Au Pied de Cochon
| Au Pied de Cochon | |
|---|---|
  Location in Montreal | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | November 2001[1] |
| Owner | Martin Picard |
| Chef | Martin Picard |
| Food type | Contemporary Québécois |
| Dress code | Casual |
| Rating | Recommended (Michelin Guide) |
| Location | 536 Duluth Street East, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 1A9, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°31′19″N 73°34′29″W / 45.522022°N 73.574699°W |
| Reservations | Yes |
| Website | aupieddecochon.ca |
Au Pied de Cochon ("At the Pig's Foot") is a restaurant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 536 Duluth Street East in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. Au Pied de Cochon also has a Sugar Shack and La Cabane d'à Côté in St-Benoît de Mirabel, which are open to normal reservations during the maple sugar season.[2] The restaurant was founded by chef Martin Picard in 2001.[3][4] In 2019, the Montreal location was named the 34th best restaurant in Canada, according to Canada's 100 Best.[5][6]
Reception
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain visited Au Pied de Cochon on his program No Reservations,[6][7] enjoying a fourteen-course meal centred around pork and foie gras. In the tie-in book, he praised the restaurant's philosophy and operating principles, which he described as "too much is not enough" and "good things, in get-the-defibrillator abundance".[8]
In 2020, the Sugar Shack was featured in an episode, season 3 episode 5, of the Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil.[9]
In 2025, the business received a 'Recommended' designation in Quebec's inaugural Michelin Guide. Per the guide, a 'Recommended' selection "is the sign of a chef using quality ingredients that are well cooked; simply a good meal" and that the anonymous inspectors had found "the food to be above average, but not quite at [Michelin star] level."[10]
Canada's 100 Best Restaurants Ranking
| Au Pied de Cochon[11] | ||
| Year | Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | new |
| 2016 | 34 |  |
| 2017 | 22 |  12 |
| 2018 | 82 |  60 |
| 2019 | No Rank | |
| 2020 | ||
| 2021 | No List | |
| 2022 | No Rank | |
| 2023 | ||
| 2024 | 51 | re-entry |
| 2025 | 76 | 25 |
| 2026 | 78 | 2 |
References
- ↑ "Martin Picard". OnTv - Hosts. Food Network Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Au Pied de Cochon's Sugar Shack Is Adding a Second Restaurant". Eater Montreal. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ "Home | Montreal Gazette | Montreal Gazette". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ Strand, Oliver (13 December 2011). "The Story on Chef Martin Picard's Sweet Spot". Bon Appetit. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ "No. 34: Au Pied de Cochon". Canada's 100 Best. Archived from the original on 2015-03-09. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- 1 2 Chesterman, Lesley. "Casual Dining: Au Pied de Cochon". The Gazette (Montreal). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Anthony Bourdain Vs. Maclean's: Star Chef Defends Montreal Restaurants' Omission From 'Best Of' List". The Huffington Post Canada. October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Bourdain, Anthony (2007). No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach. New York: Bloomsbury USA. p. 202,269. ISBN 978-1-59691-447-6.
- ↑ Karwacki, J. P. (4 June 2020). "Here's every restaurant featured in the Montreal episode of Somebody Feed Phil". Time Out Montreal. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ "Québec's top eateries dazzle in first-ever MICHELIN Guide Selection". Michelin Guide. Michelin North America. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ "Canada's 100 Best Restaurants Lists". Canada's 100 Best Restaurants. Canada's 100 Best. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
