Our Rating:
2 Fat Buddhas: Big and delicious burgers
Cheap eats, good value for money
The Review:
We'd heard tell of a little place in Westmount reputed to have "The Biggest and Most Delicious Hamburger in Montreal", and thought that kind of slogan definitely merited our attention. So it was early on a Saturday night, hungry after a hard day's manual labour, we went in search of the burger of legends to sate our appetite before the night's entertainment (the Montreal Roller Derby grand final—hooray for La Racaille!).
Situated on the corner of Ste Catherine and Metcalfe, Copoli is pretty much what a burger bar should be: peeling lino, booths with splitting vinyl, bar stools, grill on display. It's clean, it has character, and even some background music, at the behest of some regulars who arrived shortly after we did. We were duped by the lack of wines and beers on the menu, but it appeared that they do actually have a stash if you ask for it. The menu offers a selection of pastas, pizzas, sandwiches, and salads, but we were here for the burgers. Indeed, it looks as if they were the biggest and most delicious in Montreal—it said so on the menu. The burger is listed as clocking in at 8 inches ("That's not so big", says one of our female companions to much snickering), and can be shared for a small fee. So we launched into the order, for Michael the full 8 inches, with cheese and bacon, Ree shared a similar burger with one of our companions, and yet another diner ordered a salad (to much snickering).
Well, the burger was big. It filled half the oblong plate, with a healthy side of fries covering the rest. The shared burger was more than sufficient for a smaller eater, and the sharing fee appears to buy you some extra fries to fill in the rest of the plate. In comparison to the large horizontal axis (which required the whole be quartered to be manageable), the vertical appeared a little short, but still had the full complement of lettuce, tomato, pickle, and what seemed to be thousand-island dressing. Our option also saw some cheese and bacon accompanying the burger. The burger itself was quite good, some flavour of its own, which is a nice change from many other generic burgers. It's cooked fresh (you can see it on the hotplate), and almost fills the full 8 inches of custom-made bun. It's a good amount of meat. To be highly critical, it was a little dry, but this was soon remedied with some of the supplied tomato sauce or mayo. We can't argue the "Biggest" claim, these are certainly the largest constructions we've seen on the Montreal burger scene. The "Most Delicious" claim we would dispute—we have tasted better burgers—but this one is certainly passable. Perhaps it can rightly claim the joint title, "Biggest and Most Delicious", since this is the most delicious burger of this size we have tasted.
The salad was similarly generous in its proportions, and was declared good. It was a decent pile of lettuce garnished with canned salmon, some olives, and a few other bits of healthy stuff, and a good slathering of a tasty homemade dressing.
Best of all, the price is right. The full burger with bacon and cheese came in under $10, so that's only $5 or so for smaller bellies who need to share. The pizzas seemed popular and may merit a trial sometime, as well as the other burger options (there's even vegetarian).
The lowdown? We'll be going back whenever the desire for a burger arises. In fact, the proximity to our abode (and the availablity through online ordering services) means that it's a viable option for a quick meal whenever we like. So we'll probably be back to try out other items on the menu too.
4458 Ste Catherine Ouest, corner of Metcalfe, Westmount
A second Copoli can also be found on Maisonneuve, directly opposite the Vendome metro station for the late night burger on the way home.
2 Fat Buddhas: Big and delicious burgers
Cheap eats, good value for moneyThe Review:
We'd heard tell of a little place in Westmount reputed to have "The Biggest and Most Delicious Hamburger in Montreal", and thought that kind of slogan definitely merited our attention. So it was early on a Saturday night, hungry after a hard day's manual labour, we went in search of the burger of legends to sate our appetite before the night's entertainment (the Montreal Roller Derby grand final—hooray for La Racaille!).
Situated on the corner of Ste Catherine and Metcalfe, Copoli is pretty much what a burger bar should be: peeling lino, booths with splitting vinyl, bar stools, grill on display. It's clean, it has character, and even some background music, at the behest of some regulars who arrived shortly after we did. We were duped by the lack of wines and beers on the menu, but it appeared that they do actually have a stash if you ask for it. The menu offers a selection of pastas, pizzas, sandwiches, and salads, but we were here for the burgers. Indeed, it looks as if they were the biggest and most delicious in Montreal—it said so on the menu. The burger is listed as clocking in at 8 inches ("That's not so big", says one of our female companions to much snickering), and can be shared for a small fee. So we launched into the order, for Michael the full 8 inches, with cheese and bacon, Ree shared a similar burger with one of our companions, and yet another diner ordered a salad (to much snickering).
Well, the burger was big. It filled half the oblong plate, with a healthy side of fries covering the rest. The shared burger was more than sufficient for a smaller eater, and the sharing fee appears to buy you some extra fries to fill in the rest of the plate. In comparison to the large horizontal axis (which required the whole be quartered to be manageable), the vertical appeared a little short, but still had the full complement of lettuce, tomato, pickle, and what seemed to be thousand-island dressing. Our option also saw some cheese and bacon accompanying the burger. The burger itself was quite good, some flavour of its own, which is a nice change from many other generic burgers. It's cooked fresh (you can see it on the hotplate), and almost fills the full 8 inches of custom-made bun. It's a good amount of meat. To be highly critical, it was a little dry, but this was soon remedied with some of the supplied tomato sauce or mayo. We can't argue the "Biggest" claim, these are certainly the largest constructions we've seen on the Montreal burger scene. The "Most Delicious" claim we would dispute—we have tasted better burgers—but this one is certainly passable. Perhaps it can rightly claim the joint title, "Biggest and Most Delicious", since this is the most delicious burger of this size we have tasted.
The salad was similarly generous in its proportions, and was declared good. It was a decent pile of lettuce garnished with canned salmon, some olives, and a few other bits of healthy stuff, and a good slathering of a tasty homemade dressing.
Best of all, the price is right. The full burger with bacon and cheese came in under $10, so that's only $5 or so for smaller bellies who need to share. The pizzas seemed popular and may merit a trial sometime, as well as the other burger options (there's even vegetarian).
The lowdown? We'll be going back whenever the desire for a burger arises. In fact, the proximity to our abode (and the availablity through online ordering services) means that it's a viable option for a quick meal whenever we like. So we'll probably be back to try out other items on the menu too.
4458 Ste Catherine Ouest, corner of Metcalfe, Westmount
A second Copoli can also be found on Maisonneuve, directly opposite the Vendome metro station for the late night burger on the way home.
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