Mtl restaurants slashing their prices

[BLM]

In the downtown of the economy in Montreal, curious which Montreal restaurants have slashed their prices of the dishes on their menu? Even by a little.

[carswell]

Haven't seen price cuts. While it's hard to quantify, at places whose menus offer the possibility there may be a trend toward using less expensive ingredients and pricing the dishes accordingly -- cutting back on the foie gras, for example, or offering it as a supplement.

Sommelier friends tell me that sales of high-end bottles have nose-dived.

[kpzoo]

Haven't noticed price slashes anywhere, but heard about the Taverne Crescent doing a "pay what you want" promo deal for lunch - not sure about dinner and no idea what the food is like.

http://www.tavernecrescent.com/

[afoodyear]

I'm pretty sure Taverne Crescent was doing that before the recession started. I'm actually kind of surprised that it worked for them - I think it's great.

[Shattered]

Taverne Crescent started the special in Oct or Nov, when the sky was falling in the U.S. and according to the Bank of Canada we were just entering a recession here.

To echo everyone else, I haven't noticed prices being cut, nevermind 'slashed' at other restos.

In fact, the prices of many products on the grocery shelves went up late last year - a very strange move. But I think it was already planned long-term seeing as it came as the end of a year of almost imperceptibly making same product servings smaller.
The big food companies are getting greedy, iwo.
Hmmm, what sewered the global economy again?

[Gontran]

i don't know about restaurants slashing their prices but i've noticed quite a few places have gotten a bit more expensive in the last year

[superbossmom]

The restaurants that are staying afloat in a bad economy are not lowering their prices, imo... they try to attract the clientele with consistent quality and good service.

I could see a chain restaurant advertising a price reduction on a popular item; in an upscale privately owned restaurant, I can't see that happening.

[BLM]

I heard Mesquite restaurant slashed their prices earlier this year. That's what originally prompted my topic.

[kpzoo]

I wouldn't say they "slashed" their prices, but they did revamp their menu, my guess is to better compete with Bofinger.

[BLM]

I only heard that Mesquite did that. Have you tried their food, since the menu revamp(they also did a mini-renovation I heard)? I haven't eaten there in more than 2 years.

[kpzoo]

Yep. The food was exactly the same - and so was the price. :-) Though now that I think of it, I think they limited the lunchtime side-dishes to fewer options than the dinner menu has.