Montreal's best hot dogs, by readers
Montreal Pool Room, La Belle Province, Restaurants Lafleur, Décarie Hot Dog, and Greenspot top the 2026 Best of MTL poll.
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Cult MTL's 2026 Best of MTL readers poll has crowned the city's favourite hot dog spots.
The winner is Montreal Pool Room, the legendary downtown institution known for smoked meat sandwiches and an unchanged menu dating back decades. La Belle Province, the familiar burger-and-poutine chain with locations across the city, came in second. Restaurants Lafleur, Décarie Hot Dog, and Greenspot rounded out the top five.
These spots represent the backbone of Montreal's casual eat-and-go food culture—no frills, long-standing recipes, and the kind of places that locals return to without thinking twice.