I live in Montreal, and after watching this episode I no longer have any desire to visit Joe Beef. This episode made it clear that its owners are pretentious, self-important, single-minded douches who obviously spend their free time thinking up new ways to make money rather than a good dish that honors the ingredients. Bourdain should have left them at home rather than spoil a perfectly good episode with their over-the-top show-stealing and self-absorption. Montreal is chock full of this type, which is why their restaurant has found so much success.
The restaurant with the seafood tower looked amazing and I wish they'd spent more time on stuff like that. The fishing scenes were nice. Some more could have also been said about the history of Newfoundland, but I guess we got what CNN wanted us to get.
The part with St-Pierre/Miquelon could have been left out instead of blurred together with Newfoundland.
The axe throwing was dumb. Loved how Small Joe Beef Guy says he used to have a throwing axe board at his restaurant but proceeds to utterly fail at the game thereby exposing his fraud. These guys are such hypocritical pigs! An insult to the Canadian food scene.
The bartender at the end seemed fun, but that's the kind of touristy experience that used to make Bourdain cringe (see: infamous Dracula scene from Romania).
All in all, worth a watch for a window into what actual Canadian food is like (hint: it isn't canned jellied foie sprinkled with black truffle) and for the exercise of one's critical thinking skills.