If sugar shacks are about indulgence, this is indulgence cranked up to eleven. Martin Picard’s Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon isn’t just a rustic meal in the woods—it’s a multi-course feast so rich and over-the-top it could only come from the mind behind foie gras poutine. Since 2008, this Mirabel institution has been redefining the cabane experience with decadent takes on tradition: crispy duck with maple crêpes, rabbit stuffed with sour cherry sauce, and baked beans loaded with more pork than most butcher shops. Dessert? A spectacle of maple-glazed, pecan-studded excess. Reservations sell out almost instantly, and for good reason—this is Quebec’s most famous sugar shack, a place where even a simple pea soup arrives laced with foie gras and bacon. If you miss out on a seat, the takeout boxes bring a taste of the madness home. Either way, expect a meal that doesn’t just nod to tradition—it devours it.
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Running from late February through April, sugar shack season is a short but glorious stretch of syrup-soaked feasts best enjoyed in the countryside.
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