Beauty's Luncheonette

Beauty's Luncheonette (also styled Beautys, and usually called simply Beauty's) is a diner at 93 Mont-Royal Avenue West, on the corner of Saint-Urbain Street, in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1942 by Hyman "Hymie" Sckolnick (1921–2017) and his wife Freda (née Segal; died 2008), who paid $500 for a stationery store and snack bar called the Bancroft in what was then the heart of the city's Jewish garment district and began serving hot dogs and quick lunches to factory workers. Neighbours nicknamed the place "Beauty's" after Hymie's bowling nickname; the name became official when the family enlarged the business into a full restaurant in 1966.
The diner is known for two dishes attributed to Freda Sckolnick: the Mish-Mash, an omelette of hot dog, salami, green pepper and fried onion that the restaurant's operating company registered as a Canadian trademark in 1989, and the Beauty's Special, a St-Viateur sesame bagel with cream cheese, smok...