Cantine Ben La Bedaine

Un incontournable. Pour la meilleur poutine à Granby c’est l’endroit où aller. Le service y est très rapide. Et l’été essayer la poutine glacée c’est un vrai régal.

C’est LA cantine où il faut aller lorsqu’on est à Granby. Excellente poutine et service efficace.

Ce restaurant/​cantine est un incontournable. Le choix des poutines est limité mais tous excellente, des classiques. Le service est toujours extrêmement rapide souvent la commande est prête et tu as même pas fini de payer. Né vous laissez pas décourager par la longue file d’attente, ça va très vite. Je vous recommande un petit bourre-​trou pour accompagner votre poutine.

As you’ll read in my many reviews I am a poutine fan. Being in the area for a family trip and having had a chance to read what others had said I made it a thing for me to try this place. You literally cannot kiss the large figure of a man outside this place! Pots of searing inside and ample parking in a private lot. We decided on a small poutine due to the fact we wanted this to only be a snack There are only 2 sizes available it seems foe everything including just fries. They also have variations of poutine such as bacon bits or Sausage on top. Prices were reasonable. The most value would be the large poutine at $ 7.
Well what people have said about the cheese curds was spit on. Amazingly chewy and squeaky. The taste is evident that these curds are fresher then what I’ve had before! The gravy is a different story as it reminds me of the gravy you get with Swiss Chalet. It’s light and you can also taste the herbs and spices they use. The other thing I think of is turkey. The fries were crisp and sweet. In addition they were also not overcooked and over browned.
Overall is it the best poutine in the province? That’s debatable. The taste of the fries and the freshness and taste of the cheese curds were definitely a plus! I just don’t think I could get used to the gravy they use.

This place is a local legend.
Expect big huge lines that move quickly, fast-​talking staff, and some of the best Québécois comfort food available!
The poutine is the best I’ve ever had. They literally cannot compete at the poutine festival anymore after winning it for something like 5 years straight. Have the traditional and believe me, a large is LARGE.
Take out is available but you can’t order ahead of time.
They have an outdoor patio and an ice cream bar that is only open during the summer.

«Hands down, the best poutine I have found in all of QC.» — reviewer Jeffrey G.
«La meilleure poutine dans tout le monde.» — moi
YOU NEED TO EAT HERE. NOW. GO.
ON DOIT MANGER ICI. MAINTENANT. ALLEZ-​Y!
I managed to arrive here right as it opened at 9 AM. Breakfast: poutine. But I wanted to try poutine italienne, and my friend prefers the regular sauce. Solution? The chef/​manager/​owner? gave us each a half and half, so that we could try it ourselves. But that was far too much, with four more poutine places on the day! I figured that I’d try some and then box up the rest for later.
Then I took my first bite. Hooked for life. The curds are huge and they squeak so loud, it echos through the restaurant. How fresh are the curds? I stopped at a fromagerie later in the day at 2 PM, and the curds had just been made at 1:30 PM. They were equally squeaky as Chez Ben. You just cannot get fresher. 7 stars for the curds.
The sauces? The Italian is no regular pasta or pizza sauce. It’s smooth and rich. Instead of tasting like I’m eating a pizza with potato crust, it really tasted like a poutine variant. We were told that the poutine italienne won the most recent poutine competition. No doubt. The regular sauce is one of the top, but does not stand over and above the rest like the Italian. 6 stars overall for the sauces.
The fries — perfection. Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, not overdone like so many other places. The service — perfection. Me being a slightly shy American tourist (since I had a French speaker next to me, I deferred to him for most things), the chef/​manager/​owner? gave us both souvenir mugs to remember the place by.
There are not enough stars. I need a new category for «priceless.» And for a downright cheap $ 7 (plus tax), you can get a pricelessly good meal at Chez Ben. I will be looking toward Granby every time I return to La Belle Province, from this point forward.

Hands down, the best poutine I have found in all of QC. I do live in the US, but travel whenever I can up to Canada. I have many cousins in the Granby area, and without a doubt — Chez Ben is an absolute MUST STOP every trip. I can’t even imagine not going at least once.
Classic car hop style, all the way down to the paper hats, give this place an authentic feel of the 50’s car hop. Although almost every order that goes out includes poutine, there are other grill items on the menu. Dogs and burgers, or so I have heard. I waste no calories on anything other than poutine while at this stop.
Enjoy~

This place is a landmark in the Eastern Townships, particularly for Granby and has been clogging the arteries of «les Granbyiennes» forever. I grew up in Granby so every time I come back to visit, it’s always heartwarming to see that some things never change.
The tacky neon sign, the same poutine, burgers, Michigans, fries, hot dogs, the outdoor seats. If you are ever in this neighborhood, you owe it to yourself to stop off at Chez Ben!

The best poutine you could ever get! I am not a huge fan of their hamburgers and hotdogs but whenever I feel like havin’ a poutine, I stop by here!

The best poutine i ever had great service and great food !

I was very excited to go to Chez Ben. They have the reputation of having the best poutine in Granby, and I’ve even heard some people (from Granby) say it’s the best in the province. The owners certainly seem to think so too, as can be seen on their big yellow sign that reads: «#1 poutine». So on my way to Montréal from Sherbrooke, I took a little detour by Ben’s. It’s about 5 miles out of AUT-​10.
The restaurant is a bigger version of your traditional burger shack. As you come in, you are right in front of a small kitchen counter where you order and pay for your meal. Kind of like a take-​out counter. Behind it is a very big man, dressed in a red uniform with white stripes, and a little paper hat. Behind him is the kitchen, with more men in red with paper hats cooking and being loud.
Ben’s has several things on the menu, and most seem to be your typical shack food: burgers, hotdogs, pogos, and of course poutine. The later of which they have various kinds.
I tasted the traditional poutine. As it can be seen on the picture, the small one is really small and it pretty expensive. In fact, a small poutine + a small pepsi cost me about $ 9. Good thing I didn’t have to tip (there’s no service).
The poutine itself had fresh cheese, but not squeeky fresh. The fries were home made, and fried well. Crisp and warm throughout, without being overcooked. Unfortunately great poutines are made from great chicken gravies, and theirs fell a little short. It was very liquid, and almost tasted like any other sauce. I say almost because I noticed that there were a couple green spices mixed throughout the sauce. I would guess they were italian spices, but they didn’t change the taste so much.
Overall, I had a good time there. The big neon sign, the big men in red shouting orders, and the large open area where local families come for a quick good meal. I’d lower your expectations before going there if you’re looking for the province’s best poutine though, as they are much better ones around.