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The digital camera comeback isn't about authenticity. It's just a flattering filter.
Gen Z found a socially acceptable way to blur their pores while somehow convincing everyone it's counter-cultural.
Good luck getting a table at Mile End's latest morning-to-midnight spot
The neighbourhood's smitten with Au Coin's all-day coffee, natural wine, and sourdough pizza.
The soap maker who bent the Jacques-Cartier Bridge
On Tête de Cheval soap, stubborn French-Canadian industrialists, and the fire that just gutted a quiet landmark.
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The Bulletin: A landmark burns, a brunch legend returns, and an après-ski with Russian disco [Issue #165]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
My restaurant got busy before it was ready. Now I can finally take a step back.
It's the unspoken problem of early popularity in restaurants: Nineteen months in, La Spada's owner reflects on the chaos, clarity, and learning to step away.
The best things to do this weekend (Jan 22 to 25, 2026)
From Igloofest's frozen dance floors and Twin Peaks screenings to vernissages, vintage treasure hunts, and birthday toasts.
The centuries-old spa tradition of bathing in beer arrives in Montreal
Bains Ninkasi brings Central European beer baths to Quartier des Spectacles: oak tubs, personal taps, and all.
The century-long smoked meat legacy of Schwartz's Deli
How a Romanian immigrant's recipe and stubborn refusal to change built Montreal's most iconic sandwich.
Nordic-inspired yoga, DJ nights on ice, and lunchtime pilates
ROYALMOUNT's January wellness lineup kicks off 2026 with unconventional pathways to that "new year, new you" promise.
Bar-hop festival Taverne Tour turns 10 with its most ambitious edition yet
The Plateau's winter bar-hop festival returns February 12–14 with Protomartyr, Lydia Lunch, Christopher Owens, and over 100 artists across 20+ venues.
Yakitori Hibahihi is bringing the heat to Plaza St-Hubert
Japanese restaurant veterans Hiroshi Kitano and Hideyuki Imaizumi bring the fire, united by the grill and hip-hop.
Wellness culture has an optimization problem
Wellness promised an escape from productivity culture. Then it became another thing to optimize.
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The Bulletin: Cold raves, beer memberships, and film festivals galore [Issue #164]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Three cafés, three generations, and one new wave of Vietnamese coffee
Three cafés redefining specialty Vietnamese coffee through heritage, fusion, and first-gen identity.
The abandoned church where outsider contemporary art found a home
In a quiet village, a church has turned into a sanctuary for artists living on the margins of the world.
Bossa had a bread problem, so they built a 24-hour bakery to solve it
Inside the warehouse where four bakers shape everything by hand, all night, every night to make 2,000 loaves a day.