Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Ed “Blork” Hawco, despite having each finished a huge eight-inch Copoli Burger at Copoli 2, decide to make a run at Copoli 1. They pay up and head out into the night. On the way the continue to discuss the Copoli burgers already ingested, as well as the nature of neighbourhood restaurants and the competitive nature of Canadians.

Pub Next Door
Address: 5175A Sherbrooke O.
Phone: (514) 481-1596

Copoli Two
Address: 4458 Sainte-Catherine O
Phone: (514) 514-989-8580

Copoli One
Address: 5181 de Maisonneuve O
Phone: (514) 514-483-0000

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(Previous Episodes of the Montreal Burger Report Episode 31: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 32: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 33: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 34: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 35: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1)

Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Ed “Blork” Hawco finish their enormous eight-inch burgers at Copoli 2. Thoughts are mixed and divided. The word “gimmick” is raised. Despite the gut-busting nature of the Copoli burgers, Zeke makes another pitch for visiting both Copoli 2 and Copoli 1 in the same night.

A Copoli Burger with bacon and cheese - all eight inches of it.

(Previous Episodes of the Montreal Burger Report Episode 31: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 32: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 33: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1, Montreal Burger Report Episode 34: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1)

Settled into their table at Copoli 2, Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Ed “Blork” Hawco place their orders and Ed pontificates on the nature of neighbourhood restaurants and the question of authenticity. The burgers arrive, and the guys are impressed with the size. Biting in, things get “interesting.”

(Previous Episodes of the Montreal Burger Report Episode 31: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1 Montreal Burger Report Episode 32: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1 Montreal Burger Report Episode 33: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1)

As they prepare to leave the Next Door Pub & Grill, Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand tantalizes Ed “Blork” Hawco’s raging appetite by reciting the pub’s menu. Ed has half a mind to abandon the project and eat there at the pub. Chris evens the keel and gets them back on track.

At restaurant Copoli, the guys snag a table and settle in to the business of surveying the menu and the environment.

Copoli 2 4458 Ste-Catherine O., corner Metcalf (Westmount)

(Previous Episodes of the Montreal Burger Report Episode 31: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1 Montreal Burger Report Episode 32: Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1)

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Warming up for their next burger report at the Next Door Pub & Grill (5175 Sherbrooke Street West) Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Ed “Blork” Hawco are undecided about visiting Copoli 1 or Copoli 2. Chris makes the bold suggestion that they visit both in the same night. Always up for something outrageous, Ed jumps on the bandwagon. Chris reiterates his theory of Montreal burgers and declares that one of the defining characteristics is thinness. Ed disagrees. Ed then casts his mind far back to the last time he had one of Copoli’s eight-inch burgers.

(Previous Montreal Burger Reports: Episode 31, Pub Next Door & Copoli 2 & Copoli 1)

Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Ed “Blork” Hawco venture out to Next Door Pub & Grill, a small bar on Sherbrooke Street West that is “Westmount Adjacent” (aka in NDG), where they survey the scene and try the house beer, called Bumping Hill, Pumpkin Hill, or Bumpkin, depending on how many you’ve had.

After debating the merits of various “Westmount Adjacent” dive bars, they settle into a discussion of the night’s mission: a trip to Copoli, home of “Montreal’s biggest burger.” The burning issue: should they go to Copoli 1 (across from the Vendome Metro station) or Copoli 2 (on Ste. Catherine, corner Metcalfe)?

Next Door Pub & Grill; easy to find if you know where to look.