Tried Deux Gamins on Prince Arthur - and regretted it

Les Deux Gamins, which had a few outlets in New York came to Montreal. They opened a huge (3 level?) café on Prince Arthur.

Just stopped by to try it and was very disappointed. The décor is almost the same as in New York, which I like, but the coffee is much worse (not that Les Gamins - NY was ever known for coffee, but...).

I ordered un allongé and I couldn't even drink it - it was so bad. Literally, jus de chaussette... The waiter seemed very offended when I asked to change it - he brought another cup and put it down grimly without saying a word. Same shit. Thanks but no thanks.

Just so you know we're not affiliated at all and never were with the New York one which just recently closed. We did try to model are menu to be more like a New York Style Parisienne Bistro such as Balthazar or Pastis. You seem to have been at our Restaurant just after we opened and have since swithched our coffee (along with staff) from Illy to Lavazza.

Regards,

Tim Maheras

Tim,

Thanks for responding. It's interesting - I never thought you guys were not part of the same chain.

My (rather harsh) comments were not so much about the quality of coffee beans, there was really something wrong with the machine or the cups because the taste was way off and the server was not willing to admit it. Both Illy and Lavazza are fine, I am not a coffee snob.

Anyway, I'll be glad to try it again when I am in the neighbourhood.

Thanks again for your response.

P.S. Have you guys thought about putting a menu up at your website?

http://les2gamins.com/

Hi,
We're in the process of revamping the whole website now because it looks a little bush league as is. Hopefully with in a few weeks we should have it up. Now that we've been open a year we can start tweeking the non-operational stuff. I think the issue with your coffee was the person who made it. When we first opened, being new the new kid on the block, we pretty much had to take what we could get as far as staff goes. The quality of staff is totally different now that we are "established"

Tim