Slab Burgers: Poutine Double Down Fries, house-ground beef, cheddar cheese, bacon, Quebec cheese curds, house gravy and peppers. $10. 47 Charles St. W., 647-350-5883 ...

Proprietor Jean-Paul Roy says that at the request of customers, his place started adding cheese to orders of patates-sauce in the 1960s. In effect, the cheddar-loving citizens invented poutine.

You’ll find some of the most authentic Quebecois poutine coming out of NomNomNom Poutine, the longtime fave at Market 707. Homemade cheese curds, gravy from Quebec, and options to throw on some ...

The cheese curds come in the form of both white mozzarella and orange cheddar. Both melt over the fries, but the squeak is not lost. You can also opt for a Loaded Poutine, where you can add pulled ...

Unless my truly refined poutine palate deceives me, these "curds" are in fact, nothing more than broken up pieces of old cheddar cheese, which I'm happy to admit I'm ok with.

They’re not cheese curds anymore, just pieces of cheddar,” says Alex Porras, cheese expert at Montreal’s Fromagerie Hamel. To refrigerate is to remove the squeak, a mark of freshness.

Cheese curds are a byproduct of the Cheddar cheese-making process, and the star of any good poutine. Really, it's just Cheddar cheese pieces that didn’t make it into a wheel to age, rather to be ...