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The Bulletin: Where and how to eat your feelings after reading yesterday's news [Issue #102]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

J.P. Karwacki

Bona Fide now supplies Villeray with a bistro combining Rome, New York, and Montreal

A seasoned crew's come together to serve classic Italian goods with their own brand of Montreal hospitality.

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J.P. Karwacki

A Peruvian kitchen meets an Italian social club in Old Montreal with Capisco's bachiche cuisine

This restaurant from chef Marcel Olivier Larrea and company is all about a rich cultural and culinary crossroads that's found between heritage and invention.

J.P. Karwacki

Montreal tops Air Canada & enRoute's Best New Restaurants for 2024

Two names have taken up top 10 spots in the annual cross-country restaurant rankings from Air Canada's enRoute magazine.

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Jean Bourbeau @ URBANIA

Is the South Shore of Montreal the new poutine capital of Quebec?

A multi-generational investigation into the depths of 450.

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The Bulletin: Halloween Part 2, a high-speed train, and killing daylight savings time 🔪⏰ [Issue #101]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

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J.P. Karwacki

Why doesn't Montreal have its own Halloween parade?

Halloween parades are a staple in cities like New York, Chicago, Salem, and Atlanta—not to mention a litany of small towns—so why not Montreal?

J.P. Karwacki

Family and the weight of change in Montreal's West End: Arjun Basu's latest novel, The Reeds

In The Reeds, novelist Arjun Basu turns his eye toward Montreal’s West End for an introspective family novel set during a summer of seismic personal shifts.

J.P. Karwacki

Montreal’s ‘fake café’ Saturday, a casual hangout turned roaming pop-up

Whether intimately based out of their apartment or expanding out into the real world, Saturday is about maintaining devoted time for people to connect.

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The Bulletin: Halloween parties, a haunted forest trail, and soul-shaking organ performances [Issue #100 🥳]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

J.P. Karwacki

The ‘matante’ that launched a thousand ships: Lafleur's 63-year-old fast food cashier, Lucie

How one classic, family-run business’s franchise rooted in Quebec’s fast-food history made a broader cultural shift in restaurant marketing their own.

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The Bulletin: Montreal in the US election, a vinyl fair, burlesque, and all the fall things 🍁 [Issue #99]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

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The Bulletin: Thanksgiving at the museum, cheap eats for inflationary times, and 30x ramen [Issue #98]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

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J.P. Karwacki

A Plateau chophouse flips to Bouillon Albert, a 19th-century Paris-inspired eatery

At traditional bouillon restaurants, food should be quick and affordable. This French address asks: Why mess with a good thing?

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The third-wave cider of Cidre Intrus, and a chemistry of place

A natural cidery's unconventional experiments in production and branding, and how it's helping push Quebec's unique place on the global scene.