The Bulletin: 100 Murals in Two Days, Roman Bartenders, Jarry Park Potlucks, and the Pride Parade [Issue #193]

Twice more this summer, the SAT rooftop trades basement fog machines for open air and city skylines, stacking eight hours of b2b DJ sets, cocktails, and more into one exciting Saturday.

What to Eat & Drink In and Around Montreal

Scope the latest restaurant openings, recommendations on where to eat, plus new menus, old classics, and everything in between.

Éléphantine Café in Les Faubourgs is currently in soft opening Wednesdays through Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Croquette in St-Henri is now open, a new spot with both a casual counter service and an intimate dining room.

Toronto’s Sang-Ji Fried Bao has officially arrived in Montreal on Bishop Street, downtown.

Lasalle welcomes Café 5thFloor, a new cafe with French and Asian-inspired recipes.

Côte Café in Côte-des-Neiges has just opened a second location in the Plateau. Open every day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Beyt welcomes Marc Villanueva to take over their kitchen all weekend from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. for a sneak peek at Cantine Lodeo, his upcoming project.

Mile End’s Guillaume Bakery will be at the Marché Éphémère in Boucherville on August 6.

Bar Bello turns 3 and is celebrating on August 7 and 8 with guest shifts by Davide Diaferia from Rome’s Bar Nucleo and Peppe Dorio from Bologna’s Bar Volare.

The Festin culturel is happening on August 7 and 8, featuring vendors selling a range of international foods and flavours: Street Monkeys, Spicebros, Distillerie 3 Lacs, and more.

The Local Wine and Cider Fair is taking place at Jean-Talon Market on August 8 and 9. Discover products from 16 local Quebec wineries and cideries.

Le Frisky Citron cookies will be at the Harlem of the North block party at Angrignon Park on August 8 and 9.

WILLS hosts Cariño for a pop-up on August 9 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. for montaditos complete with beer, tomato salad, and brava fries.

Grown-Ass Pizza Party is making its next stop in Montreal on August 11: an event where you can meet new people, enjoy good food, and dance, all while getting home at a reasonable hour.

North America’s longest-running graffiti and urban culture festival, returns

Presented by Under Pressure

Under Pressure is back for its 30th anniversary in the Quartier des Spectacles and Quartier Latin, with over 150+ artists, dancers, and performers stacking the two-day schedule.

Here, you'll find a weekly round-up of our stories from the past week, plus the latest local news.

Our cover story this month: A donated home, a waning industry, and two journalists betting that reader money can do what ad dollars couldn’t. Newsrooms across the city have been gutted for twenty years running, but The Rover is defying expectations. Read more.

This August, Montreal’s lively spirit shines through in Pride marches, island festivals, elite tennis, and a citywide look back at the 1976 Olympics. For the best things to do this month, read more.

Long before Pride parades took over Sainte-Catherine, queer Montrealers were dancing in cabarets that could be raided by morning. This is the story of the rooms that held them anyway. Read more.

151,000 people, three days, one thunderstorm that couldn’t stop the music: OSHEAGA’s 19th edition was the biggest Parc Jean-Drapeau has seen in three years. See the photos.

The new generation of restaurateurs guiding Montreal’s shifting Korean food scene are pushing beyond the Western norms and into the kind of food their moms make. Read more.

The best bars that Montreal has to offer are always evolving, which is why we’ve refreshed our list. For a guide to the bars we frequently patron, revamped for August, read more.

The middle-aged restaurants in Montreal are the city’s most underrated: “too old to be news, too young to be history.” Read more.

Composer Ana Sokolović first saw Mount Royal Park two days after landing in Montreal in 1992. Her new piece for its 150th anniversary treats the mountain like a circus. Read more.

Nolan Daniel White has a theory that Canadian design gets flattened into flannel, poutine, and Tim Hortons abroad. He wants to do for Canadian craft what Bourdain did for kitchens. Read more.

Goodfood had nearly 250,000 subscribers in 2021. And now? It has about 48,000, shares trading at three cents, and a CEO who quit on Tuesday after less than six months. On Wednesday the Montreal meal kit company was granted creditor protection. Read more.

The night Montreal's mayor called the city's roads "catastrophic," she drove home and blew out two tires. A 25-year-old landscaper has been filling the craters himself ever since with ten minutes and a $50 bag of asphalt per potholes. Read more.

Cyclists vs. motorists: an age-old Montreal feud. For the city’s plan on remediating the most dangerous intersections? Watch here.

Montreal’s Chinatown has long been a sore spot regarding cleanliness and urban development. Recently, the city has committed to a revitalization plan for the neighbourhood. Watch here.

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And that wraps yet another weekly bulletin. We’ll be back with more curiosities, local stories, and events to discover next week.

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