St-Viateur Bagel & Café Mont-Royal, Montreal bagel cafe in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Canada.
St-Viateur Bagel & Café Mont-Royal is a bakery and café on Avenue Mont-Royal Est in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood of Montreal, Canada. The space features an open kitchen where bakers work in full view of customers, and the menu covers bagels, sandwiches, coffee, and other drinks.
The original St-Viateur Bagel shop was founded in 1957 by Myer Lewkowicz, an immigrant who arrived in Montreal after World War II. The Avenue Mont-Royal location came later as the brand expanded to serve more of the city.
The bagels are hand-rolled and boiled in honey water before being baked in a wood-burning oven, a process visible from the open kitchen. This gives the bagels a slightly sweet crust and a chewy interior that sets the Montreal style apart from other bagel traditions.
The café is open every day and accepts both cash and Canadian debit cards. It tends to be busy on weekends and during morning hours, so a short wait is possible at those times.
The bagels are baked around the clock, meaning that a visitor arriving at almost any hour of the day or night can get one warm from the oven. This non-stop rhythm has been part of the place since its early years.
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