Royalmount's new Italian dining hall Siamo Noi asks Montreal to think bigger

Montreal’s restaurant scene is one of many faces, and it has its share of battlegrounds for ambition. Having spent over three decades shaping how this city eats, drinks, and experiences hospitality his way, the co-owner of the Novantuno Hospitality group Massimo Lecas knows this all too well.  

Montrealers may remember the hedonistic heights found in Novantuno’s first restaurant Buonanotte, where it all started with socialites danced on tables. But the group’s latest restaurant Siamo Noi, by sharp contrast, represents more than an evolution since those early days. It’s a statement on how they feel restaurants and diners’ tastes have changed since then, made through a sweeping dining hall of refined elegance. 

But first, some supper club history