June 01, 2005
And America Out of New York
Back from the ever-tasty Montreal.. My circle of McGill-attending friends is mostly moving on this year, so this might be my last time up there for a while.. I'm gonna miss y'all! Peace to Anne, Amy, Neale, Jon, Jessica, Tomiwa and the rest of the crew (and of course Gramophone Sean whom I've got pegged as blogger most likely to become world famous author.)
No Poutine this time but I did test the bagels, and my fellow NY-ers, I think they've got us on that one. Impressive enough that I'll politely ignore the attempts at pizza. Also took a million graffiti pics, digitized and webbified when time permits. And got the following books at Cheap Thrills for a total of $30 Canadian:
"The Rise and Fall of a Proper Negro" by Leslie Alexander Lacy
"Harlem: the Making of a Ghetto" by Gilbert Osofsky
"Soul Sister" by Grace Halsell (a female "Black Like Me"!?)
"Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix" by David Henderson
"What To Listen For In Music" by Aaron Copland
"The Recording Angel: The Experience of Music from Aristotle to Zappa" by Evan Eisenberg
Plus the book I've been dying to read for the longest, "On the Real Side" by Mel Watkins. The prologue has already planted the seeds for about 5 new posts...
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.. perhaps including one on this week's Big Blog Topic, which I'm just catching up on today. No time to jump in now, but I thought this previous colloquy covered all the bases. And I'll just mention.. no, let me not get started.
Posted by jsmooth995 at June 1, 2005 05:59 PM
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What's wrong with our pizza? We got every type of pizza you can think of in Montreal, and I swear we have some of the best pizzerias in the world. Just depends if you go to a cheap one-dollar-a-slice place, an industrial American-style pizza place (Mikes, Domino's, Pizza Hut, Donini's, etc.), or a "real" Italian restaurant... Seriously, not a week goes by where I don't eat Montreal pizza.
Posted by: angrypizzaman at June 2, 2005 09:41 AM
Indeed, I don't think one slice of 99-cent Madonna's can represent all Montreal pizza. :)
Posted by: anne at June 2, 2005 10:06 AM
Ha, Madonna's is exactly what I was thinking about too.
Posted by: angrypizzaman at June 2, 2005 10:37 AM
Guys, honestly. Seriously. Just stop with the pizza, it's embarrassing. You are nowhere near even approaching being competitive with NY on the pizza.
Yes you have tons of the terrible-but-cheap dollar pizza spots, some of the slightly less lousy corporate chains, and a few sit-down restaurants that serve decent pizza of a sort.
But in New York, where you have 1,000 terrible dollar-pizza spots we have 1,000 actual pizzerias, where you can walk up to the counter, lay down $2 and walk out with a slice that crushes 99% of your city's offerings.
It's soooooo not a contest.
Posted by: Jay Smooth at June 2, 2005 01:31 PM
Yeah, I know you guys feel the need to defend our fair city, but I think we need to concede defeat on this one. Most of the pizza I've had in Montreal has been pretty poor, and I think trying to defend it is a losing battle.
Montreal bagels are worth defending though, as I do think they're better than anything I've had in NYC. They're pretty different though, which can make comparison tricky.
And John, hopefully I'll see you for more than 30 seconds next time you're in Montreal.
Posted by: Neale at June 4, 2005 12:27 PM
hey jon. i was a little late on the pick-up on this one, but thanks so much for the v v kind words. come and visit in edinburgh! not much hip-hop that i can see but, um, daffodils!
Posted by: Sean at June 5, 2005 10:42 AM
It's all about the bagel spot on Fairmount, which oddly enough is called "Fairmount Bagels"...
I personally enjoy the bagels in both cities. They are completely different. In NY you got those massive, thick bagels with the whole brick of creme cheese in there, which is totally different than Montreal bagels.
But ya, the pizza up here is strictly a utilitarian food. It taste like cardboard, but comes in handy at 99cents a slice.
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