Dépanneur Le Pick Up
Restaurant · District de Saint-Édouard ·
Gourmet sandwiches: vegan pulled pork, grilled halloumi
Gourmet sandwiches: vegan pulled pork, grilled halloumi
"Located inside a revamped dépanneur (québécois-speak for corner store or bodega), this hip lunch counter / microbrew shop / zine-stand dishes out stacked pulled pork and veggie pulled pork sandwiches while playing mixtapes that will confuse your Shazam. Online ordering and outdoor seating are added bonuses." - Dynamo
"Rarely can one find a grilled cheese sandwich of this magnitude, but the grilled halloumi sandwich at Le Pick Up is a marvel. Served with mint slaw, honey, and harissa mayo, it arguably outshines the (also very good) pulled pork option that made a name for this lunch counter." - Erinn Blicher
"The veg menu at Le-Pick Up isn’t lengthy, but omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans flock to this beloved Mile-Ex dépanneur/lunch counter for its signature sweet and spicy vegan pulled pork sandwiches. And while the faux-pork is excellent, Le Pick-Up’s halloumi sandwich is vastly underrated. It also has a resto-bar location in Hochelaga." - Holly Tousignant
"An icon among the septum-pierced inner-north crowd, dépanneur-meets-restaurant Le Pick-Up specializes in hearty, affordable sandwiches. A perennial favourite is the pulled pork — tangy, saucy, sloppy. It’s brightened with pickles and served on bread that soaks up all the juice. (A vegan version is also available.)" - Valerie Silva
"At Dépanneur Le Pick Up, cook Frank Climenhage — currently on the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit while the spot is closed for the winter — said Tuesday's news felt sudden but that he understands the pressure to reopen in the absence of adequate supports for restaurants and workers. He described the CWLB's $300-per-week benefit as barely covering basic expenses (largely thanks to his lease-transferred apartment), said CERB's earlier $500-per-week allowance now seems generous in retrospect, and insisted that any reopening decision should involve workers: 'No one should have to go back to work if they don't feel comfortable with it,' while acknowledging it's 'no longer sustainable or even possible for some workers to opt out and stay home.'" - Valerie Silva