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      The Three City Blocks That Became a Filipino Heartland
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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop
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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

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      From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.

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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

      From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.

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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

      By Kaitlyn DiBartolo

      From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.

      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop
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      Where to find the best listening bars and vinyl cafés in Montreal
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      Where to Find the Best Listening Bars and Vinyl Cafés in Montreal

      Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.

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      The 50 Best Restaurants in Montreal Right Now

      From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.

      All of Montreal's best cafés and coffee shops, mapped
      Guide

      All of Montreal's Best Cafés and Coffee Shops, Mapped

      Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.

      Montreal's most romantic restaurants
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      Montreal's Most Romantic Restaurants

      Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.

      Montreal's best bookstores, mapped
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      Montreal's Best Bookstores, Mapped

      Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.

      A guide to vintage stores, thrift shops, and second-hand gems
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      A Guide to Vintage Stores, Thrift Shops, and Second-hand Gems

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      Local Montreal shops for the permanently curious
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      Local Montreal Shops for the Permanently Curious

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      Where to find the best listening bars and vinyl cafés in Montreal
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      Where to Find the Best Listening Bars and Vinyl Cafés in Montreal

      Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.

      Where to Take Dad This Father's Day

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      GOAL MTL 2026: Soccer, Street Food, and More Happening at Percival Molson
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      POCHA MTL Is Back With Four Days of K-Pop, Korean Street Food, and Culture By the Canal

      The festival returns to the Peel Basin June 11 to 14, 2026.

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      Here's Where Montreal Is Going Car-Free This Summer

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      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert
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      GOAL MTL 2026: Soccer, Street Food, and More Happening at Percival Molson

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      POCHA MTL Is Back With Four Days of K-Pop, Korean Street Food, and Culture By the Canal
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      The festival returns to the Peel Basin June 11 to 14, 2026.

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      After a Close Call, MURAL Fest Finds a Future

      After bankruptcy put the agency behind it at risk, Multicolore has acquired LNDMRK to ensure the festival continues, with no layoffs planned.

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      Here's Where Montreal Is Going Car-Free This Summer

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      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert
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      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

      The 200-year story of a street that's always belonged to everyone and no one.

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      What To Do This Weekend (06.18–06.21)

      What To Do This Weekend (06.18–06.21)

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      The Long, Strange History of Quebec’s Experimental Rock Underground

      By Stephan Boissonneault
      The Long, Strange History of Quebec’s Experimental Rock Underground

      ECHO is Cirque du Soleil's New Show About the End of the World (Sort Of)

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      ECHO is Cirque du Soleil's New Show About the End of the World (Sort Of)

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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

      By Kaitlyn DiBartolo

      How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

      By J.P. Karwacki
      How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

      When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

      By J.P. Karwacki
      When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

      History Lessons

      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

      By J.P. Karwacki

      The Last Stand of Louis Cyr, the World’s Strongest Man

      By J.P. Karwacki
      The Last Stand of Louis Cyr, the World’s Strongest Man

      What Happened to Frederick Law Olmsted’s Vision for Mount Royal?

      By J.P. Karwacki
      What Happened to Frederick Law Olmsted’s Vision for Mount Royal?

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      What To Do This Weekend (06.18–06.21)

      What To Do This Weekend (06.18–06.21)

      By Kristina Stamkopoulos

      The Long, Strange History of Quebec’s Experimental Rock Underground

      By Stephan Boissonneault
      The Long, Strange History of Quebec’s Experimental Rock Underground

      ECHO is Cirque du Soleil's New Show About the End of the World (Sort Of)

      By AnnaClare Sung
      ECHO is Cirque du Soleil's New Show About the End of the World (Sort Of)

      Design

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      Inside the City’s Only Harpsichord Workshop

      By Kaitlyn DiBartolo

      How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

      By J.P. Karwacki
      How Japanese Spatial Design Reshaped a Plateau Family Home

      When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

      By J.P. Karwacki
      When a Ballet Inspired a Jewellery Collection

      History Lessons

      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

      Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

      By J.P. Karwacki

      The Last Stand of Louis Cyr, the World’s Strongest Man

      By J.P. Karwacki
      The Last Stand of Louis Cyr, the World’s Strongest Man

      What Happened to Frederick Law Olmsted’s Vision for Mount Royal?

      By J.P. Karwacki
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      The Crate-Diggers Have Spoken: Six Record Shops on the Jazz Fest Shows They Want to See

      By J.P. Karwacki
      The Crate-Diggers Have Spoken: Six Record Shops on the Jazz Fest Shows They Want to See

      GOAL MTL 2026: Soccer, Street Food, and More Happening at Percival Molson

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      A Westmount Renovation That Leaves the Century-Old Bones Alone

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      The Cabin of the Future Is Smaller, Simpler, and Prebuilt

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      The Strange Architectural Afterlife of Joseph-Arthur Godin

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      The Historic Mount Royal Hotel Is Now Home to Montreal's Best Office Space

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      The Crate-Diggers Have Spoken: Six Record Shops on the Jazz Fest Shows They Want to See

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      GOAL MTL 2026: Soccer, Street Food, and More Happening at Percival Molson

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      A Westmount Renovation That Leaves the Century-Old Bones Alone

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      The Cabin of the Future Is Smaller, Simpler, and Prebuilt

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      The Strange Architectural Afterlife of Joseph-Arthur Godin

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      "We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger
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      Two decades in, the chef and co-owner on sobriety, restaurant math, and how to run a twenty-year-old restaurant without becoming a museum.

      Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads
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      Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads

      A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List
      Food & Drink
      J.P. Karwacki

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List

      Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime
      Food & Drink
      J.P. Karwacki

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime

      Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.

      The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur
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      How a fictional Lafleur employee became a Quebec social-media sensation before a fake death sparked backlash, confusion, and an unexpected second act for the actress behind the character.

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty
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      Ivy Lerner-Frank

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty

      Carlos Ferreira built his Peel Street restaurant to represent a larger vision of Portugal. Three decades later, his daughters are helping carry that ambition into its next era.

      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room
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      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room

      Inside a raw concrete space on Murray Street, banana-infused espresso and matcha drinks anchor a broader ambition to become part of the neighbourhood’s daily rhythm.

      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way
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      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way

      Set inside a former Mile End bakery, two Bouillon Bilk alumni are pairing French-influenced cooking with private import wines and a handcrafted dining room.

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      "We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger
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      Two decades in, the chef and co-owner on sobriety, restaurant math, and how to run a twenty-year-old restaurant without becoming a museum.

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      Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads

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