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Montreal Map: PintxoPintxo Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Spanish
Hours Wed-Fri noon-2pm; Mon-Sat 6-11pm; Sun 6-10pm
Address
256 rue Roy est
Location 2 blocks west of St-Denis, Plateau Mont-Royal
Transportation Métro: Sherbrooke
Phone 514/844-0222
Web site www.pintxo.ca
Prices Main courses C$19-C$21 (£9.50-£11); tapas C$6 (£3) or less; menu dégustation C$30 (£15)
Credit Cards MC, V

Frommer's Review

Pronounced "Peent-choo," the Basque word for tapas, this tucked-away resto draws from the Spanish Basque tradition, going in for exquisitely composed dishes at fair prices in pleasant surroundings. Cooking happens in an open kitchen in the middle of a two-part room with antique wood floors and brick walls. Each pintxo is true tapa size, only three or four bites, so order recklessly. Some of our favorites include the braised beef cheek, the seared foie gras on a bed of lentils, and the white asparagus with Serrano ham and fried onion cut so fine it looks like tinsel. Dinners aren't confined to meals composed solely of tapas presented on 4-inch tiles or slates, although that isn't a bad way to go. For C$30 (£15), the menu dégustation provides four chef's-choice pintxos and a main dish of your choice, in considerably larger proportion.

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