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    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 🥳]

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    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]

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

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

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

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

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    The fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-ToutFood & Drink
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    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 FerreiraSponsored
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    A Guide to Downtown Montreal with Sandra Ferreira

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    The Bulletin: A digital block party, noise bylaws, a massive multi-venue festival, and beer 🍻 [Issue #96]Newsletter
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    The Bulletin: A digital block party, noise bylaws, a massive multi-venue festival, and beer 🍻 [Issue #96]

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    Rendez-Vous: Pointe-Claire gets another cool buvette-style restaurantFood & Drink
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    Rendez-Vous: Pointe-Claire gets another cool buvette-style restaurant

    Feels like there's never been a more intimate service of international, greatest-hits dishes from a spacious kitchen than at Rendez-Vous in Pointe-Claire.

    Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and runningArts & Culture
    J.P. Karwacki

    Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running

    When it opened in 2017, Le Club took a different path from traditional bike shops, building new communities around the cultures of cycling and running.

    The Bulletin: Nostalgic cinema, listening parties, tipping culture, and a lot of Negronis [Issue #95]Newsletter
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    GOAL MTL: The second annual ‘Power of the Ball’ Gala, and a 1970s golf partyArts & Culture
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    GOAL MTL: The second annual ‘Power of the Ball’ Gala, and a 1970s golf party

    Whether it’s a kick or a putt, this gala is a testament to how the sports of soccer and golf both unite people from all walks of life.

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    J.P. Karwacki

    Pavillon: This downtown social club inside the SAT can cook

    The latest third floor project for the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) stays true to its cultural ethos: Creating space where food, creativity, music, and community can intersect.

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