Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant

Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant
Bens storefront (2005)
Location within Montreal
Restaurant information
Established1908
Closed2006
Food typeJewish kosher style delicatessen
Dress codeCasual
Street address990 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West
CityMontreal
StateQuebec
CountryCanada
Coordinates45°30′08″N 73°34′24″W / 45.502091°N 73.573363°W / 45.502091; -73.573363

Bens De Luxe Delicatessen and Restaurant was a Jewish delicatessen in Montreal, Canada. The restaurant was famed for its Montreal-style smoked meat sandwich. During its heyday it was a popular late-night dining fixture in the downtown core and a favourite eatery of many celebrities. It was open for nearly a century, from 1908 to 2006. At 98 years it was the oldest deli in the city.

Bens had a longstanding and widely believed advertising slogan that claimed the restaurant had invented smoked meat, but this has been debunked by cultural historians.