Mmmmmm...

I am a poutine fiend and was expecting big things from Mile End but I was not impressed. The cheese was most certainly not authentic Quebec cheddar cheese curds...and poutine is all about the cheese. Even McDonalds in Quebec makes a half-decent poutine because they get the cheese right.

Good to know! I did love their chopped liver tho! Anywhere in NYC I can get an authentic poutine then? :)

There used to be a place called T-Poutine that definitely served the real deal -- but is now sadly out of business. I haven't been to Pommes Frites on Second Ave (East Village) in a while, but I've had the poutine there and the cheese was imported from Montreal every week, but their fries probably were not the best for poutine -- still, I remember it being very good. This here is some of the best poutine in the world -- and it is from a fast food place in Quebec City: http://foodspotting.com/reviews/939027

BTW - I thought the fries at Mile End were very good on their own --- it's just that the cheese was not even close...and the gravy was just ok.

...but not nearly as good.