Whether you’re visiting Montreal or just rediscovering your own city, delicious food options are everywhere. Since there’s so much to choose from in such little time, we’re going to do the hard work for you & hit up the city’s most exciting food spots in under 4 hours, with only $100.
In this episode, Alex Melki is eating his way through Montreal’s bucket list pizzas. From traditional Neapolitan pies to hidden spots loved by locals, this is the ultimate Italian Food Trip.
For more information, visit:
Host
https://www.instagram.com/alexmelki/
Pizza Chez Dany
https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pizza-chez-dany-montr%C3%A9al-3
Il Focolaio
https://ilfocolaio.ca/en/
Pizzeria Magpie
https://www.pizzeriamagpie.com/
Amelia’s Pizza
https://www.ameliaspizza.ca/menu
Pizzeria Napoletana
https://www.napoletana.com/
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Best Pizza In Montreal With $100 And 4 Hours | Food Trip
In this episode, Alex Melki is eating his way through Montreal’s bucket list pizzas. From traditional Neapolitan pies to hidden spots loved by locals, this is the ultimate Italian Food Trip.
For more information, visit:
Host
https://www.instagram.com/alexmelki/
Pizza Chez Dany
https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pizza-chez-dany-montr%C3%A9al-3
Il Focolaio
https://ilfocolaio.ca/en/
Pizzeria Magpie
https://www.pizzeriamagpie.com/
Amelia’s Pizza
https://www.ameliaspizza.ca/menu
Pizzeria Napoletana
https://www.napoletana.com/
About Narcity:
Narcity is the spark that powers your relationship with the awesome city where you live. Every single day, it gives you all you need to know about what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next, as well as the tools you need to connect with the people, places, and passions in your city.
Narcity.com is owned and operated by Narcity Media, the leading digital media publisher for Gen Z and millennials, covering breaking local news and trends across North America. Narcity Media’s extensive network of journalists and creators spans from coast to coast to coast with the sole purpose of creating local content that engages communities. The brand’s news and travel websites attract 23M readers each month and its social channels reach 5M people daily.
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Best Pizza In Montreal With $100 And 4 Hours | Food Trip
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00:00 There are many different ways to interpret Leonard Cohen's masterpiece Hallelujah.
00:04 My take on it?
00:05 Well, he's a Montrealer, so he's probably talking about delicious food.
00:08 Okay, maybe that's a little far out there, but this is Food Trip, the show where I travel
00:12 across a Canadian city eating the tastiest bucket list foods that I can get my hands
00:16 on.
00:17 So I'm going to get ahead of myself.
00:18 I'm Alex, and I love eating food, but I don't have a lot of time or money.
00:22 So here's what I'm going to do.
00:23 In under four hours, and with only $100 in my pocket, I'm going to try to hit as many
00:27 of Montreal's hottest, tastiest food spots as I can.
00:30 Two rules, one no chain restaurant, and only one food per episode.
00:35 Today I'm eating pizza.
00:38 Let's start things off by tossing four hours up on the clock and head to our first location,
00:47 Pizza Danny on St. Catharine Street.
00:49 Pizza Danny is the pizza place next door.
00:51 It's the place you end up at at two o'clock in the morning after a night out.
00:54 My personal experience with it is whatever they have when you get there is what you eat,
00:58 but my favorite has always been the spinach.
01:00 So let's start things off healthy.
01:02 Spinach pizza, a little bit of Parmesan, chili flakes, oil.
01:17 I don't know what it is about the crust, but the crust is actually amazing.
01:26 The crust actually tastes like a loaf of bread that they then put cheese and some sauce on.
01:31 That's one of the main reasons why I think a lot of people end up here.
01:33 The ingredients are solid, the crust is fantastic, and it's always consistent.
01:38 Good pizza.
01:43 All right, time check, three hours and 29 minutes left on the clock.
01:49 Money check, 91.51 left in my pocket, but we're doing great.
01:53 Next stop is Il Focolaio, also on St. Catharine Street, further in the downtown core.
01:57 The reason we're going there is because ever since they opened their doors in 1984, they've
02:01 been pumping out pizzas out of a wood oven.
02:04 This is the good stuff.
02:05 This is the way they make it back in Italy.
02:30 Oh, look at that.
02:40 Oh, so damn cheesy.
02:45 Black truffle, usually a very overpowering flavor, not that overpowering.
02:51 Crust is amazing.
02:52 It's a good pizza.
02:53 It's a good pizza across the board.
02:56 Sauce is good, ingredients are good, crust is good.
02:59 Cheese is excellent.
03:01 My biggest takeaway, this is actually kind of crazy.
03:03 Usually when tomatoes are on pizza, it's a very watery vegetable, right?
03:06 So you bite into it, the juices of the tomato just kind of go everywhere.
03:10 Stays in place.
03:11 You're eating the tomato, doesn't ruin the whole pizza.
03:14 Beautiful.
