This place is amazing…read more The beer cheese is my favorite, and the brie was solid. Others in the group liked their swisslike cheese and softer one with some vegetable ash that was a bit ripe for my taste. Being direct to customers it's around the same price as super market cheese and WAY better. Worth going out of your way on the way back from MTL if you're in upstate NY. The olive bread in stock is really well done and even the sparkling juice was really tasty. We got an apple blend (grapefruit I'm tempted to say?) and it was a delicious treat for the ride back.

This cute little fromagerie has great cheese and condiments. We enjoyed sampling a few of the…read morecheeses and purchased our favorites along with crackers, coffee, and a few sweets. The coffee is made using Nespresso pods and the selection of cold beverages includes juice, soda water, and standard cold drinks. There are a couple of small tables to sit inside and enjoy the atmosphere!

A great place to pick up a variety of cheeses and cold cuts. There is also a wide variety of…read moresausages made in-house (free of preservatives, msg, and all that other nasty stuff). They also have sauerkraut, gherkins, and a bunch of other little sides. You can stop in and order sausage sandwiches (on a little baguette) topped with your choice of cheese, mustards, sauerkraut, pickles and hot peppers. You can eat there (two small tables) or take it out. There's a selection of german style beer - both imported and from local microbreweries. Five sausage sandwiches and 2 beers came to around $35.

This is the land of cheese! Forget about grocery stores! You wanna buy good cheese and all sort of…read moredairy products? This is the place for you! For veggies, I find it more difficult to buy stuff since they sell in big quantities, but if you have a big family or you wanna throw a party, then this is the spot. I like their selection of Asian products, so when I am in the mood to cook some Asian food I know I will find here what I need. This place is a great gem in the area!

Just updating to share that Bourassa has gone above and beyond the implement covid-19 safety…read moreprecautions. The last time we were there we couldn't even enter the store, you were asked to prepare your list and to give it to a staff member who would prepare it all for you. The staff are quick, friendly and are clearly taking this situation seriously and I can't tell you how much that means to us. The peace of mind of knowing that your groceries hadn't been sneezed on by a million panic shoppers was 100% worth the wait. Bonus: we were able to buy an enormous, restaurant sized bag of flour. Which is important, because all I crave is carbs now! Stay safe folks. oxo

Safe choice, easy in and out for a craft beer and a slice of cheese…read more It can get pricy, because it's alcohol and hand portion cheese. The thing I liked was that since it's mostly all from around the province. It makes us consider going to the brewery if the beer was good. But I think it was it's limitation for me. My BF was hesitating between 2 beer and I told him, take option 2, option 1 is from the ruisseau noir in Terrebonne, we could go directly. Going on site to enjoy the product for me is part of the fun. So that's why I can't fully go 5 stars. But I can understand the need and that's why I can't knock it. Ask the staff for recommendations, they know their stuff.

How I wish we could have cheese and beer stores where I'm from. Got coffee, fondue, cheese, beer,…read morewine, cider and grilled cheese sandwiches to go!

Nice variety of food products in the edge of the market. Mostly items for charcuterie but also…read morelocal coffee and chocolates. Kind service. Average prices compared to other shops.

As soon as you walk in you smell cheesy goodness! Lots of great options of cheese and foodstuffs to…read morepair with cheese. Bring your own bag to hold your groceries. Checkout is easy & quick.

Oh I loved Le Vieille Europe when I was living in Montreal. Unfortunately, I was a poor and…read morestarving student at the time and so I wasn't able to shop there as much as I wanted to, lol. I would occasionally go there for their imported cookies (oh how I adored Anna's Almond Swedish Thins, lol) and exotic teas. And also for their cheeses and deli meats. I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I love the smell of coffee and they have a good selection of coffee beans and a huge coffee grinder. The store has a very European feel to it, and very high prices. However, they carry products that are difficult to find elsewhere. Every time I go back to Montreal I like to pop in and poke around ;) My last visit was shortly before the Pandemic started. Looking forward to going back once this Pandemic is over.

