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Stories, guides, and reporting that make sense of Montreal — its culture, neighbourhoods, and everyday life.
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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.
From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.
For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.
For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.
Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
By The Main
Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
By The Main
A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
Explore MontrealThe places earning the most love from our readers and community right now.
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A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
Explore MontrealThe places earning the most love from our readers and community right now.
Recently added to the directory.
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.
Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.
Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
From garage racks to curated closets, here's where to start digging for stylish castoffs that got a second life.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.
Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.
Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
From garage racks to curated closets, here's where to start digging for stylish castoffs that got a second life.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.
From 70-cent burgers to a 25-course omakase, Montreal's got dad covered this June 21.
Lemongrass cast iron beef, wagyu temaki in the Old Port, pomegranate duck confit, and a Xinjiang-raised chef rewriting Chinese food on Beaubien.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
All manner of eggs, bagels, and sometimes the odd bottomless mimosa: This is Montreal's brunch scene, mapped.
Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.
From 70-cent burgers to a 25-course omakase, Montreal's got dad covered this June 21.
Lemongrass cast iron beef, wagyu temaki in the Old Port, pomegranate duck confit, and a Xinjiang-raised chef rewriting Chinese food on Beaubien.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
All manner of eggs, bagels, and sometimes the odd bottomless mimosa: This is Montreal's brunch scene, mapped.
Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.
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.
A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.
Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.
Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.
Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.
Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CELEBRATING DAD
Everything you need to make his day.
CELEBRATING DAD
Everything you need to make his day.
The best of Montreal's culinary scene
The best of Montreal's culinary scene
The Main's Guide
Everything you need to know to navigate Montreal's biggest summer festival.
From three jazz centennials to J Dilla, Willow, and UZEB at 50, the 2026 festival's best bets across free stages and ticketed venues.
Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
From a long-overdue return by British funk legends to a masked duo that’s breaking the internet, these are the shows pulling Montreal’s record store crews out of the shop and into the crowd.
The Main's Guide
Everything you need to know to navigate Montreal's biggest summer festival.
From three jazz centennials to J Dilla, Willow, and UZEB at 50, the 2026 festival's best bets across free stages and ticketed venues.
Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
From a long-overdue return by British funk legends to a masked duo that’s breaking the internet, these are the shows pulling Montreal’s record store crews out of the shop and into the crowd.
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