Wilensky's World Famous Bologna Sandwich (since 1932)

[@rosevale3218]

They don't change the way it's done and their customers stay loyal. Love it!

[@Glostahdude]

I went to Welinsky’s in the early 90’s when I’d travel to Montréal to watch the Bruins and Habs play!! Best Bologna sandwiches I’ve ever had!! That thin buttered roll and savory salami with that nice mild sweet like bologna and cheese?!!! Best thing for your tastebuds!! Especially before a Hockey game!!!

[@rg20322]

@@Glostahdude Oh wow - I've been to Montreal over 10 times when I was younger and never went there - I'm kicking myself! I'm originally from Boston and now in NH so I think a trip is long overdue.

[@Maplecook]

I have to try making something like this!

[@pauloszetarinielli69508]

Is it like spam, maybe ?

[@csnide6702]

i really respect that.

[@fandorin3238]

Fried Bologna sandwiches are a southern staple….make one up north and they put you on the food network. 😂

[@bangbang44500]

Watch out we'll send the Union for ya

[@johnrose1161]

Lol….so true….grew up in north Florida and ate fried bologna sandwiches all the time growing up

[@pauloszetarinielli69508]

Never knew bologna should be fried. Thinking about trying it, might taste like charred hotdogs 🌭

[@fandorin3238]

@@pauloszetarinielli69508 they are yummy

[@grantsmith505]

@@johnrose1161 Fried polony is ghetto food in Australia A punchline for a joke that no-one admits to eating

[@justincase4812]

The price shows how the ownership is in the game more for the love and reputation than the money. Unlike say Katz's, just deplorable prices.

[@Fatblue246]

tbf Katz is only really famous because it is a tourist attraction and how the dining experience operates. it isn’t really a place anyone who lives locally goes to regularly and hasn’t been for a VERY long time. Many many other jewish delis in the city that are the essentially the same thing but way cheaper that a local would go to.

[@jonathandaniel7424]

@@Fatblue246 What are your deli recommendations for my next visit to NYC?

[@jeffryan6152]

2nd Ave deli is where it's at.

[@DM-ry3nw]

@@Fatblue246not only is Katz’s in a super touristy area and is practically only frequented by tourists, quite honestly the prices are not much different than any other reputable jewish deli in NYC. At a more local spot it’ll be $20-$25 instead of $30 at katz’s but you’re also in a residential area that isn’t in the heart of NYC so ofc it’s going to be cheaper. Idk it’s just kinda funny hearing you make it like the *other* Jewish deli’s in nyc are magically so much cheaper when in reality they ain’t. ..Also it’s cringe calling them jewish deli’s when they’re not even kosher 😬They’re NYC style deli’s, real jewish deli’s are kosher for obvious reasons and bc of that that a comparable sandwich that’s kosher could be even more.

[@northernjersey2479]

You don’t really understand how economics work, do you?

[@vesstig]

I love a chef who's willing to let their food speak for itself instead of trying to appease the customer with every bell or whistle, there's something charming about it

[@jbjacobs9514]

Or kitchy and rude.

[@chuckpatton1470]

I'm 72. I started cooking at nine. Making fried eggs (fried hard) with ketchup was my first cooking adventure. Then I added fried bologna later I added a dollop prepared BBQ sauce. That addition turned out to be the piece de resistance. Now in 50 years I switch between BBQ and ketchup.

[@travis9233]

God damn Chuck, that’s frigged

[@freakyflow]

As a person living just outside Toronto..... Montreal is mother And when you come home she always has something warm And toasty waiting for you

[@internziko]

I grew up on grilled balogna and cheese so this hits home. If I'm ever in Montreal I'll have to visit this place

[@JoeyRetroRockets]

P.T. Barnum would be proud of those prices.

[@buudorobuudronovich1507]

this comment should have more thumbs up after one year

[@csnide6702]

remember that is in Canadian dollars.....

[@CarolinasSweetTea]

I grew up on bologna and I have always said if I ever open a food business, bologna is going on the Menu period. In the South that's considered a meal. It's phenomenal when you add mayo lettuce and tomato and it's gotta be cooked just right! Shouts out to this place for still serving this! ❤️🫶❤️🤤

[@jbjacobs9514]

I would come to your restaurant! And I love Carolina Sweet Tea!