Okay. When it comes to cities with great culinary traditions, somewhere in the back there…read morenaturally lies a bunch of places to promote, vend and educate on cuisine. Take New York for instance - if you want to know what we eat and how we came to eat them, you hit our bunch of ethnic markets and grab some finger foods. Wanna know how the Greek do their stuff? Hit Titan or Parrot Foods. Syrian? Sahadi or Souk el Shater. Chinese? Flushing. Korean? Same. Jewish style? Barney Greengrass and Avenue J in Brooklyn. In short, if you want something and is willing to travel the 5 boroughs and beyond, you'll be able to find it. When it comes to Montreal? You hit the Main. The Main is basically Boulevard St. Laurent between Sherbrooke and Jean-Talon, and the diversity of places informs you of its richeness of flavors. Want Hungarian and Askenazi jewish? Start at the Sherbrooke end. Portuguese? That's around Rue Rachel. Something more hipster friendly? That's St. Viateurs. How about Italian? That's closer to Marche Jean Talon. Interspersed between that range is a series of small shops that can cater to your specific needs. Marguez? There's a joint near that. Spanish cooking with a specific need for a paella (the pan for cooking a paella is itself called a paella), there's a place that sells it. A bit of a melange? That's what La Vielle Europe is for. So what makes La Vielle Europe such a good place to visit? Well, it might have to do with its blend of European charm and core Frenchness. When cultural anthropologists talk about food traditions they use the term foodways, which is the socioeconomic and cultural practices when it comes to food. When Quebec was a New French Signoralty hundreds of years ago, its culinary roots were preindustrial French. Then the Brits came in and injected its traditions, and throughout Montreal's history of expansion through immigration, new palates inform and expand upon these foodways, and there are still cultural and economic links back to France and other parts of Europe, and you see it in vivid display here. First, the cheese. The glorious cheese. One thing every visitor to Quebec learn quickly is the richness of the soil at "nos pays". They have great pasture, great dairy, and unlike the morons south of the border, they don't require their cheesemakers to pasteurize all their milk. As any American can attest, Quebec cheese is just better, creamier and more complex, and there is no better place to buy cheese than here. Have something in mind? Point and ask! They are not stingy with samples and will toss a few clues your way. The price is fairly decent as well, check out their discount section for some good stuff. Next, the baked goods. Yeah, they have bread, but they also have galettes, pasteis and will do you a sandwich. What kind of sandwich? They can do something classical like a jambon sandwich, or they can make you one of those gorgeous Portuguese sandwiches with their large eggy rolls. What about syrups and the beans? Yeah, for the coffee geeks out there, they have a massive selection of roasts and varietals, and the same goes for the au chocolat. Sure, they got coffee syrups to add that extra bit of salted caramel to your brew, but the payoff comes to your sodastream machine - The real charm comes from the availability of drinks syrups from France, the Teisseires and the Piquitos. Trust me, it's much better than the crap on offer in the US, and they last a long time. Honestly, with their large selection of sauces, candies, charcuterie and cooking oils, you cannot help but be impressed by both the breadth and depth of their selections. Want good eating? Visit old Europe. No availability on Air Transat? Bixi out to La Vielle Europe.

This place offers a range of cheese as the name implies, along with some local Quebec products such…read moreas sauces, spices, beer, and snacks. They carry the St-Albert's line of cheeses, including fresh curds, bars of their mild to extra old cheddars and smoked gouda. I'm glad to find St-Albert's here without having to go to Ontario anymore, but was hoping to find a better selection of Quebec curd cheese as well. Fromagerie Mirabel has less selection compared to other specialty cheese stores I've found in the Montreal area, such as "Fromagerie des nations". To be honest, even some of the nicer IGA or Provigo supermarkets carry a wider selection of cheeses. Go if you want fresh St-Albert's cheese, otherwise this shop might be disappointing, especially if you drove out of the way to visit.

Hundreds of cheeses of difren places around the world. Thay also make there own cheese,one of the…read morebest iv eaten. Lokal beers and meats as well. Service is verry good. Plenty of parking. Prices verry on what cheeses you want. Persanaly I rather do a 30min drive to go there then at the grocery store for the quality of what thay have.

A wonderful shop near the Oka cheese factory full of delicious local products. They make fresh pies…read moreevery day and are sold from 3h25 to closing. The apple pie I got was still warm in its packaging, the best type of pie is a warm pie! There's also just so many good cheeses and cured meats and pasta and sauces and jams and honey, the list goes on and on and on. A great place to buy a gift for someone or to pick up quality ingredients for dinner. I love supporting local products so shopping here whenever I'm in the area is always a plus.

This is a big shop by the Oka cheese factory, hard to miss. Gosh, there are so many interesting…read moreproducts here and not only cheese! They have jam, honey, meat products, frozen products, fresh baked goods, pies, ice cream, wine, cider, chocolate and so much more. Since those products are locally made, the price evidently comes with it. Nonetheless, it's a great place to pass by when you're in Oka.

I used to work there like almost 6 years ago now and there's still some people that are working…read morethere. The Manager and another employee there are really knowledgable and have a really friendly, yet professional approach with their clients. It's clean and I do mention that factor because somehow, we're dealing with cheese, and when you're dealing with food, there's no notions «too clean». CHEESE IN THE WEST ISLAND ; How Much Does it cost? The great aspect with this Cheese place is that there's not a lot of good place in the West Island! Without hesitation, it's the best place in the West Island. I try to go as much as my budget and event comes but cheese is expensive. You can try the cheeses, but in order to do some purchases without spending too much, let's just say that your average amount of cheese for a Fondue or Raclette is 200-250 g per person. 100gr average cost? 3-6$. So please, when you announce the important factor: How many people, is it a main dish, how much is your budget? Is that budget tight? ENOUGH OF THAT! Now the reason I like this place his also because they have fine local product, local liquor, cider and mead. Approximatively 100-120 kinds of cheese, and also great selection of supprisingly good Fair Trade Coffee. It'S quite a big place and a central place in the Marché de L'Ouest, but at the end of the day, you're still going to like all the great local et fine product import. Small list in cheese? Gruyere de Grotte Brie de Meau Osso Iranty Etorki Great goat selection. Mozzarella di Buffala (yup kind of like Bocanccinis with creamier and buffalo milk! So great!) Hmm so much more pops in my mind! LOCAL PRODUCTS Now people might not know that from the Province of Quebec but our cheese are freaking great, REALLY competitive with international market! Take care, enjoy your trip there!