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Originally Posted by Razor
Montreal - Smoked meat, Montreal Steak spice, bagels
New York - Deli, Pizza
Dallas/Houston - Tex Mex/Barbeque
Chicago - Deep Dish pizza/ Foot Long dogs
Boston- Clam Chowder (I think)
Philadelphia - Cheese Steaks
London England - Fish and Chips (I think)
Ottawa - Beaver tails
C'mon Toronto even lowly Ottawa has something signature..Kidding of course.
I don't think the pea meal bacon sanmich cuts it though.
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And why doesn't the pea meal bacon sandwich cut it? At one point it was to Toronto what the smoked meat sandwich was to Montreal. That it's popularity has waned is unfortunate, but I think it will make a come back as Torontonians rediscover themselves. Torontonians always seem in such a rush to embrace anything that's from somewhere else, but ignore anything that's their own. They have a
'foreign = good/sophisticated; local = low brow/to be discarded' mentality, but it's slowly changing as the city matures.
Montreal beats Toronto hands down when it comes to this, but Toronto is starting to look from within rather than simply mimicking everybody else.
Quebec: poutine
Montreal: smoked meat, steak spice, bagels, montreal hot dog
Halifax: donairs
Ottawa: beaver tails
Toronto: pea meal bacon sandwich (it used to be a Toronto staple, but not well known any more)
Calgary: ginger beef
Nanaimo: Nanaimo bars
Boston doesn't have a fishing industry for starters. Clam/sea food chowder is a food of the Maritimes and New England, but you can't get any more specific than that. The Campbell's Soup likes to put the word 'New England' on their cans, but they're a US company so that's what you'd expect.
Btw, deli and pizza aren't New York products. Most north American food is simply a north American adaptation of European or Asian food. Burgers, pizza, spaghetti and meat balls, steaks, etc. It's north American, but you can't really narrow it down any further than that.