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Wilensky's Light Lunch
11 reviews for Wilensky's Light Lunch
9 reviews in English
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Review from Brent F.
Vancouver, BC
7/6/2011
I suppose I am a sucker for any place where time stands still. I grew up in Winnipeg, I then lived in Montreal for many years and now I am in Vancouver. All 3 cities have many old-time institutions to swear by, but Wilensky's is more than just that, it is an institution's institution.
Chocolate soda, Cherry soda, and I'm just getting started!
On top of the host of fancy soda flavours, Wilensky's serves bologna sandwiches! Not just any bologna sandwich, a bologna sandwich that is ordered only with adherence to the rules posted above the lunch counter. The sandwich is simply bologna, cheese (if you choose), mustard and bread. Period. Amazing.
Also, be sure to order a pickle to go along with your bologna and soda. Oh, and tipping is also discouraged and frowned upon for some extra old-time goodness! -
Review from Mathew T.
12/29/2011
This will be the most useless review you'll ever read on Yelp:
Go here. Get the special. Enjoy.
The end. -
Review from Randy B.
11/14/2011
Nothing fancy, but fricken amazing!
They may have other items, but for years -- it's all about the Wilensky's fried bologna sandwich. Mustard, cheese, on crappy white bread and then pressed together kinda of like a panini. OMG - so dang good!!!
Make sure to order 2 of them...you'll want one for dessert after you've inhaled the first one.
I don't know how or why they are so good...I've tried to make them, and it is just missing that certain jenesequa.
When I am in Montreal to see my family, I have a short-list of must haves when I am in town -- and this is one critical stop! -
Review from Risa D.
11/17/2011 1 photo
Founded in the Mile End in 1932, and in the current spot since 1952, Wilensky's Light Lunch is an institution which lots of us Montrealers are deeply fond of. Most read Mordechai Richler's "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" in high school and since several scenes take place in Wilensky's, and scenes in the 1974 film version starring Richard Dreyfuss were actually shot there, it looms in our nostalgic imaginations. The best part about it is that neither time nor local fame have changed it. You sit at the counter and are welcome. The Wilensky special or the hot dog is quickly pressed for you and slid down the counter with precision on a napkin. The soda is mixed fresh for you right before your eyes, and in quiet friendly contemplation you can read the history taped across the walls.
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Review from michelle y.
11/10/2010
I almost wasn't going to eat here cause I *just* had a bagel from Fairmount next door but vacationing is not awesome until you've stuffed yourself to exploding capacity.
My sister and I ran in, ordered a special, and ran out. I didn't expect much but I took one bite and HOLY MOLY is baloney or whatever is in that sandwich really THAT GOOD? IT was soft and hot and delicious. I really have no idea what I ate, but it was freakin awesome. Prob one of the best things I ate in Montreal. Yup.
The actual place is small with less than 15 counter seats. I didn't really notice too much about the place other than the cup of dried sausage they had next to the register for 50 cents. I should have gotten one. -
Review from kenny g.
8/22/2011
Excellent salami/bologna sandwich, pressed warm with a real egg cream soda. All the soda flavors are unique as they make their own syrups. Excellent value
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Review from Mitch S.
Toronto, ON
4/15/2009
Great old time place with only a few stools. Make sure to try some of their home-made sodas...fantastic and you can mix flavours!
Also, this place discourages tipping. -
Review from Daniel D.
Ottawa, ON
1/17/2009
I have to admit, I am a fan. Just entering there, you know that time has stopped in place many, many years ago.
It certainly is not a classy place. It is not gourmet at all. And its name doesn't suit the place at all: it is NOT a light lunch. However, it a true Montreal institution and a classic.
When you go there, there is only thing to order, really: the Wilensky Special. Bread with salami and bologna and mustard. You take two of those along with a cherry coke and a sour pickle and you're good to go. It's open from 10am to 4pm, weekdays only.
And you have to remember the rules:
"When ordering a special
You should know a thing or two
They are always served with mustard
They are never cut in two
Don't ask us why, just understand
That this is nothing new
This is the way that it's been done since 1932."
Oh, and don't dare you give them some tip. -
Review from Verona R.
7/21/2009
One of the last remnants of the Jewish area in Mile End. Wilensky's "light lunch" isnt...its smooshed beef baloney and cheese on a roll. All of it pressed like a Cuban. The place is more of a museum than a Jewish deli.
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