Dic Ann's Hamburgers — Restaurant in Montreal

Christmas came early this year my friends. Crossing the PIE-IX bridge heading straight to Chez Matante - a greater power took over and pulled me into to the Dic Ann's parking lot. When I walked in, there he stood behind the grill, Santa Claus himself the last disciple of the great Mr. Dominic Potenza. A man with 44 years of Dic Ann's experience manning the that holy grill, his name escapes me but his face is imprinted in my mind since I was 18 years old (do the math). He stood side by side with Dic and became a master himself. That is not a line - its unreal the quality this man serves out.

The best cheeseburgers ever, cheese dog on the side, Pepsi, Fries and then the ultimate Dic Ann's order came calling out of my voice "Repeat !" - I had tears in my eyes.

Now I know his time is limited - It would be a great move if the Franchise Group made him the corporate chef and let him teach all those new cooks how to do it right at the original restaurant.

I can testify that many franchises need his help. You can not pull some young lad off the street and hand him the spatula and expect anything great to happen - they all need training. The product excellence must live on.

A Customer for...

Comparing this to cafeteria food would be a disservice to the cooks who work in cafeterias who clearly put more thought into their food than this place. I have never eaten anything so proposterously bland and unappealing in my entire life. The fries were very obviously Great Value Brand 'Julienne' frozen fries, not a single atom of seasoning has touched the meat, the hamburgers look like they were flattened in a hydraulic press, the 'sauce' is reminiscent of when you drain the fat from ground beef into the kitchen sink and flush it with water, and the poutine was the most deplorable thing I've ever seen, with a handful of fake cheese curds casually thrown on top of a bunch of mushy fries that act like sponges for all the tasteless dishwater grease poured over it.

If, like me, you've driven by this restaurant and been intrigued by its quaint 1950s aesthetic, do yourself a favour and...

I can't say the burger was bad, but it's extremely bizarre in it's flat style. The meat taste was good, almost like a less awful mcdonalds and its definitely feels uniquely made, but it could use more toppings (its basically just a flat patty with cheese.) The real reason for the two stars is the "poutine." this is not poutine. By no definition or stretch of the imagination is the food i consumed poutine. I am not exaggerating even in the slightest when I say you will get a better poutine at McDonalds (better yet, A&W). Its like someone stuck some mcain fries in the oven, poured steak spice on them and like a a quarter cup (generous estimate) of gravy. There was literally more salt than gravy and not a single cheese curd in sight. GRATED CHEESE. WE'RE IN QUEBEC! CMON....