03:15 I'm trying to eat pizza here.
03:18 Pizza and peace.
03:19 Come on.
03:21 That's how good this pizza is.
03:30 Everybody wants a bite.
03:33 Come on.
03:34 Oh, f***.
03:35 Oh, f***.
03:36 I need more pizza.
03:52 All right, time check.
03:53 Two hours, 41 minutes left on the clock.
03:56 $72.25 left in my pocket.
03:58 Moving on to the next spot, Amelia's on the edge of the Plateau Mohoya.
04:02 This place has history.
04:03 Passed down from generation to generation, from father to daughter since 1985.
04:07 All right, so it's going to take about 20 minutes for the pizza to get made, but it's
04:10 cash only.
04:11 So I got to go withdraw some from the ATM.
04:15 Let's get the pizza.
04:28 This is Amelia's famous white pizza.
04:30 Just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.
04:33 Five cheeses, mozzarella, brick, ricotta, parmesan and feta.
04:38 If you like cheese, this is the pizza for you.
04:43 This is 100% cheese.
04:45 Like this is like a cheese stick turned into a pizza.
04:47 This is somebody who loves cheesy bread and said, why are we not just making a whole pizza
04:52 out of this?
04:53 That's what this is.
04:54 People have been saying they drive in to downtown Montreal just for this pizza.
04:58 And I got to say, I get it.
05:06 All right, time check.
05:07 One hour, 27 minutes left on the clock.
05:10 Got a little sidetracked there with the whole ATM thing, but it's all good.
05:12 We're making moves.
05:13 Onto the next one.
05:14 47.25 left in my pocket.
05:17 And our next stop is Magpie in the Mile End.
05:19 Now Magpie is younger than all the other places we've been to, but what they lack in age,
05:24 they make up for it in creativity.
05:26 We're going to taste their own unique creative take on the classic Neapolitan style pizza.
05:31 Let's go.
05:32 That 15 minute wait, hopefully we'll be able to make the last spot on our list.
05:47 All right, we got our pie.
05:48 Let's go give it a taste.
05:49 Oh, that's a beauty.
05:50 You got the prosciutto.
05:51 What is that?
05:56 Arugula.
05:57 Some cheese.
05:58 What is that?
05:59 Mozzarella.
06:00 Tomatoes.
06:01 Tomato sauce.
06:02 This is maybe the prettiest one I've seen today.
06:05 That's amazing.
06:07 Way too much arugula.
06:10 That's my only comment here.
06:12 But the dough is fantastic.
06:14 The prosciutto is so on point.
06:16 The cheese is so on point.
06:18 The sauce is so on point.
06:19 Of all the pizzas I've eaten today, this is the lightest.
06:22 In terms of flavor, it's one of the tastiest I've had, definitely.
06:25 And it all comes down to the ingredients.
06:28 These are fresh ingredients.
06:30 This almost doesn't taste like a pizza because of how fresh everything is.
06:34 All right, let's move on to the next place.
06:37 All right, time check.
06:39 27 minutes left on the clock.
06:41 Not a whole lot of time, but you cannot have a conversation about pizza in any city without
06:46 going to Little Italy.
06:47 It's just wrong.
06:48 Pizzeria Napolitana opened up just after the Second World War, and for 70 years, it's been
06:53 a place that Italian immigrants have gone to, to, you know, just get a taste of back
06:57 home.
06:58 Well, they use the freshest ingredients, and they go for authenticity.
07:02 So let's see what they can do for me.
07:04 We don't have a whole lot of time, so I'm going to hop in a car, and we're going to
07:07 head over there real quick.
07:08 All right, the tutta bella.
07:35 This is mushrooms, pepperoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce.
07:40 I mean, I don't want to get ahead of myself here.
07:44 This is the best pizza I've had all day.
07:47 This is the best pizza I've had all day.
07:49 It's got a ton of meat, but it's not impossible to eat.
07:53 The crust, thin, crispy, and I don't know how it can be so thin and not fall apart.
08:00 As the owner mentioned, they go to Italy for these ingredients, for the tomatoes, for their
08:05 sauce.
08:06 This is undeniably one of the best pizzas in Montreal, period.
08:10 You fold it over, and look at the thickness there, because it looks thin.
08:14 You see that?
08:15 Stacked.
08:16 I guess you just can't beat a classic.
08:20 And that's it.
08:23 We finished on time.
08:24 While I was in there, the clock ran out.
08:26 I have only 27 cents left in my pocket.
08:28 I don't know how we did it, but we did it.
08:30 Pizzeria Napolitana had the pizza of the day, hands down.
08:34 Chez Danny, best crust.
08:35 Amelia's, great for white pizza, if that's your thing.
08:38 Magpie, solid pizza overall, but very saucy.
08:42 And Il Focaleo, Black Truffle or not, that is a solid AF pizza.
08:47 Alright next time you're in Montreal, here are five new places that you can check out
08:50 on your own pizza food trip.
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