you're imagining things", Jen reassured.
Nope, Katie was right and it was a long painful walk back, hungry and cold. Jen's butt had turned to ice and Katie's thighs, two solid blocks...why oh why was it closed on Sundays?? Even the pizza place across the street, that offered a glimmer of hope to help us divulge in our junk food yearnings, was also closed on the holy day.
"Thats it, we're taking the car" Katie demanded
"I thought you'd never ask" Jen agreed with a sigh of relief.
There were a few more futile attempts to find, at this point, ANY poutine place.
-Patateries Monk, bankrupt notice on door
-Green Stop, power shurdown due to gas leak on Monk (serving hot dogs only, which we questioned)
-AA, closed, WTF this place is NEVER closed
We settled on Woodland restaurant.
WARNING: Our rating system may be askew due to our desperates states.
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| A close up of Villa Wellington's poutine |
OVERALL POUTINE REVIEW
Since this is a pizza place, this poutine is not your classic quebecois dish, it resembles more a baked pizza. It comes on a tray with shredded mozerralla cheese crusted ontop and had to be sliced like a pizza to get a mouthful. This poutine has your basic ingredients, gravy, cheese and french fries. However, there is a certain pizza je ne sais quoi flavour, perhaps a little tomato sauce in the gravy? It is a fairly sized dish that goes down easy and isa good value for the money. So if you ever find yourself in a conundrum with a craving for both a pizza and a poutine, this is your place.
POUTINE RATING
Jen 3 out of 10 poutines
Katie 3 out of 10 poutines
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/67/1420009/restaurant/Wellington-de-L-glise/Restaurant-Woodland-Montreal
Hey, I am a poutine fan as well. My recommendation to you is to try the poutine at Patati Patata, its small but had squeaky curds and a red-wine and chicken-stock based sauce.
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