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    Montreal tops Air Canada & enRoute's Best New Restaurants for 2024Food & Drink
    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?Food & Drink
    Jean Bourbeau @ URBANIA

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

    A multi-generational investigation into the depths of 450.

    Montreal’s ‘fake café’ Saturday, a casual hangout turned roaming pop-upFood & Drink
    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 ‘matante’ that launched a thousand ships: Lafleur's 63-year-old fast food cashier, LucieFood & Drink
    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.

    A Plateau chophouse flips to Bouillon Albert, a 19th-century Paris-inspired eateryFood & Drink
    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 placeFood & Drink
    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 fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-ToutFood & Drink
    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.

    Rendez-Vous: Pointe-Claire gets another cool buvette-style restaurantFood & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    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.

    Pavillon: This downtown social club inside the SAT can cookFood & Drink
    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.

    Bad Bones Beer: From a bone-crushing car accident to an Eastern Townships breweryFood & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    Bad Bones Beer: From a bone-crushing car accident to an Eastern Townships brewery

    How brewer Zack Heuff turned a life-altering car accident off black ice on a country road into something everyone can enjoy.

    The Michelin Guide is officially coming to MontrealFood & Drink
    The Main

    The Michelin Guide is officially coming to Montreal

    Announced today, the province is now Canada’s third destination, joining the ranks of Toronto and Vancouver.

    Bottomless Pete Reviews: RegashiFood & Drink
    Bottomless Pete

    Bottomless Pete Reviews: Regashi

    What's it like at one of Montreal's most enigmatic izakayas to date?

    Romies: Creating a contemporary American bistro with midcentury charmFood & Drink
    The Main

    Romies: Creating a contemporary American bistro with midcentury charm

    Behind a heritage stone façade of Old Montreal, Romies reflects the warm, throwback ambiance of midcentury dining gems in the United States.

    La Spada: A love letter to Rome with a Montreal osteriaFood & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    La Spada: A love letter to Rome with a Montreal osteria

    The experiential, Roman-Italian dining of Saint-Henri's La Spada, combining institutional class with electric restaurant theatre.

    Le Violon: Stepping into a painting of fine dining in the PlateauFood & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    Le Violon: Stepping into a painting of fine dining in the Plateau

    Taking over the address that once housed Maison Publique, Le Violon is a new neighbourhood project that celebrates kinship and thoughtful, ingredient-driven cuisine.

    Lieux Communs: Montreal's first urban wineryFood & DrinkEditor’s Picks
    J.P. Karwacki

    Lieux Communs: Montreal's first urban winery

    Local wine, cider and piquette makers discovering new terroirs out of their hybrid, urban, and nordic laboratory in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

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