QDC Burger Saint-Viateur
Hamburger restaurant · Mile End ·
Gourmet burgers, lobster rolls, dry-aged beef, truffle oil & shrimp
Gourmet burgers, lobster rolls, dry-aged beef, truffle oil & shrimp
"When QDC Burgergate crashed St-Viateur Street two months ago it brought pricy burgers and one of those wings murals made for insufferable Instagrammers to photograph under while promoting beef in bread; local anarchists promptly graffitied a logo over the mural, and although owner Peter Morentzos (who has hosted body sushi nights at his steakhouse Queue de Cheval) may need to dip into his advertising fund to repaint it, the wings are still visible so would-be influencers can pose and show their enthusiasm for abolishing the government if they choose." - Tim Forster
"A few doors along from the Lululemon, I see a brand-new QDC Burger location—the upscale burger chain from Montreal restaurateur Peter Morentzos—which locals also point to as part of the neighborhood’s increasing chain presence." - Tim Forster
"Opening today on St‑Viateur Street in the Mile End, QDC Burger is the burger-focused offshoot of the steakhouse La Queue de Cheval and will be serving burgers and lobster rolls, with plans to sell dry-aged chuck from the steakhouse’s back kitchen in the summer. The shop has generated concern because its principal, Peter Morentzos, has drawn controversy over the public relations of his establishments, so there’s already some public scrutiny as they set up shop." - JP Karwacki
"On St-Viateur Street in Mile End I found QDC Burger, the hamburger restaurant affiliated with downtown steakhouse La Queue de Cheval that brings sexualized takes on meat to the neighborhood. The company even dubs the burgers "the love child of the sexiest beef known to humanity and the cast-iron fronted warehouses of SoHo," and the brand has built a higher-end burger identity with status-symbol add-ons such as lobster, truffles, and foie gras; it’s more casual than its four-dollar-sign steakhouse sibling but far from casse-croûte cheeseburger territory. The burger spot has other locations—on de la Montagne since 2014 and at Montréal–Trudeau Airport since 2015—and the Mile End outlet may be a franchise: window signage (now taken down) advertised franchises and Quebec’s business registry doesn’t list Peter Morentzos as the St-Viateur owner, although he’s the creator of the business. Morentzos’s reputation brings controversy—he’s been criticized for sexualizing dead flesh and for comparing women to cuts of beef, and his downtown restaurant Angry Lobster has hosted "body sushi" served from a semi-naked woman’s torso. The Mile End location replaced a humble vintage store and sits just a few doors from a year-old Lululemon." - Tim Forster
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