Tastes of the Tour Bus: Patrick Watson

For a band on tour, what's the next most important thing to performing? Eating, of course! Every band that has hit the cold roads of Canada has its favourite restos, diners, coffee shops and steakhouses. Tastes of the Tour Bus features these road-tested recommendations. Today, Montreal's Patrick Watson.

Patrick Watson, Montreal's inventive musical force, released his newest album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard, earlier this year.

In spring 2012 Patrick Watson and his band performed in Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio, where they offered songs from the album to a packed house. They also stopped by Studio Q with Jian Gohmeshi.

The band has been nominated for a Juno and won the prestigeous Polaris Prize, but between the touring and the accolades, Watson likes to eat. Patrick sat down with TOTTB's own Miranda Mulholland to talk about his favourite eateries in New York, Chicago and his native Montreal.

Have a look at his great picks for restaurants across North America and visit Patrick Watson's website.

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Click the Play button on the left to hear Miranda and Patrick's conversation

MONTREAL

Patati Patata
4177 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

"They have an amazing special poutine there. It's almost a healthy poutine. It's pretty weird. They have small little mini burgers. It's the only thing you want to get there."

Souvenirs D'Indochine
243 Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest

"Another great restaurant, a secret spot. It's a mix between Indonesian and Vietnamese food and French cuisine, all mixed together. It's a pretty good restaurant, I'm not going to lie! The carmelized salmon is good stuff."

Rumi
5198 Rue Hutchison

"There's a Rumi Express and a Rumi Restaurant. It's amazing of middle Eastern mixture of amazing dishes. It's kind of a secret spot. It's just such a nice environment."

NEW YORK

Otafuku

236 East 9th Street

"It's my favorite restaurant. It's real crazy Japanese cuisine."

CHICAGO

Alinea

1723 North Halsted, Chicago

"It's mindblowingly amazing. Crazy experimental dishes. Chicago has lots of experimental food, all sorts of crazy stuff.

PATRICK WATSON'S LAST MEAL

"Cheeseburger and Milkshake. My mother used to make it for me when I was a kid all the time. My mom used to make it for me, what do you want?!"

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