text: The secret to this pub is the food Sure it is a typical packed Crescent street bar on weeknights making dinnertime ambiance a bit of a challenge but go for lunch even a late one and take a look at the little sheet tucked into the menu Order something other than a burger and you may be quite delightfully surprised at the quality of what you getnnFor example On my last visit that little sheet had Fried Chicken and Waffles I have never seen it anywhere other than Los Angeles and the South so to see it here in a Montreal pub intrigued me I ordered and it was right on Delicious fried chicken with buttermilk waffles and a stunning home made cayenne maple syrup packed with layers of complexity that makes my mouth water just thinking about itnnNow chicken and waffles may not be your thing but on this occasion something happened that sold me on the placennI was seated at the bar and a new bartender showed up He sort of washed a dish and looked a little lost but kept trying to gauge me I struck up a conversation with him to his relief I think and he asked what I thought of the dish nnI told him how much I liked it and that I had other things there in the past impressed that the menu varied with neat new local items to try and that they were always tastynnWho is the chef I saidnnuh me nnI shook his hand and told him how much I loved coming there But man an honest to goodness real chef that cares enough to stealth out a reaction to new dish that impressed the hell out of me This guy cares and I hope he keeps doing what he is doing