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

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

Is the South Shore of Montreal the new poutine capital of Quebec?
Jean Bourbeau @ URBANIA

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

A multi-generational investigation into the depths of 450.

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

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.

Why doesn't Montreal have its own Halloween parade?
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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

The Bulletin: One last dance, Oktoberfest, art shows, and where to eat this month [Issue #97]
The Main

The Bulletin: One last dance, Oktoberfest, art shows, and where to eat this month [Issue #97]

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

The fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-Tout
J.P. Karwacki

The fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-Tout

With a locally-minded line on fish & seafood, meat, booze and dry goods, this fine grocer has good reasons to get high on its own supply.

A Guide to Downtown Montreal with Sandra Ferreira
The Main

A Guide to Downtown Montreal with Sandra Ferreira

Enjoy downtown Montreal to the fullest with pointers from one of the neighbourhood’s greatest contemporary restaurateurs.