After the tartare preparations, the mac-and-cheese kiosk, here’s finally the store: Super Super just opened a lively address in suburban Quebec this week, just like its colorful owner.
Posted at 2:00 p.m.
The author of the project, the “food junkie” and “local pantry artisan” behind this new den of “creative food processing,” Stéphan Doe, is also a former La Presse colleague. Let’s just say he’s made quite a career change! And the connections to your newspaper and some of its (former) artists don’t stop there. We’ll come back to that.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
Artisan sausages are one of Super Super’s specialties.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
Plump polpettes
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
Super Super’s visual identity is the work of Francis Léveillée, former graphic designer at La Presse.
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Let’s go back to our sheep, or rather our sausages, because here we can taste worm-eaten pasta, among other artisan sausages. That’s not all. The shop, a kind of mini-Maison du Rôti de Loretteville, also sells several homemade preserves (marinated jalapeños, banana peppers, depending on the season and inspiration) as well as certain select “friends” (Ailleux du Père black garlic, pizza sauce). from the ketchup mine etc.). On the menu: ready meals (sous vide polpettes, pulled pork, gravlax, even grilled chicken), but also ready meals (marinated meat) and frozen raw meat. Oh, and of course don’t forget the mac and cheese counter for lunch, with no fewer than 15 varieties to try (we tested the latest one with smoked meat, yellow mustard and pickles, as decadent as can be).
Local wines, beers and ciders will be available soon for consumption on site or to take away. Because yes, there are a few stools here, in this place that is intended for passing through, but also for regular guests. Family on top of that, because Stéphan Doe and his wife and business partner Brigitte Raymond now live upstairs with their two small children Léon and Alice.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
Stéphan Doe and Brigitte Raymond Lebleu, the duo behind the new brand
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
After opening a kiosk in the Jean-Talon market, Super Super decided to locate in Loretteville, a suburb of Quebec.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
Stéphan Doe in the first Super Super Store in Loretteville
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And we haven’t told you everything yet, because between bites of gigantic polpettes, Stéphan Doe also points out that in the morning he will have a coffee machine (and coffee from a small roastery in Saguenay, Arvida Roasting CO) and some croissants.
Interesting, you say, but why the hell here, in this residential and, to say the least, remote part of Loretteville? Simply because his partners, the other “artisans” of Super Super (Manon Cambefort and Nicolas Légaré, co-owners of ADEL, a slaughterhouse in Bas-Saint-Laurent where the meat sold here comes from), once had a restaurant in these places. And the apartment above it too. They handed them the venue on a silver platter. “And I have self-confidence!” The people around need that! “says Stéphan Doe and points out that the culinary offerings in the area are limited.
“I’ve never been so happy!” […] I’ve never felt so at home! “, our interlocutor also beams, saying that he is finally living his “dream”. Downright.
Here we are. You should know that under his leadership, Stéphan Doe spent almost 20 years at La Presse, both in photography and video. Food in general and local food in particular has always been his passion. In 2017 he took the step. And not half-heartedly: he called Jean-Simon Petit (now a sausage dealer at Ferme des Quatre-Temps) and asked him to let him train as a butcher. In less than six years, our man dabbled in canning, secured a spot at a Christmas market, opened a kiosk at the Jean Talon market, and ended up with that first store, which he is quite proud of. Little gossip: the name of the brand, Super Super, comes from a friend and former graphic designer colleague (David Lambert), and the logo, the illustrations, in short, the visual design that cheerfully covers the window and the store are like that Francis Léveillé, also a former graphic designer at La Presse, signed for them.
Super Super is open until 6 p.m. every day and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. Note that Super Super products are available at several retailers and soon online.
197, rue Racine, Quebec