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We started a petition to make Montreal's ugly Christmas tree an annual tradition
Last year, we wrote about how the city should make the Ugly Tree official. This year, we're actually trying to make it happen.
A (mostly) spoken history of Pasta Casareccia and 40 years of feeding NDG
How a kid who swore he'd never run the family business ended up exactly in the institution where he belongs.

Montreal gets its first German beer hall in 30 years with Wünderbar
The 3,500-square-foot beer hall on Plaza Saint-Hubert serves Bavarian drinking traditions with liter steins of German imports along long communal tables.

NDG's Empress Theatre survived a century of change. Can it survive neglect?
Montreal's last (and Canada's only) Egyptian Revival movie palace reinvented itself for decades. Now it's been empty for 33 years.

Everyone dunks on Griffintown. Here's what they're missing.
Griffintown's become Montreal's favourite punching bag for anti-development sentiment, but its messy, diverse rebirth is actually turning into something good.
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The Bulletin: Burn the jack-o'-lanterns, put up the stockings! [Issue #154]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

Brocard proves traditional Syrian food can feel brand new
A young team, an open kitchen, and recipes passed down through generations: Meet Talal Sabbagh's new spot on Saint-Laurent.

How Monkland Tavern shaped Montreal's restaurant scene over 30 years
The NDG institution and best-kept industry secret that helped launch some of Montreal's best chefs.

Why Empire thinks it will thrive in a struggling downtown core
Phil Grisé is opening a 26,000-square-foot skate shop in a building Archambault couldn't hold on to —because to him, physical retail isn't dead, it just needs to be worth the trip.

How cold-climate wine is made at David McMillan's Hayfield Farm vineyard
Following the Joe Beef co-founder through two days of cold-climate viticulture harvests where hospitality takes the form of al fresco meals, crushed grapes underfoot, and relentless labour.
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The Best New Restaurants in Montreal [November 2025]
Lebanese home cooking meets halal Caribbean fusion, natural wine bistros, pop-up delis with house-cured meats, New York-style pizza perfected, and more.

Boulangerie Marguerita has been baking bread the same way for over a century
The Little Italy bakery that could: Still hand-rolling loaves in its original 1910 brick oven, still telling real estate speculators it's not for sale, just for bread.

Farewell, Valérie Plante: A letter for Montreal's first woman mayor and her legacy
You didn't fix everything, but in many key respects, you left Montreal better than you found it.

Things to do in Montreal this November
The best things to do in Montreal during November bring enough festivals, holiday markets, and cultural programming to make you forget the cold.

When rubbing shoulders with death is your full-time gig
"In my first months working in funeral services, I immediately realized it was going to profoundly change my perception of life."

When McGill med students went grave-robbing for science
The law demanded they learn anatomy but made dissection illegal, so for nearly a century, stolen corpses were tobogganed down Mount Royal to a folk hero janitor who paid cash, no questions asked.

