Bar Minou is the kind of place you want to spend all night in

It's the kind of place that feels improvised yet deeply considered, the wine bar where the wine bar crews of Montreal want to spend their time: A no-reservations bar that's dimly lit throughout the evening, where an open kitchen and long bar running a great length of the space tempts anyone dropping in to drop any other plans of going elsewhere.

Bar Minou was born from the partnership of Yailén "Yaya" Díaz and Phil Heroux, two vets who've spent the better part of their time in the industry chasing projects that inspire them instead of the trappings of fine dining. Occupying what used to be the vegan diner Mimi & Jones on Parc Avenue in the Mile End, there's a consistent sense of play to the place that's told in a love for off-cuts, ferments, natural wines, and Mediterranean flavours refracted through Cuban and Nova Scotian memories.