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Main Deli Steak House

1974 establishments in QuebecJewish delicatessens in CanadaJews and Judaism in MontrealMontreal cuisineRestaurants established in 1974
Restaurants in MontrealSteakhouses

The Main Deli Steak House, also known simply as Main Deli is a delicatessen and steakhouse located in Montreal, Quebec. The restaurant was established in 1974 by Peter Varvaro and currently located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard right across the street from their main business rival, the famed Schwartz's Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen. The two restaurants are often compared against each other in their patronage and the flavours of their Montreal-style smoked meat.Varvaro is Italian in background, but grew up immersed in the Jewish language and culture. The deli remains a family business, and two of Varvaro's children have opened their own smoked meat restaurants in the suburbs of Montreal. Some of the regular clients of the Main Deli in the past included Stanley Lewis and Leonard Cohen as well as Céline Dion, who has gone on to become their competition as one of the owners of Schwartz's.

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Main Deli Steak House
Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal Plateau Mont-Royal

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H2W 1Y2 Montreal, Plateau Mont-Royal
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