Description: July 1 is Canada Day, a holiday in Canada. It was absolutely mobbed on Ave Cartier. We walked up and down the street several times looking for somewhere to have a light dinner. We were checking out the menu at the Turf Pub when two young men saw us looking at their pizza and told us they were very good. Okay, since they were fellow Americans we accepted their word and walked inside.
There was a lively crowd when we arrived. There was a lot of celebrating going on, I assumed it had to do with the World Cup. Our waitress Elise however was very quick to seat us and get us our drinks. I had a Stella and Al had some other kind of beer, the name escapes me at the moment.
We decided to share two pizza’s, Al and Jen had margarita and Jason and I had Cajun chicken. The pizza crust is as thin as a cracker and the sauce is sweet. The margarita had fresh tomato slices and cheese and the Cajun chicken was spicy but not overly so. Frankly it was a good thing we weren’t very hungry, you really need to order a pizza per person. They also have pasta choices and they come in huge bowls.
I would say basically this is a bar which serves food. There are lots of burgers and also steak and salmon. They have wok choices as well, curry shrimp and chicken satay are just two of the offerings. They even have Tex-Mex choices, enchiladas and fajitas. If you can’t find something to eat here, I don’t think you will find it anywhere.
We still had enough room to try their desserts. Jason and I shared a creme brulee and Jen had the cheesecake with fruit. The crust on the creme brulee was perfect, the custard was much softer than we are used to, almost a liquid but it tasted delicious. The cheesecake was more European style than New York style, a very thin cheese layer.
Would we return, probably not. It was an okay meal and Elise was a very friendly waitress however nothing we had was exceptional. There are just too many restaurants in Quebec to repeat if the food is anything lest than memorable. .
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