The rich, comforting aromas from the wood-burning oven in a Côte-St-Luc strip mall are much the same as those found in other bagel shops dotting the Island of Montreal. But at M.T.L. Bagel, that aroma ...

Dear New York City bagel-lovers, As a Montreal export to New York, I take offense at your treatment of our version of the mouthwatering goodness that is the Montreal bagel. Granted, I’m aware that I’m ...

The results of our bagel poll were so close that I had to try both St-Viateur Bagel (which won 46% of the votes) and Fairmount Bagel Bakery (44%) while here in Montreal. First, thanks to reader ...

Montreal’s St-Viateur Bagel has come a long way since Buchenwald survivor Myer Lewkowicz opened his humble storefront bakery in a rundown immigrant neighborhood in 1957. Under the Morena family, its ...

Reports of the death of the Montreal bagel appear to have been greatly exaggerated. So needless to say, when word began to spread that parts of Montreal were looking to solidify air-quality standards ...

For the inaugural episode of Dining on a Dime: Montreal, I’m heading to one of Montreal’s most beloved institutions, which also lends itself to a giant point of contention between Montrealers and New ...

The scene: In most parts of the world, what masquerades as a bagel is not really a bagel, it’s just bread made into a ring shape — a roll with a hole. Despite the proliferation of regional specialties ...

The bagel has to be the most successful Jewish food in history, at least in terms of general public acceptance—especially in comparison to, say, gefilte fish. In fact, bagels have become so ...

It’s 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning, and a long line of eager customers snakes out of the door of a small bagel shop in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood. In sub-zero temperatures and on hot summer nights, ...

"Most of the dishes have some French influence, like even our potatoes, that is Jack's specialty," said his son Christopher ...