text: Talking about Smoke's in a Montreal context is weird.\n\nEverywhere else in Canada, Smoke's is more or less the only game in town when it comes to poutine. What they mostly offer is a kind of stunt poutine that you can also find in the wilder sections of La Banquise's menu, but in massive, 'roided-out form. Theirs are nothing like the poutines you get at chipstands and most other greasy spoons in Quebec, which are a lot more minimalistic in their construction; fries, cheese curds, gravy, period. Almost every item on Smoke's menu will challenge your stomach to an epic wrestling match with the sheer volume of stuff they put in it.\n\nObviously, there's trad poutine on the menu, but there are literally hundreds of other places you can get decent-to-transcendent trad poutine in the city. Smoke's is not one of them. However, if you're in the mood for some laugh-in-the-face-of-death hot-rodded stunt poutine, go nuts. Their triple pork poutine is artery-clogging goodness at it's finest.\n\nSo get a tenner and laugh in the face of God for a spell while an awesome soundtrack of 80s detritus plays on the PA. Good times.