Things to do in Montreal this January

Arts & Culture

Camille Tremblay's by-appointment showroom brings hard-to-find brands to Montreal to fix the friction of shopping online.

Arts & Culture

2026 marks Dômesicle's 10th anniversary, and to celebrate, the SAT’s serving up a full program from Montreal’s underground scene.

Arts & Culture

Here are the best things to do in Montreal this weekend, trivia nights and queer karaoke to brunch takeovers and screenings.

Arts & Culture

These are the best events and things to do during January in Montreal as temperatures dip well below freezing.

Arts & CultureHolidays 2025

It's New Year's Eve in Montreal: A massive guide to the top NYE dinners and parties from dozens of restaurants and clubs.

Arts & Culture

For hairstylist Izzy Mulder, building a salon can be political—especially when it's rooted in real inclusivity and ethics.

Arts & CultureHolidays 2025

Curated by the team behind a tiny-but-mighty Mile End cinema's programming that goes far beyond the usual suspects.

Arts & Culture

As Montreal's oldest fortune cookie factory shuts down after 128 years, a secret salvaged archive holds the blueprint for what could keep its memory alive.

Beyond Montreal

Following the Joe Beef co-founder through two days of cold-climate viticulture harvests where hospitality takes the form of al fresco meals, crushed grapes underfoot, and relentless labour.

Beyond Montreal

A deep dive into the belly of the Outaouais.

Beyond Montreal

Ancient technique, unpredictability, and slow, communal craft: Goregama has gathered twice a year since 2019 to feed wood into an anagama kiln for 40 hours straight.

Beyond Montreal

From farm fields to natural wine, Baie-Saint-Paul makes the case for a quick pause away from it all.

Beyond Montreal

From flea markets to pickleball courts, a reporter retraces his roots to find out why Saint-Eustache is suddenly among Quebec’s happiest cities.

Beyond Montreal

Nathan Gawalko left high-end restaurants across the world to bottle ancient traditions of fish, salt, and time on British Columbia's coast.

SponsoredBeyond Montreal

A coastal escape where every room has ocean views.

Beyond Montreal

When Montreal veterans end up with the keys to a local legend of the region they call home.

Design

A look at Em & May’s evolving collections, hands-on production, and commitment to inclusive style

Design

Hand-knit designs merge CAPTCHAS and AI imagery with fibre arts, while the publication Needlebound builds a tangible community for textile artists.

Design

Always in collaboration with local craftspeople, this nimble design firm creates immersive commercial spaces designed for that ineffable 'wow' factor.

Design

The expansion adds 14 stations and 33 kilometres to Montreal's light-rail network, connecting the North Shore to the South Shore through downtown for the first time.

Design

An incoming commemorative park design makes the Black Rock accessible for the first time with public space honouring 6,000 Irish famine victims and the Montrealers who tried to save them.

Design

Daniel Finkelstein's anti-ego approach to design is what makes his work in restaurants, retail, and beyond authentic to their purpose.

Design

The Montreal designer creating thoughtful garments that critically engage with Canadian landscapes, histories, and identity.

Design

Avenir Vert's Olivia Donahue turned thrift store finds and teenage entrepreneurship into British Vogue features—all while refusing to compromise on a sustainable vision.

Food & Drink

Anthony Gentile spent ten years building up his family's café across Montreal. His fourth location brings him back to old stomping grounds.

Food & Drink

Three generations and 65 years later, this family business is having its busiest run yet.

Food & Drink

From 2025's defining themes to predictions for 2026, here's what Montreal's food insiders are saying about the city's evolving dining culture (and its next Michelin hopefuls).

Food & Drink

The restaurant and bar arrivals that thrilled Montreal writers, photographers, and influencers—and the beloved spots whose closures left lasting gaps.

Food & Drink

From cocktails 45 floors above the city streets to neighbourhood wine bars and timeless martinis, here's where the city's insiders raised a glass in 2025.

Food & Drink

These are the spots Montreal's food writers, photographers, and bloggers couldn't stop visiting in 2025, from neighbourhood staples to standout pop-ups.

Food & Drink

Hanhak Kim and David McMillan's new project brings dry-aged prime cuts, tableside grills, and a nine-course steakhouse omakase to town.

Food & Drink

Honouring a local legacy with a blend of haggis, Scotch, cans of IRN BRU, and Montreal's brand of hospitality.

History Lesson

From 1884 to 1918, a steam-powered cable railway hauled Montrealers to the summit in minutes, despite a park designer's vision of leisurely mountain strolls.

History Lesson

The Ravenscrag manor housed the Allan Memorial Institute, where patients seeking help became victims of Cold War experiments.

History Lesson

For decades, Sabor Latino's been the gravitational centre for Montreal's Latino communities.

History Lesson

From its 1945 opening to a 1984 closure and its present-day hotel, the Décarie Boulevard institution was where Montreal went to see and be seen.

History Lesson

How a Bulgarian immigrant's billiard hall became one of Montreal's most enduring institutions, from pimp steaks to late night eats infamy.

History Lesson

Montreal's last (and Canada's only) Egyptian Revival movie palace reinvented itself for decades. Now it's been empty for 33 years.

History Lesson

The law demanded they learn anatomy but made dissection illegal, so for nearly a century, stolen corpses were tobogganed down Mount Royal to a folk hero janitor who paid cash, no questions asked.

History Lesson

From postwar migration to piri piri chicken, Azorean immigrants transformed an iconic Montreal neighbourhood with enduring community.