Wilensky's Light Lunch Inc — Restaurant in Montreal

Visiting from Melbourne, Australia (on a very cold, snowy March day) - Wilensky's was a must visit destination in Montreal with a timeless experience that you just don't get back home.

It's a simple concept - pop yourself onto a counter seat, get lost in time & let the super friendly (and in close proximity, this is a great thing!) staff know what you feel like eating out of their hot or cold sandwiches, or a hot dog if that's your craving, and what you would like to wash it down with and it will be in front of you before you know it.

For me, I went with the Wilensky Special, an all-beef and all-bologna hot sandwich with mustard & swiss cheese. I meant to say, I had two because I had to quickly re-live the first experience immediately & crunched on a sour pickle to tickle the palette on the side. The sandwich hit the spot as a tasty pre-lunch filler & was matched by the tastiest cherry cola that is made in-house that i've ever had in my life.

As I pulled out my wallet, I was shocked to learn how little I was to actually spend on all of that tastiness - the lovely server even helped me understand how to make sense of the toonies, loonies and other coins that I had put onto the counter.

Of all of the fond memories that I went on to make in Quebec, making the trek out to a beloved institute that my culinary & cultural heroes were once in and getting to experience the same sensation of time travel is one that I will...

Who could ever forget about the famous and iconic most likely 1st business open selling sandwiches in fallbrook. I personally remember welinsky's from their delicious bread they serve best sandwich bread me and my bois dom and nick would grab as an after school snack. Wait times fasttttt af boi or gurl... and topping it all off the customer service along with all staff and sandwich artists are top tier always got a smile on their face being professional it doesn't matter what kind of past or broken relationships that have been raptured. They keep it pop ruling their tasks on cycle. Who can forget an order when it's all written and quoted for in the big book. Don't order 6 times a day tho. Cuz that book will turn into a 6 figure sequel of non stop tasty bread in the 6 libraries across NC. Not too many MC's got dissed but the whole flock couldn't evade their associations in stuff I'm too lazy to by a new suit for. Just like her I'm sayin Thank you next, tryna get atleast another 36,000 people in the association that'll be enough motivation to not only wine n dine in but also write down the names of each little one of Santa's helpers not leaving and race religion or body dismorphia attributes behind cuz we're all equal :) I'll camp out the big house for 72,000 minimum. Freedom of speech is cool but impeding and shredding up someone's privacy civil rights now that's just...

Ooooook. So. This is nuts. Wilensky’s hits different as the kids like to say. You step into a place that really hasn’t changed in forever. You confidently sit down at a stool and order a special. If you’re me, you rock up with an order of 2. After all, we’re not here to play games. You think you did it right but then they hit you with “with cheese?”, ruh roh, uhhhh, yes please! “What kind? Swiss or Cheddar?”, RUH ROH! One of each I say confidently!

You look around for a few seconds and your first special lands in front of you. I’VE NEVER BEEN SERVED THAT FAST. It’s like, better than Amazon. You say you want a thing, and then it appears, instantly, in front of you. Hot, melty, tasty, mess of a frickin’ sandwich.

The Swiss is good but hooooly is the frickin’ cheddar way better. Like waaaaaay better. And the Swiss is already way better than other stuff. I had a side of pickles, which are the Moishes kind (salt and vinegar, not garlicky). And a CREAM SODA. A cream soda that took me back to when I would roll up to the Perrette’s with my buddy. I finished all that, and ordered a THIRD special. I want a fourth, but I shouldn’t, but I want it.

Everything was so so good. Everyone was so so friendly and attentive.

I’m going to be here all the time. I’m embarrassed it...