jt august > wrote in
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>> In Monteral, there are 2 chicken BBQ restaurants worth a detour
>> Chalet BBQ on Sherbrooke West next to the Decarie Expressway, and
>> the St Hubert BBQ chain.

Swiss Chalet / Chalet suisse is not a Montréal restaurant. The first Swiss
Chalet was located on the corner of Bloor and Bedford in Toronto and opened
its doors in 1954. They have branches all over Eastern Canada but they are
a poor cousin to St-Hubert in terms of market penetration.

Les rotisseries St-Hubert grew out of a single restaurant in Montréal which
was located, no surprise there, on rue St-Hubert and which opened its doors
on 1951-09-25. When we drove in to Montréal we would hear their goofy
radio ad which promoted their home delivery and went thus:

Drindrindrin Que désirez-vous?
Poutpoutpout St-Hubert Barbecue

(Don't try translating this without an adult present)

Ah, the advantage of having lived through interesting times ;-)

It is principally a Québec firm (with branches in Ontario and New Brunswick
where francophones live). It is now directed by the Groupe St-Hubert that
also oversees the production of their line of food products which are sold
in grocery stores. St-Hubert is a success story in the chain restaurant
world.

St-Hubert sauce is available in cans in most Québec grocery stores.

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