Myer Dunn, the founder of Dunn's Famous Delicatessen, immigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1911 with his parents when he was just an infant. His early education in Montreal came both from the academic system where he learned the basics and from the street where he came to understand people. This latter source of education proved to be one of his most valuable assets.

At the very early age of 17, Myer's keen observations of the eating habits of the shift workers at the clothing factories in his neighbourhood gave him a tremendous idea. He noted that these hourly-paid labourers needed a restaurant that could provide quickly prepared, fresh and sustaining food on a 24-hour basis. Myer realized that the skills and traditions that his parents brought with them from Europe were exactly what was needed - therein came the birth of the first Montreal sandwich shop - open 24 hours each day!

In 1927, Myer opened his first Delicatessen on Montreal's Papineau Street near Mount Royal. Like all hard working immigrant children, Myer worked diligently at perfecting his business, smoking his meat in the same tradition that his parents had learned in Europe and then hand cutting it in thin slices to provide his clientele with the best taste experience possible.

Then one fateful day during the seventies, one of the managers went on vacation and Ina was called by her Dad to give a hand - and stayed to help for twenty-odd years - to carry on the Dunn's tradition of food excellence and deli warmth.

Stanley and Ina and the Dunn's family invite you to share in the food that makes memories.