The Chef · Charles · Montréal
Joe Beef
Twenty years in and it's still the standard. Don't fight the chalkboard — let the room steer you. The lobster spaghetti and whatever's written up top in chalk are how you eat here. Book a month ahead or you don't eat here.
The restaurant that put Montreal on the world map. Excessive, chalkboard-menu, world-class, and booked weeks out.
— Charles, The Chef
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