{"id":2592,"date":"2025-01-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amontrealerabroad.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:55:02","slug":"cheap-eats-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/cheap-eats-in-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"15 cheap eats under $15 in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When people ask me why I love Montreal\u00a0so much, I don’t have to think very hard — THE FOOD. Rumour has it that Montreal has the highest amount of restaurants per capita in North America, and while I can’t seem to find a reliable source to validate this information, I like to think it true. There are an incredible amount of restaurants in the city, all better than the other, from the cheapest takeaway to the most lavish Michelin-starred establishment, and just about everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s no doubt about it — Montreal does food very well. Thanks to the many different cultures that migrated to the city at some point, we have quite the variety when it comes to picking a place to eat. Poutine? Indian? Vietnamese? Sharma? Take your pick, because we’ve got it covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help budget-strapped travellers or lovers of cheap, authentic food, I compiled a list of my favourite cheap eats in Montreal under $15 per head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilensky’s Light Lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n
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When ordering a Special,
you should know a thing or two.
It is always served with mustard;
it is never cut in two.
Don\u2019t ask us why; just understand
that this is nothing new.
This is the way that it\u2019s been done
since 1932.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilensky’s<\/a> is sort of an institution in the Mile-End. Family-owned since the opening in 1932, the place is famous for its cheap snacks, yes, but also for the Wilensky’s Special ($3.90): “all-beef salami with all-beef baloney grilled to mouth-watering perfection on a tasty roll with a hint of mustard”. But don’t try to change anything in it — the owner, Ruth, will not have your shit.  Hell, they even wrote a poem about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aux Vivres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Montreal’s first completely vegan restaurant! Aux Vivres<\/a>‘ mission is simple: debunk the myth that vegan food is pretty much like eating grass – i.e., tasteless and boring. Quite the contrary! Everything on the menu is less than $15 and full of flavour. Kudos to the gyro!<\/p>\n\n\n