When it opened back in January 2024, that wet and cold month of sloche in Montreal, Miracolo lit up Saint-Laurent Boulevard like a fireplace.
And it did so by design.
Taking cues from its sibling restaurants of Majestique and Le Darling, the Italian restaurant appears warm and enveloping on the long, iconic strip of the Plateau, and crackling with activity.
A tightly quartered kitchen gives off flames as bartenders spin around one another to pour martinis and wine, and the 110-seat dining room split across two salles is full to bursting with a cross-section of the city eating shoulder to shoulder. Think cotton tops next to bohemians with tatted sleeves next to 5 à 7 celebrations.
Photograph: Audrey-Eve Beauchamp / @audreyeve.beauchamp
It took two years of brainstorming for the idea of Miracolo to come together, but only six months to build. The work of restaurateur and creative director Richard Holder, designer Thomas Csano, chef Alejandro Vega and chef de cuisine Pierre Morneau, the restaurant contains multitudes.
It’s a seemingly frenetic yet highly handpicked universe here that has a more mature and refined presence than its forebears, yet it’s also more romantic and fun as it plays with mixing Italian and Quebecois cultures, and the religiosity between them.
Photograph: Audrey-Eve Beauchamp / @audreyeve.beauchamp
Energetic by design
“Right away, you’re intrigued, so you want to go in and see what the fuck is going on,” Csano explains between drags of a cigarette on the phone.
“And then, while you’re sitting, you’re not bored; even if you’re on a bad date, you have something to look at. There are no TVs in the corners. It’s warm, it feels homey, it’s not perfect and it’s a bit messy like we humans are.”
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