[@richwallace6854]

Do YOU also put Mayo on your Hot Dogs

[@ZombieHunter37]

@@richwallace6854 Mayo belongs on hotdogs. So delicious.

[@justincraig398]

How long is the menu period?

[@Thundralight]

If you have never tried Lebanon bologna it is declious they usually have it in grocery s deli section.

[@ant-1382]

Used to own a little butcher shop/deli. Treat the staff to lunch on Saturdays. One Saturday I was going to make fried bologna sandwiches. First response - - ew! ( they were all young ) " ever tried one? " NO. So I made them with cheddar and mustard of course. Ew turned to wow instantly. Like the idea of including salami, have to try that. I'm in British Columbia so might not get to your restaurant, but thanks for sharing.

[@walteravrith7581]

I worked there in 82 and 83 loved working there the top hotdog with swiss is the best dog in the world .

[@2006glg]

It's added to my Google Must Visit list for my next trip to Montreal. I'm an American Southerner so I kinda thought I'd outgrown fried baloney (how we say it) from my youth, but that bread looks amazing to me. I love mustard. I'd like to try it. As a former chef/ bakery owner, the not cutting and customizing it is not only tradition, but it makes dollars sense. Every deviation slows service down and could mess with your margin. They don't have all the normal bells and whistles of a kitchen so it makes sense to not complicate it. It keeps their overhead down not having to buy to go silver, knives for cutting, etc... The soda syrup is probably extremely inexpensive in comparison to the food costs of the meat for the sandwich , so if they push the drinks, the profit margin is consistently high.

[@lynnmori3282]

I saw the special in the picture and drooled. Been there many times and will eat there until one of us is gone. Preferably me, wouldn't want to deprive anyone of that delicacy.

[@a.mathis9454]

It’s been on every southern dinner’s menu since forever.

[@csnide6702]

way different animal..... The South version is good at South Boston Speedway in VA.

[@jonathannagel7427]

Wow, I thought the prices might be silly high because they’re a landmark, but I found a menu and the “special” is $4.17 & sodas are $2.25 for a large.

[@DiscoverMontréal]

Taxes included and no tipping!

[@jonathannagel7427]

@@DiscoverMontréal I didn’t know Canada “rolled like that!” Too bad I can’t cross the border because of some illegal things on my behalf years ago ☹️

[@julioleon559]

Yes that's the Canadian price the US american price is 1/2 the price essay cheaper remember that US currency has more value.

[@carlsaganlives4036]

$5 deposit on the napkin, though. Very clean country.

[@alphamilkrecordings8974]

I had this once. I remember thinking I have no idea how anybody can like this.

[@mikedavis1476]

Exactly...it's good stoner food and priced conveniently but in the end it's fried bologna and salami and cheese... maybe the bun is what makes it ...who knows

[@hughjass1044]

Alright!! Found this video at a good time. I'm in Montreal next month. Gonna look them up and go get me a couple of specials.

[@DiscoverMontréal]

Hope you enjoy!

[@lightgiver7311]

I'm up here in Canada. I remember when my mother would buy bologna, it came in a heavy waxed covering. She made us all toasted fried bologna sandwiches. I'm talking in the 50' and 60s. Her Mother, who was French Acadian, fed her children the same thing.

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

Yup, sliced was something you had to ask the butcher for. Much later was pre-packaged pre-sliced. Not a Newfoundlander, but it is still a steak there.

[@markhammer643]

I don't know what it is now, or if they still do it, but when Moe was alive, and cranking out the Specials, they always charged 2 cents more for *no* mustard. The default was a Special with mustard, and Moe felt that when someone wanted no mustard on theirs, it would disturb his concentration - his "flow", if you will. So if a Special was 56 cents, it was 58 without mustard. If 71 cents, it was 73 without mustard. And if I'm not mistaken, the original used a wider array of coldcuts than just bologna and salami. I believe there was "mock chicken" loaf slices in there too. But established in a largely Jewish neighbourhood there was NEVER cheese. Not shown in the video - likely because the practice was discontinued - were big Coke glasses with cut sticks of "karnatzl" in them. Karnatzl is essentially Jewish pepperoni, except that it's beef and dried out to be chewier. Once your order was prepared, you'd tell them how many sticks of the stuff you had worked your way through while waiting, and it would be added on to your bill. And, of course, the walls were plastered with Wilensky grandchildren's artwork. My dad spent his young adulthood around the corner from Wilensky's, on St. Urbain, after he and his family escaped Poland in mid-1939. He took me there in the late-1960s or early 1970s, and told me that many of the pulp fiction paperbacks they had on the bookshelf when he was a young man were still there, decades later. I was told that when they shot "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", Wilensky's had to be "modernized" a bit to look era-appropriate. It was not uncommon to see bigshots in $800 (at the time) Holt-Renfrew suits seated at the counter at lunchtime, with their attache cases by their feet. It was like salmon migrating to the place where they were hatched.

