Bagel Etc (4320, boulevard Saint-Laurent): One of my more charming breakfast experiences from the past winter was this one snowy Sunday morning - Andrew and I had decided to have breakfast together before heading in separate directions. The snow was really starting to stick and most people were smart and stayed at home, but we braved the outdoors anyway (i.e. the only way to survive the winter in Montreal). Once at the restaurant we were told that while Bagel Etc was still serving breakfast, their electricity was cut for some maintenance work on the street and the menu would be limited to whatever they could cook on their gas stove. The restaurant was dim, but remarkably busy for a place that greeted its customers with the fact that they had zero electricity and that there would be no coffee refills because it took too long to brew without regular power, so we just stomped the snow off our boots and sat down. I could still order what I wanted (some kind of poached egg-y kind of thing, or maybe it was the omelette that comes with bananas and raisins) and I still got a good toasted bagel and that one cup of coffee was just what I needed.