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A convenient ride-sharing app has officially launched in Montreal
Looking for a better way to explore Montreal? Discover an affordable and easy way to get around by requesting a ride with the Lyft app.
Montreal's live music venue infrastructure is broken at both ends
The city's venue infrastructure gap is driving artists to Toronto, but the thing is: This is a fixable problem.
The unsexy work of building a thriving vintage business
LE NINETY's founders turned years of sourcing, washing, and trading secondhand clothes into two Montreal locations and a reported 99.9% sell-through rate.
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The Bulletin: Summer’s last stand, a world-famous pothole, and politicians pulling pints [Issue #147]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Ramen Ramen Fes returns for a two-week citywide noodle crawl
The fourth edition of Montreal's annual ramen festival lets you eat and vote your way through special bowls from October 13 to 26, 2025.
Elevating Mexican traditions with the 'fonda fina' Bar Luz
Bar Luz offers an intimate and elevated expression of Mexico's traditional eateries with hand-pressed tortillas and dishes inspired by one chef's matriarchs.
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The Best New Cafés in Montreal [September 2025]
Montreal’s new wave of cafés is here—these 28 spots are bold, creative, and built for more than just caffeine.
Sixty years of haircuts in the same Mile End chairs
When Ralph Bou Jaoude took over Hollywood Barbershop, he could have rebranded. Instead, he became the latest custodian of a Fairmount Street institution that's outlasted five different owners.
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The Bulletin: One foot into fall, one on the dance floor [Issue #146]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
New takes on Chinese tea culture from a roaming all-female teahouse
Thé Jinjin blends traditional Chinese tea culture with the culinary and food science backgrounds of its founder Wenhui Zhang.
PHI’s upcoming season explores art through scent, touch, and gaming
Three international artists transform PHI’s Old Montreal addresses with work that blends ancient wisdom, cutting-edge technology, and collaborative rituals.
How Montreal got its Little Italy
A century-long story of how a neighbourhood grew from railroad workers to family legacies everywhere you look today.
Preserving the hidden history of Canadian contemporary art
Artexte's library and research center collects all manner of fanzines, pamphlets, ephemera—everything that doesn't make it into official museum archives.
Inside OFFF Montréal 2025: A guide to the global design festival’s first local edition
OFFF Montréal is bringing talks, workshops, parties, and a who’s-who of global creatives in the design world to the SAT this September.
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The Bulletin: Legacy, leftovers, and the future of everything [Issue #145]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.