[@Buttermilkjug]

Great comment here~ I probably learned more from your comment than I did from watching the video~

[@markhammer643]

@@Buttermilkjug Thanks. Much appreciated. There's probably a few hundred thousand people who would have said the same thing, but I'm just the one who got around to it. I have to laugh, seeing the late Anthony Bourdain at that lunch counter. My wife and I were in Glasgow about 5 years back, and after spending much of the day at the University of Glasgow campus (used for many location shots on the show "Outlander"), we wandered down the hill and dined at the University Café on Byres Rd. No particular reason other than the sign indicated a long history. I think we were the only customers in the place at the time. Several years later, we're watching an episode of Bourdain's show where he visits what he says is his favorite city in all of Europe - Glasgow - and where is *he* stopping to eat? Why at the University Café! I guess we have/had similar tastes in "regular guy" eateries.

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

The flow is real. When you crank out thousands of the same thing and someone requests a change, you are just as likely to give them the regular because you are on auto-pilot. When in Montreal, go with the flow.

[@scottbouchard2673]

I’m from the U.P. And have made fried bologna for 50 years.

[@jtmoore662]

As an Okie from the lower 48, I approve this sandwich. Growing up in the south, fried bologna is something everyone has tried or still eats.

[@MrWilkat1]

They need to go on and on and on....such a great simple sandwich!

[@intertubicular]

Looks so delicious. Wish I was in Montreal right now. I'm not though. I'm in Auburn Massachusetts and salivating for this goodness of a sandwich.

[@AllofJudea]

Auburn, worcesters anus.

[@reneekennedy716]

Now I want one! Really!!!

[@livewire0607]

Salivating; miss it so much.. every day when was in Baron Byng!!!

[@csnide6702]

When you go to Montreal , it isn't the same without getting a "speciale". Just order & take what you are given - no cutting , additions or deletions. It's always just been that way ! 👍

[@sloangiddings9763]

Awesome. Like going to Paul's Place - Rocky Point, NC Can't beat a tradition!

[@teddyboy252]

Good job

[@IchigoXKurosaki1992]

Used to go there a lot when my grand-father had his shop near Jean-Talon

[@ahoj7720]

Reminds me of a dialog I witnessed on a blog. A: - Where are you from? B: - Italy. A: - I love Bologna! B: - Have you been there? A: - Is it a place? I thought it was a kind of sausage.

[@RevofOne]

I can kinda picture a certain segment of our society crying because they can't get their sandwich cut in half, lol! So glad they stick to everything original.

[@stevenbjerke302]

Came here many years ago with my grandfather, was unique and delicious, hope to return one day as an adult…

[@nightcritterz]

I know the background music is supposed to be just that but it's distracting to me, it's a popular song from the 30's called "please don't talk about me when I'm gone" that someone has thrown a modern beat onto and rearranged the song a bit. Michigan J Frog sings it in an episode of Looney Tunes too. Lyrics: Please don't talk about me when I'm gone, Oh, honey, Though our friendship ceases from now on, And listen, If you can't say anything that's nice, It's better not to talk at all, Is my advice, We're parting, You go your way, I'll go mine, It's best that we do, Here's a kiss! I hope that this brings, Lots of luck to you Makes no difference how I carry on, Remember, Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Anyway I'd love to have a fried bologna sandwich at this place while listening to 30s music haha

[@eddi8209]

I lived across street from them , was great then in late😊 eigthy

[@the_indelible_onion]

So much respect.

[@masoncat1]

Definitely on the bucket list.

