I’d always been faithful to St-Viateur Bagel, one of two rival bagel shops in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood. It was the kind of innocent, unwavering loyalty that need not be backed up with facts or reasoned argument — St-Viateur bagels were better than Fairmount bagels just because they were, you know? But then a friend, a Fairmount Bagel acolyte, challenged me to a blind taste test that, foolishly, I accepted. A friend, a Fairmount Bagel acolyte, challenged me to a blind taste test that, foolishly, I acceptedThis is not supposed to happen. St-Viateur Bagel was opened in 1957 by a Holocaust survivor and is now owned by Joe Morena, an Italian immigrant.

Source: National Post December 27, 2019 18:33 UTC