Open from early morning to early evening, this small Outremont café’s focus is on pastries and obložené chlebíčky, open-faced appetizer sandwiches found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A good place for an afternoon repast while checking out photos of Prague that line the walls.

For more casual Polish eating, Euro-Deli Batory serves all the tried and true soups and dumplings, potato pancakes, cabbage rolls, and bigos, a hunter’s stew of thinly sliced meat, cabbage, and sauerkraut. All these options can be enjoyed at napkin dispenser-topped tables or from the take-out counter.

Named for a resort on the shore of the Black Sea, this supper club touts a long list of Romanian menu items. That means sausages, kashkaval cheese, and charcuterie plates; food service hours here run from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. most nights, with Saturdays reserved for bottle service-style parties.

It’s hard not to notice the charcuterie hanging in the window of this Hungarian shop. While it’s a great spot to pick up sausages for both summer barbecue or cold winter evenings, the stacked deli sandwiches also lure passersby for a loaded snack.

Old Montreal’s Stash has long-served as one of the city’s quintessential Polish restaurants for elegantly dining out. The size and range of this restaurant’s menu makes it a bit of a one-stop-shop with specialties such as pierogi, kielbasa, zurek (sour rye soup), and potato pancakes, in addition to roasted boar and duck. 

A few steps below street transports customers into the faux-masonry interior of the thoroughly Russian La Caverne. Live music, cave kitsch and classics like borscht with rye bread, herring salad, blini, vodka, and caviar makes this a great spot for a fun night. 

If Stash Café is the go-to spot for finer Polish cuisine, Ermitage is its Russian equivalent. Traditional choices abound here, with pelmeni and vareniki, Olivier and Balkan salads, and blinis in both savory (with caviar) or sweet (cheese-filled) form. Good for night out, or drop-in for their bargain $15 table d’hôte menu at lunch.

With several locations across the city, Wawel is the premier address for Polish baked goods, alongside a small selection of imported products for sale. Paczki (doughnuts) are the main attraction no matter the address visited, though a the cold-cut sandwiches are lesser-known secret.

Montreal’s newest arrival for Eastern European fare, Baba Yaga comes from the restaurateurs behind L’Orignal. The St-Henri nook has more than enough pierogis and turkey schnitzel sandwiches to go around here, in addition to sweets like paczki (a Polish doughnut). There’s been a lot of buzz around this new spot, and hey, an endorsement from actor James McAvoy doesn’t hurt either.

While commonly looked to for their catering services (under the name Pyza), Euro Polonia is also a no-nonsense Polish eatery that keeps things simple: pierogis, sausages, cabbage rolls, grilled meat sandwiches, or variety plates that mix the aforementioned together. Couple that with a Tymbark fruit drink, and call it a complete Polish meal.