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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00:00There are many different ways to interpret Leonard Cohen's masterpiece Hallelujah.
00:04My take on it?
00:05Well, he's a Montrealer, so he's probably talking about delicious food.
00:08Okay, maybe that's a little far out there, but this is Food Trip, the show where I travel
00:12across a Canadian city eating the tastiest, bucket-less foods that I can get my hands
00:16on.
00:17So I'm going to get ahead of myself.
00:18I'm Alex, and I love eating food, but I don't have a lot of time or money, so here's what
00:22I'm going to do.
00:23In under four hours, and with only $100 in my pocket, I'm going to try to hit as many
00:27of Montreal's hottest, tastiest food spots as I can.
00:30Two rules.
00:31One, no chain restaurants, and only one food per episode.
00:35Today, I'm eating pizza.
00:38Let's start things off by tossing four hours up on the clock and head to our first location,
00:47Pizza Danny on St. Catharines Street.
00:49Pizza Danny is the pizza place next door.
00:51It's the place you end up at at two o'clock in the morning after a night out.
00:54My personal experience with it is, whatever they have when you get there is what you eat,
00:58but my favorite has always been the spinach.
01:00So let's start things off healthy.
01:14Spinach pizza.
01:15A little bit of parmesan, chili flakes, oil.
01:18Mmm.
01:19I don't know what it is about the crust, but the crust is actually amazing.
01:26The crust actually tastes like a loaf of bread that they then put cheese and some sauce on.
01:30That's one of the main reasons why I think a lot of people end up here.
01:33The ingredients are solid, the crust is fantastic, and it's always consistent.
01:38Good pizza.
01:44Alright, time check.
01:473 hours and 29 minutes left on the clock.
01:49Money check, $91.51 left in my pocket, but we're doing great.
01:53Next stop is Il Focolaio, also on St. Catharines Street, further in the downtown corner.
01:58The reason we're going there is because ever since they opened their doors in 1984,
02:02they've been pumping out pizzas out of a wood oven.
02:04This is the good stuff.
02:05This is the way they make it back in Italy.
02:17Oh, look at that.
02:40Oh, it's so damn cheesy.
02:46Black truffle, usually a very overpowering flavor.
02:49Not that overpowering.
02:51The crust is amazing.
02:52It's a good pizza.
02:53It's a good pizza across the board.
02:56Sauce is good, ingredients are good, crust is good.
02:59Cheese is excellent.
03:01My biggest takeaway, this is actually kind of crazy.
03:03Usually when tomatoes are on pizza, it's a very watery vegetable, right?
03:07So you bite into it, the juices of the tomato just kind of go everywhere.
03:10It stays in place.
03:11You're eating the tomato, it doesn't ruin the whole pizza.
03:13Beautiful.
03:16I'm trying to eat pizza here.
03:18Pizza and peace.
03:19Come on.
03:30That's how good this pizza is.
03:32Everybody wants a bite.
03:33Come on.
03:36Oh, f**k.
03:37Oh, f**k.
03:46I need more pizza.
03:52All right, time check.
03:54Two hours, 41 minutes left on the clock.
03:56$72.25 left in my pocket.
03:58Moving on to the next spot, Amelia's on the edge of the Plateau Mojave.
04:02This place has history.
04:03Passed down from generation to generation, from father to daughter since 1985.
04:07All right, so it's going to take about 20 minutes for the pizza to get made, but it's
04:11cash only.
04:12So I got to go withdraw some from the ATM.
04:16Get pizza.
04:28This is Amelia's famous white pizza.
04:31Just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.
04:33Five cheeses.
04:34Mozzarella, brick, ricotta, parmesan, and feta.
04:38If you like cheese, this is the pizza for you.
04:43This is 100% cheese.
04:45This is like a cheese stick turned into a pizza.
04:47This is somebody who loves cheesy bread and said, why are we not just making a whole pizza
04:51out of this?
04:52That's what this is.
04:53People have been saying they drive in to downtown Montreal just for this pizza, and I got to
04:58say, I get it.
05:06All right, time check.
05:07One hour, 27 minutes left on the clock.
05:09Got a little sidetracked there with the whole ATM thing, but it's all good.
05:12We're making moves.
05:14On to the next one.
05:1547.25 left in my pocket, and our next stop is Magpie in the Mile End.
05:19Now Magpie is younger than all the other places we've been to, but what they lack in age,
05:24they make up for it in creativity.
05:26We're going to taste their own unique creative take on the classic Neapolitan style pizza.
05:31Let's go.
05:33That 15 minute wait, hopefully we'll be able to make the last spot on our list.
05:47All right, we got our pie.
05:49Let's go give it a taste.
05:53Oh, ho, ho, ho.
05:55That's a beauty.
05:56You got the prosciutto.
05:57What is that, arugula?
05:58Some cheese.
05:59What is that, mozzarella?
06:00Tomatoes.
06:01Tomato sauce.
06:02This is maybe the prettiest one I've seen today.
06:07That's amazing.
06:08Way too much arugula.
06:10That's my only comment here.
06:12But the dough is fantastic.
06:14The prosciutto is so on point.
06:16The cheese is so on point.
06:18The sauce is so on point.
06:19Of all the pizzas I've eaten today, this is the lightest.
06:22In terms of flavor, it's one of the tastiest I've had, definitely.
06:25And it all comes down to the ingredients.
06:27These are fresh ingredients.
06:30This almost doesn't taste like a pizza because of how fresh everything is.
06:35All right, let's move on to the next place.
06:38All right, time check.
06:3927 minutes left on the clock.
06:41Not a whole lot of time.
06:43But you cannot have a conversation about pizza in any city without going to Little Italy.
06:47It's just wrong.
06:49Pizzeria Napolitana opened up just after the Second World War.
06:52And for 70 years, it's been a place that Italian immigrants have gone to to, you know,
06:56just get a taste of back home.
06:58They use the freshest ingredients and they go for authenticity.
07:01So, let's see what they can do for me.
07:04We don't have a whole lot of time, so I'm gonna hop in the car and we're gonna head over there real quick.
07:28All right, the tutta bella.
07:34This is mushrooms, pepperoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce.
07:41I mean, I don't want to get ahead of myself here.
07:44This is the best pizza I've had all day.
07:46This is the best pizza I've had all day.
07:48It's got a ton of meat.
07:50But it's not impossible to eat.
07:52The crust, thin, crispy.
07:56And I don't know how it can be so thin and not fall apart.
07:59As the owner mentioned, they go to Italy for these ingredients.
08:03For the tomatoes. For their sauce.
08:05This is, undeniably, one of the best pizzas in Montreal. Period.
08:09When you fold it over.
08:11Look at the thickness there.
08:13Because it looks thin. You see that?
08:15Stacked.
08:17I guess you just can't beat a classic.
08:21And that's it. We finished on time.
08:25While I was in there, the clock ran out.
08:27I have only 27 cents left in my pocket.
08:29I don't know how we did it, but we did it.
08:31Pizzeria Napolitana had the pizza of the day.
08:33Hands down.
08:35Chez Danny, best crust.
08:37Amelia's, great for a white pizza, if that's your thing.
08:39Magpie, solid pizza overall.
08:41But very saucy.
08:43And Il Focaleo, black truffle or not.
08:45That is a solid AF pizza.
08:47All right, next time you're in Montreal.
08:49Here are five new places that you can check out on your own pizza food trip.
08:54Bye!