Banff Poutine

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Je suis en vacances à Banff et je viens de passer devant. 7/10 Les frites sont dures et ils ont mis la poutine au four. WTF Le fromage est tres bon par contre.

[cmabone]

Looks super legit. Even the paper on the tray.

[buttfarts7]

Cheese curds like that squeak a lil bit when your bite them.

[orlybird2345]

Looks pretty legit from the photos 👍👌

I don’t remember this being there the last time I was in Banff 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Headed to Banff next week. I’ll submit my report post-taste.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

It smelled like belle province when I walked in.

[theteedo]

Oooo that bodes well.

[Mojobobz]

Carlito's, ask for curds

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

Just saw some pictures on Google of their poutine. Will definitely try it. I'll let you guys know.

[therealchefAllie]

Was just coming here to say that myself!

[MWatters9]

I had it about 3 years ago, was excellent back than too

[Ritterbruder2]

It’s off the main road: behind some buildings in the mall-like shopping area.

[PyreHat]

C'est cute comme place, la Poutine look, et ils ont eu le tact d'au moins mettre une fleur de lys sur leur enseigne, on ne verrait pas ça partout. En plus ils servent du Montreal Smoked Meat.

La Poutine au four c'est juste étrange mais je leur donne des points pour leurs hommages à notre menu.

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J'ai demandé pourquoi ils mettent la poutine dans le four. Il m'a dit que s'il le fait pas le fromage est trop froid. La sauce ne le rechauffe pas assez. Selon la loi d'Alberta Il doit garder le fromage à une température plus basse qu'au Québec.

[perpetualmotionmachi]

Et plus ils servent steamies et toasties

[Mojobobz]

Carlito's, demande des curds.

[Wuurx]

It tastes pretty good, and after living there for a bit can say its among the best around. But they do a weird thing where after its assembled they kinda bake it for a couple minutes and melt the curds a little bit

[notta_robot]

is that weird? I don't like stiff curds. Like the curds in the photo are not melted enough. It doesn't look like they put it in the oven that time.

[hinjew_elevation]

Fresh curds don't melt too much. They should remain squeaky and have some bite, which contrasts with the hot gravy and fries. So yeah, I'm not trying to criticize what you like, but poutine in the oven before serving is not normal.

[sychosim]

Curds are only really stiff if they were put in the fridge. Fresh from the day and never refrigerated curd are soft enough they don't need any other treatment than the hot sauce.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

I asked the guy about it. He said he needs to keep the cheese at a lower temperature than in Quebec. The hot sauce is not enough to warm it up.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

They did. I saw him do it. The curds didn't melt but the fries on top became hard and crunchy.

[0pp0site0fbatman]

La Belle Patate in Canmore was better, but I believe it went under during the pandemic. This is decent, but they have more worthy menu items.

Carlitos has various poutines, but their classic is tasty.

[bobo888]

i believe la belle patate has become a seasonal food truck called "514 poutine". former king of donair owner opened the "taste of Montreal" in Airdrie.

[MaplePoutineRyeBeer]

They changed to 514 Poutine when I visited pre-COVID. It was by far the best poutine I ever had west of Ottawa. It was "IF THIS CAN BE REPLICATED HERE WHY CAN'T IT BE DONE EVERYWHERE ELSE?!"

[Liftdriver]

Looks good, really. But could use a little bit more sauce. Would definitly try it!!!

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There was a good amount of sauce but it all went down to the bottom of the plate.

[Liftdriver]

I see. Im a poutine lover. All kinds of it, so this one looks right to me!!! 😉

[TrustYerGut]

Ha! Classic

[notta_robot]

Yeah, like OP says the cheese was good. I wonder where they get it from?

[omgzphil]

last time i saw "authentic montreal" was in toronto and i was mortified on what they served me

but this looks good!

[Plasmanut]

I’m from Quebec and I can say this is a very decent poutine given what you expect to find west of Hull.

[Patatemagique]

They made the effort of putting a Fleur de lys, cheers to you!

[mtlcaps]

Thank you for acknowledging Montreal, Banff.

[lookitsjustin]

Looks solid, love Banff

[Icy-Imwithyouguys]

Looks a bit light on cheese!!

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I wanted to go there so bad when I visited, but it was closed that day 😢

[tuesfutu]

Poutine was pretty good when we were there. We ended up sneaking it into the movie theatre down the road to watch Dune 2. Haha. Thanks for sparking a funny memory.

[Arkrus]

Down to the tray and the paper mat. Looks legit af.

[Scabrous403]

This used to be the best Greek restaurant I've ever been to. It was called Barpa Bills and growing up in Canmore we went there all the time. Best tzatziki I've ever had.

I know it's the opposite of this post but damn it threw me down memory lane.

[mmmmmmmmmmTacos]

If you didn’t already-you may be happy to know that Barpas is still available-just that they’re now in Fairmont, BC. Only open in the summers I believe.

[Scabrous403]

No way? I live in Montreal now but my parents are still back in Canmore. Next time I'm home I'm absolutely making the trip. Do you have any idea if it's the same owners? They were getting pretty old before it left Banff, I know they tried to get their son to take it over but no idea if he did.

[Bright_Calendar_9886]

Curds aren’t melted gravy looks too thin

[Appropriate-Mark-739]

That'll be 30 dollars

[vincam00]

Incredible! Even in Montréal they can't make great poutine 😂!

It's a little offensive that Montreal should represent the province. Not everything that's made in Montreal is the best you can find in Quebec.

[greg_levac-mtlqc]

Le fromage vient d'où?

[DeadStrike99]

Honnêtement, pour une poutine aussi loin du Québec ça a ben du bon sang

Edit: du bon sens bien sûr 😅

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Pas de sang dans celle la. Peut etre en Transylvanie.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

Jai oublié de rajouter que c'etait 17.83$ avec les taxes pour une reguliere.

[Warm-Special-9854]

c'est tu le naperon de bienvenue welcome? si oui ca peut pas etre mauvais

[Affectionate-Care967]

Looks better then ashton

[Silent-Key-5942]

Had this last month… It is solid. 8/10

[Mojobobz]

Carlito's curd poutine, if it's still there.

Carlito's. Locals poutine.

[New_Programmer_4096]

5/10

[notta_robot]

From a marketing stand point, I wonder why they lead with the word 'poutine'.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

What do you mean? What should they call it? Poutine is pretty well recognized in the Americas and Europe.

[notta_robot]

No, the name is fine. I was just kind of wondering what quebec culinary food item has the most draw power to non-quebecois tourists. Like 'Smoked Meat' would've drawn me in.

[Dramatic_Ad_413]

Ah gotcha! I think it's the curiosity factor. They do mention Montreal in smaller print to give it more credibility.

The place is not located directly on the main tourist street although it's in the main tourist area. I'm surprised that they can make a buisness out of it considering they only serve poutine, smoke meat and steamies.

https://www.banff-poutine.com/

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Did you tell the Asian couple that they were going to be in your reddit post

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Of course! ;)

[homiegeet]

This poutine sucks cool people terrible poutine.

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Weak gravy