Restaurant Le L’Assom is Still Fielding Reviews — Good and Bad — After Legault Paid it a Visit | Eater Montreal

"I noted that the casse‑croûte’s poutine drew intense attention after Quebec Premier François Legault publicly praised it, describing the fries as homemade and "just crispy enough," the cheese as fresh and light, and the sauce as creamy and perfectly salty, rating it 9.5/10 and calling it "worth the detour." His visit triggered polarized Google Reviews: a wave of angry one‑star posts condemning the premier and criticizing the restaurant for serving him, and a much larger wave of five‑star defenders — Eater counted about 40 one‑star reviews versus roughly 400 five‑star reviews in five days (out of 618 total). The owner, Pierre Martel, said he woke to fourteen one‑star reviews and reproachful private messages, the restaurant’s average rating fell from a pre-visit perfect five stars to about 3.9 before climbing back to roughly 4.5 after a "wave of love," and the business publicly thanked supporters on Facebook while sympathetic reviewers pledged to visit and praised that the spot "serves everyone, even a premier." - Valerie Silva