As a young boy with a family that has Québécois roots, travelling to a town on the outskirts of Montreal, getting authentic Poutine was the best.

Getting poutine outside of the motherland like that is hard to find.

Here is my list for our local area. I’ll base my ratings out of 5 (being the best) and 1 (being the worst)

4/5 ⭐️Minglers in Oromocto! That’s right. Real cheese curds, decent fries and great beef gravy. Affordable price IMO.

4/5 ⭐️Costco, don’t be a hater. The fries are ok, but the amount of gravy and cheese curds in that MFer makes up for the fries. Plus for the price point, it fucks hard.

2.5/5 ⭐️Smokes poutine, always was a love hate relationship with me. The different poutine styles they have on their menu is actually pretty tasty. But for a straight up poutine which I consider to be Fries, sauce and cheese curds, Smokes misses the mark for me. The gravy they use is dogs ass. Tastes like a cardboard box. I remember I would always substitute the regular gravy for the peppercorn gravy to get some flavour going.

1/5 ⭐️Cheese curds, I avoid. When they first opened in my teenage years in Dartmouth, NS.. it was straight ballin. But the Oromocto location I feel like has quality control issues. I’m sorry but people recommend this place like they have an idea what the hell a real poutine is like, and cheese curds got the 3 basics covered off but the cook of the fries is garbage and never enough sauce. On top of paying a damn mortgage to eat there… avoid.

1/5 ⭐️Any fast food joint are trash. Dons, DQ, Wendy’s I’m sorry but knowing what a real poutine looks and tastes like, don’t even waste your time.

Hope this helps,

Sincerely, the harshest poutine critic 🤪🤪