March 15th to 24th 2024 Prince Albert’s most popular Restaurants are dishing out special poutine for the Poutine Choice Award and also the Gravy Bowl Championship!
Each one will be serving a special poutine not usually on their menu for a good cause -and to make diners delight in all that poutine perfection! Are you ready for the best poutine PA has ever seen?
THE 2023 DEFENDING CHAMPION: Knotty Pine Bistro (Three Time Champions!)
**THE POUTINE CHOICE AWARD AND THE GRAVY BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR -WITH THE “ORGINAL DILL PICKLE POUTINE
The Gravy Bowl competitors for 2024
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Between The Buns
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Boston Pizza
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Lulu’s Kitchen
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MR MIKES SteakhouseCasual
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Original Joe’s
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Ricky’s All Day Grill
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Rock & Iron Sports Bar
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Shananigan’s Bistro Coffee & Dessert Bar
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The Knotty Pine Bistro
Four dollars from every poutine sold at these great PA restaurants will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs. Make sure to vote for your favourite restaurant, you will be entered to win a gift card for one of our restaurant partners. What a great way to win even more poutine!
Gravy Bowl Champion will be the restaurant that sells the most poutine, and the Poutine Choice Award will go to the restaurant with the most social media posts.
One vote per poutine can win you a gift card!
ANDY’S POUTINERIE CRITERIA
FRIES:
- Fry thickness
- Use of potato (like a russet)
- Crispyness – this helps them stand up to the gravy’s moisture
CURDS:
- Squeakiness
- Chewiness
- Meltiness
GRAVY: (A.K.A poutine sauce)
“This is where everyone gets a little inventive. Classic poutine sauce just basically brown gravy. A mix of beef or chicken stock & spices. (gotta have the trip to flavour town) If you wanna do it as they do out east. exclusively serve vegetarian gravy.”
TOPPINGS:
“Outside of the classic poutine is always just fries, cheese curds, and gravy. There are loads of toppings you can add on top.
- Bacon
- Scallions
- Sausages
- Pulled Pork
- Mushrooms
- Peppers
…..essentially anything you can ever think of.”
ANDY’S GOOD vs GREAT POUTINE:
- A good poutine has melted cheese; a great poutine has squeaky cheese curds.
- A good poutine just has ingredients; a great poutine melts together in harmony.
- A good poutine has fried potatoes; a great poutine has thick, yummy french fries.
- A good poutine has sauce; a great poutine has hearty, smouldering gravy you want to take a bun or slice of bread and mop op the rest.
- A good poutine makes you feel full; a great poutine makes you feel loved.
ANDY’S CURDIOUS TIPS:
- “One shall not melt one’s curd”
- “You can find cheddar cheese curds. If you do, leave them out at room temp to get the titular squeakiness. “
- “Keep an extra bun or slice of bread handy top mop up any left over gravy.”
- “Evenly ladled gravy is key, You want a gravy poutine party not a just gravy party.”
- “One should make it simple first and add things if one makes some again.”
Hey Andy you guys should think about doing Poutine week in the spring so that the food trucks could get in on the action.
This is actually a Big Brother’s Big Sisters thing we are just having fun raising money for them. But who’s telling us we need to stop eating gravy and curds even when Poutine Week is done?