[@suzmaca650]

Why did I watch this video? Now I have to make my way to Montreal!

[@haven252]

Seems expensive when a whole pack of bologna is 1.00$ lol but I would still try it

[@richardiangraham5743]

Been there a few times when I’ve been in Montreal. ❤️ I still have. The t shirt

[@todganzer3668]

I may travel... never mind... lol ill make my own!

[@normlor]

WHEN IT COMES TO UNIQUE ICONIC FOODS, MONTREAL IS TOP -DOG. WILENSKY'S IS ONE OF THESE JUST AS POUTINE AND MONTREAL SMOKED MEAT ARE. NOT JUST AS BOLOGNA SANDWICH BUT WITH LOVE!!

[@meuhey]

you can make ur own special at home using lester beef salami & Gaspesien beef bologna

[@DugEphresh]

We need more of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@adamausmus1640]

It’s crazy to me how many people would love bologna if they would just try it!!!!!

[@DiscoverMontréal]

I'm not a big fan of bologna and even I LOVE this sandwich.

[@chrisflood9205]

Bologna cooked makes a big difference

[@SomeBotOfficial]

Man, I love simple restaurants like this. They don't over complicate things. Just like the guy said "Don't mess with how you do things, if you don't like it GET THE HELL OUT" that should be preached everywhere in this world today.

[@SomeBotOfficial]

@@JohnnySack16 You're probably racist

[@N1120A]

"The guy" is one of the most celebrated chefs in the world

[@1882osr]

@@JohnnySack16 Such bad bait. On par in terms of believability with any Qanon claims

[@mollywhoppedsouls_pvp]

Amen

[@mzilber1]

@@JohnnySack16 wackadoooooo

[@jkaiser02]

I will make it there one day for sure.

[@NotaFancyCook]

New to the city and didn't know this place. Thanks to this video, we walked to Wilensky's today and tried the special sandwich. It was great! I also realized we'd actually been right next door to the Japanese arts & crafts store once before. Wish I knew Wilensky's then.

[@WallyTony]

New place on my bucket list

[@cecilycook5592]

Can NEVER go wrong with fried bologna.... its a must in my home. Nothing like this place though, guaranteed 🤤🤤 want to try so badly

[@deandarvin553]

People who snub fried balogna have never had it

[@cecilycook5592]

@@deandarvin553 exactly my thoughts too!!! Im a southern girl that moved to the Pacific Northwest and introduced my husband to it... he was skeptical at first. Now he absolutely loves it 💖💖💖

[@katherinekaufman9856]

My mouth is watering!

[@karlanorvell9573]

My grandma was from Missouri. She had her children during the depression, which very much effected her frugality with food. She made fried bologna sandwiches (in a cast iron skillet w/ a little butter) which were simple but delicious. It is the ONLY way I like bologna.

[@jordan390a]

Wilensky's was featured in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, who was played by a young Richard Dreyfus....

[@terrancetyrell6797]

Another reason I have to visit Montreal!

[@HateDietPepsi]

Reminds me of my childhood and my Polish roots.

[@heretikpapy]

I've been there. Amazing! Love it.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I've been eating fried bologna here in Texas for 55 years. Fried bologna, tomato, mustard. And fried bologna with eggs for breakfast. I have been a butcher for 35 years and as a kid I thought round steak had a red rind around it. 😂

[@etow8034]

Amazing rare clip of Moe Wilensky and Mordecai Richler together at 5:50 that I never seen before !

[@Publicspeaking-xk4xx]

I just visited from New York. I don’t know how this was so good, but it was….

[@DiscoverMontréal]

I know right?? So good.

[@djackson8319]

Mannn I love bologna sandwiches allready I have to go to Montreal to have the Special

[@putz5872]

These people are living my dream.

[@spywonder]

4:18 Steve Harrington!

[@rickkopfler8447]

Was looking for this comment!

[@sullyx2]

I'll be taking the train up once they reopen the border, that sandwich looks delicious

[@tehdogefather6546]

beautiful and heartwarming story. 🥲 hope to visit one day. 🤗

[@bighunk9490]

We have these in the states. Just been commercialized "deli express" like everything eles. They call em a Chuck Wagon in Mt.

[@Frankythechops]

I love it. I’m going for lunch!

