Quick Boston Poutine report.

[randomness]

While the poutine at the All Star Sandwich Bar in Inman Square doesn't really deserve the name--the fries are shoestring and rather indifferent, and the cheese and gravy are equally wrong--the cheddar cheese fries at Zaftig's in Coolidge Corner are a remarkably good approximation. The fries are coated, and thus a little too crunchy, but otherwise not bad, and the gravy is excellent, though applied a bit too sparingly. It could use a little more cheese, too. But overall, it's not a bad stealth poutine, for Boston.

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[redbird]

French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. It's comfort food.

There are places in Montreal that will offer you versions with, in addition to that, bacon, mushrooms, bell peppers, smoked meat, and almost anything else. (I'm told of one that does poutine with foie gras, but I've not been there.)

Bacon works better than mushrooms, it turns out.