# Restaurant drops "poutine" from its menu **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548 "2022-03-06T03:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/21 "2022-03-06T19:47:59Z")
There used to be a restaurant in Montreal called Vladimir Poutine. > **[Inside Vladimir Poutine, Montreal's Dictator-Themed Restaurant](https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb7qwb/inside-vladimir-poutine-montreals-dictator-themed-restaurant)** > > Yes, there is a Trump burger. Google tells me they are no longer in business. If they were still in business, I bet they could capitalize on the hatred for Putin, by say letting patrons punch an effigy of him or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/22 "2022-03-06T22:15:58Z")
A French friend told me that the La Poutine restaurant in Paris was getting lots of threatening phone calls from people. I looked up the what Poutine means and learned that it was a Quebecois dish consisting of fries, gravy and cheese curds…like the sort of dinner that would go down well after a drunken night out in Glasgow. Serving that up in Paris is a bold move. Some of the calls might have been from snobby customers complaining that this dish is an affront to Parisian cuisine. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/23 "2022-03-06T22:17:17Z")
> [@filmstar-en](#): > > like the sort of dinner that would go down well after a drunken night out in Glasgow. You’re not far off. Substitute “Montreal” and you’re there. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/24 "2022-03-06T22:32:34Z")
How many caesars does it take to wash down a plate of poutine? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/25 "2022-03-06T22:37:17Z")
Another part of Canadian cuisine which is a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/26 "2022-03-06T22:38:59Z")
More drinks need clam juice… ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/27 "2022-03-06T23:00:51Z")
Best substitute Salade Olivier or something. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/28 "2022-03-07T13:13:51Z")
This topic reminds me of something strange I read about many years ago, during the period of time in which we still had telephone books, and had become nationally aware of the El Niño phenomenon affecting the weather: There was a guy in California named “Al Niño” who kept getting calls, phony and otherwise, when the Californian soil had become saturated with rain, while the news media had become saturated with stories about El Niño. He was asking people to stop. > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Pommefrittes Quebec I’d prefer the original “Poutine,” but this’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/29 "2022-03-15T16:02:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Yes, it’s best described as an attempt to cram as many heart-clogging foods into one food-substance as is physically possible. And it does it so very, very well… It’s likely just as well that this dish is not widely available in the US. I’ve made a point of treating myself to it on each of my two trips to Quebec. > [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s one of those foods that tastes great for about the first three bites before your brain kicks in and says “hey, why are you doing this to yourself?” Then your gut shouts “SHUT UP, YOU! I’M ENJOYING THIS!”. The controversy isn’t just in Quebec; I first heard of it because of a French restaurant chain (I see I’ve been ninjaed on this by filmstar-en): > **[Poutine Restaurant Chain Forced to Explain It Has No Connection with Putin](https://www.foodandwine.com/news/poutine-chain-france-putin-confusion)** > > The confusion stems from the fact that the Russian president’s name is translated as "Poutine" in France. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/30 "2022-03-15T17:44:19Z")
No matter how many times I hear “Putin” pronounced correctly, I still somehow feel compelled to say it as if it sounded like the snack food. I guess I just feel bad about the idea that his name would sound like a slang term for breaking wind. But I also hope it annoys him just a tiny bit. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548/31 "2022-03-15T17:50:59Z")
Supposedly back during the Al Queda era people were boycotting a business owned and named after the owner who’s name was Osamu. I joked that they should also boycott Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion created by Osamu Tezuka. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-drops-poutine-from-its-menu/960548.md?page=1)