Hopefully that 2020 diet is working out because the world’s largest poutine festival is about to kick off and you might want to find the stretchiest pants you have.
The eighth edition of La Poutine Week returns to Montreal from February 1 to 7 as a variety of Montreal restaurants will create their own signature poutine-dish, vying to become the city-wide champion, voted by restaurant patrons.
So yes, things are about to get greasy.
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Some spots stick to the classic trifecta and others veer off the traditional poutine path.
âLa Poutine Week is an interactive food festival where restaurants across the world are carefully selected to create a unique poutine for the event,â reads the eventâs website. âParticipants engage with the festival by eating original poutines, sharing their experiences on social media, and voting using the La Poutine Week website.”
Emilia (Olya Krasavina/ La Poutine Week)
La Banquise (Olya Krasavina/ La Poutine Week)
This year, organizers are looking for judges to help determine 2020âs tastiest poutine. Judges will get cash, official La Poutine Week swag, and youâll be able to scarf down a selection of the cityâs best poutines.
La Poutine Week is held across Canada and the US â but itâs no secret that Montrealâs poutine comes out on top, just like those cheese curds.
Les Enfants Terribles (Olya Krasavina/ La Poutine Week)
La BĂȘtise Verdun (Olya Krasavina/ La Poutine Week)
This year, La Poutine Week has 55 participating restaurants across Montreal (with over 250 across Quebec and over 400 across Canada).
The tasty festival will be giving back to the community this year by giving one dollar for every poutine sold across Canada to Anorexia and Bulimia Québec (ANEB), an organization that guarantees free, immediate, and specialized help to people with an eating disorder and their loved ones.
Ranging from $7 to $25.95, here are all of this year’s greasy pooters and the restaurants that are dishing them out:
| Restaurant | Poutine Name | Price |
| Aux Vivres | La Poutine SamouraĂŻ | $13.5 |
| Bagado | Petite Surprise / Little Surprise | $7 |
| Banquise Resto | La Super Balls | $10.76 |
| Baton Rouge (DDO and Decarie) | La Volcanique / The Baked Poutine | $16 |
| Bistro Brasserie Les Soeurs Grises | Poutine de Nonne/ Nun’s Poutine | $17 |
| Brasserie des Rapides | Le Super Bowl Philly | $15.95 |
| Briskets Montréal | Ah la boulette! | $18 |
| Broue Pub Brouhaha | La poutine des fĂȘtes | $15.35 |
| Burger Bar | Black Sheep | $20 |
| Campo | Poutine Francesinha | $15 |
| Cantine Emilia | Poutine daSilva | $16.5 |
| Chez DĂ©vi | Lamb Karma Poutine | $19.95 |
| Deville Dinerbar | TBA | TBA |
| Dirty Dogs (Crescent and St-Laurent) | Le Mont Mac / The Mountain Poutine | $16 |
| Dirty Pizza | Le Dirty Mac | $13 |
| FĂȘte Ă CrĂȘpes | YUL | $12.99 |
| Gaspésie | La Gaspésienne | $21 |
| Hachoir | Roast 48 | $17 |
| Hambar | La Poutine Ă Will | TBA |
| Hanzo Izakaya | Okinawan Taco Friez | $15 |
| Ho Lee Chix | Poutine mapo | $14 |
| La Belle Tonkinoise | Smoked Lumberjack | $20 |
| La BĂȘtise (Rosemont and Verdun) | Bibimbap poutine and Poutine patĂ© au boeuf braisĂ© | $17 |
| La Cage | La GuerriÚre | $12 |
| La République démocratique du Jambon (RDJ) | Poutine Savoyarde | $10 |
| LABARAKE Caserne à Manger | Poutine Le Bûcheron Fumé / Smoked Lumberjack Poutine | TBA |
| Le Birdbar | Aussie Poutine | $18 |
| Le Centre Sheraton Montréal | Guilty Pleasure | $10 |
| Le Gras Dur | La Snobinarde | $25.95 |
| Le TrĂšfle (Hochelaga and Verdun) | LaSuperballz | $19.75 |
| Les Enfants Terribles (Cantine, Ile des Soeurs, Outremont, Place Ville Marie) | La Tex-Mex, La Francaise, La BerbÚre, and La Sauvage | $19. $,19,$19. $20 |
| Les RĂŽtisseries Piri Piri | La Poutine Portugaise | $10.95 |
| Maison Saint-Paul | Poutine | $32 |
| Mange moi | La Chef Bandit | $15 |
| Mignon Churros et Nougat MTL | La Mignonne | $8.75 |
| Mignonette | Poutine inversée | TBA |
| Monsieur Resto+Bar | Le Outback | $19 |
| Ninkasi Simple Malt | Poutine Binaire | $14 |
| Paulo et Suzanne | Philly Bombe Atomique – Ădition 40e anniversaire | $14 |
| Pascal Le Boucher | Ramen Poutine | $15 |
| Pintxo | Poutine Bravas | $7 |
| PoincarĂ© Chinatown | Ga’Lactic Galvaude | $16 |
| Pub McCarold | La Jurassique | $18 |
| Queue de castor | Poutail | $8 |
| Restaurant Kyomi | Poutine Poulet aux arachides Teriyaki / Teriyaki Peanut Chicken Poutine | $27 |
| Reuben’s Deli Steaks | TBA | TBA |
| Roch le coq | Poutine Raymon | $14 |
| RosĂ©ly’s | La RĂ©confortante | $23 |
| TABOO Cuisine Rebelle MTL | Poutine TĂO | $15 |
| Thip-Thip | Poutine Bijoux | $15 |
Visit La Poutine Week website for photos and tasty descriptions of every poutine (in Canada, no less).
La Poutine Week Montreal
When:Â February 1 to 7, 202o
Time:Â Varying hours per location
Where:Â Various locations around Montreal
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