[@JoeyNYSDnomad]

Don't mess with perfection!

[@Xavier-Denis]

Great family success Never change a winning formula

[@AJ_Nightfall]

That's an absolute banger version of Please Don't Talk About Me

[@daveyboy_]

The movie Duddy Kravitz was filmed here

[@justincase4382]

I love the sentiment of it only comes one way that’s it or get the f*** out. It really makes you feel like your ordering from some real bad asses and you should be grateful your even getting one. I love that whole f*** you pay me non personal big city feeling. A lot more businesses should be ran this way!

[@craigdutton6072]

Cheap eats with a cool story ❤

[@joew8438]

I wonder what kind of roll that is, looks like a thin ciabatta type roll. I believe they referred to onion roll, so presumably flavored with onion.

[@donhaines4457]

If I ever get to Canada I'm going there..

[@diecastsixtytwo2751]

awesome!

[@jandasalovich6469]

Respect!

[@TubeDupe]

This inspired me to a baloney sandwich for breakfast this morning.

[@mjethier]

no matter what...you truly cannot beat a bologna and cheese.

[@BattleMega]

Good bread and keeping it simple is the way

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

3:57 Aziz Ansari is randomly there LOL

[@rickkopfler8447]

Nice catch!

[@jf76]

Classic.

[@bobchris9423]

Real Canadians love a good newfie steak sandwich

[@MrSquareart]

Nice video!!

[@zoltankaparthy9095]

Yeah, Montreal. And the bagels on St. Viateur. Montreal is a special place.

[@jameshicks4860]

The only place to get it...I guess making one yourself would be, unheard of. I'm 58 and have been making fried bologna combo sandwiches for a very long time.

[@ltme4134]

Could be the quality of the food in general, not to mention the feeling of sharing something special with people, not to mentioned in house made bread. Why are you negative about out it. Geez, drink some milk, relax.

[@chefbambu9382]

Love family restaurants and should I be lucky to get to Montreal I'll definitely visit.

[@morrismonet3554]

Anyone see the irony of them donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation? Still, I love fried bologna. Never had it with salami, but I will now.

[@QuipsterIX]

What's up with Steve sliding the mustard at 4:17?

[@seanflynn781]

I thought this was an American documentary for the first 6 minutes 30 seconds. Amazing how similar Quebecois and Midwest Americans are. They're good people. I hate the image in the media. They all have a passion for tradition, yet simplicity, and family.

[@nolove175]

How?she says Canada in the first sentence of the video.

[@Moose803]

Those were some of the creepiest people I have ever seen 😑 😳

[@carolbaughan8768]

We grew up on fried bologna ❤️ parents from Iowa, raised in KS .

[@realrandom7666]

Im from canada and I never heard of this WORLD FAMOUS sandwich. lol...........

[@RealBigBadJohn]

I wonder what kind of roll that is.

[@marshallmerritt7500]

Would love to eat there! I can consume me some bologna!!!😁👍

[@maggie2936-q1m]

Adding this place to my food/restaurant bucket list, and I don’t even like bologna! 😅

[@disco07]

I make mine straight up fried with tomato and mayo. touch of mustard , light cracked pepper. Now everybody know, its yours!

[@xTehDoodx]

Do they make their own bologna? Or is it store bought?

[@FIREFOX274]

They never f@$%ing say in this vid...

[@gd5208]

I’m embarrassed- I’ve been going to Montreal for over 20 years and I’ve never heard of this place

[@norme2681]

Ok, they are stuck in The Depression. We have evolved to Duke's Mayo, onion, pickle, tomato, and my wife still gives me that look when I slip some Lays chips in my bologna sandwich.

[@marcuseaston1583]

So have all these people never had a fried bologna sandwich?! It's common in the Southern U.S.

[@tfries72]

Common in the Midwest too I think all of the US actually

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Not really that common up here in Canada. But on the same token, how many people from the US Midwest and South have ever had poutine before?

[@johnmacdonald3070]

Being inbread is common in the south US also!!

[@silirat]

Why am I hungry all of a sudden?

[@chrisdaniel1339]

When the world around us is changing so fast, it is wonderful to have nostalgic eateries that never change. They bring us back to time long since past and provide that reassurance that it will never change.