Montreal Smoked Meat (at least the really good stuff) Comes to Vancouver. At Last!

Dunns owner Elliot Kligman, never at a loss for words, Tim Pawsey photo

For a city too long deprived of seriously good smoked meat, the good news is that Dunns (just opened up the street from the Orpheum stage door) makes amazing smoked meat sandwiches. No question about that. A pretty good Reuben, too.

I had a fun chat with owner Elliot Kligman at last week’s opening. The story is in today’s Courier.

But the exchange of the night was when I asked Elliot how late they stayed open at the original place in Montreal, which I occasionally used to frequent:

“You were open till three, right?”

“Wrong! We never closed,” says Kligman.

“There were no locks on the doors …

… only on the bagels!”

Dunn’s Famous Restaurant & Delicatessen is open 7 days a week, all day from 10 a.m. to midnight and to 1 a.m. on weekends, featuring an all-day menu. The complete menu is available here

About the Author: Tim Pawsey

Tim has been covering the food and wine revolution for about 20 kilos. Count 15 kg alone thanks to the blossoming cuisine and wine culture of British Columbia, Canada. His awards include: BC Restaurant Assn. Hall of Fame, Okanagan Wine Festivals Harry McWatters Founder's Award, BC Wine Growers Industry Recognition Award, Vancouver International Wine Festival Spirited Industry Professional award. Tim’s hallmark is seeking out and recommending value wines from BC and around the world that offer quality at every level. He also scopes out noteworthy restaurants that live up to their promises—and often over deliver. For several decades Tim wrote columns in the Vancouver Courier and North Shore News. He currently contributes to several magazines, including BCLS Taste, Vitis and others. Tim is a frequent judge for wine competitions and was a founding judge of The BC Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Wine. He is frequently invited to judge at The BC Wine Awards, and others. Tim has traveled to taste in many of the world’s leading wine regions, across Europe, in North America, Argentina and Chile, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa.