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![Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2024%2F05%2Fboyce_cindy_3584.jpeg&w=640&q=75)
Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.
![James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2024%2F04%2FJames_Kerr.jpg&w=640&q=75)
James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal
The Montreal-based artist known as Scorpion Dagger on things to love and change about the city, fond memories, the importance of walking, and getting mugged for $4 one time.
![Manoir Blackswan's Emmanuel Hébert: The international antique and art hustler straight outta Montreal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2024%2F04%2FSL_Portraits_376.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Manoir Blackswan's Emmanuel Hébert: The international antique and art hustler straight outta Montreal
An antique dealer, builder, artist, designer, entrepreneur, high school dropout and a self-described lover of life—and the 6,500-square-foot hybrid residence-showroom he calls home.
![Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2024%2F04%2Fbrandon-9368-RCheng.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Tate + Yoko: Brandon Svarc’s Favourite Things in Montreal
Montreal’s denim virtuoso talks about subverting the industry and carrying on three generations in the garment business.
![Asking Mon Lapin's Vanya Filipovic for a last-minute gift guide](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F12%2FAlannaHale_MonLapin_VanyaPortrait-1.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Asking Mon Lapin's Vanya Filipovic for a last-minute gift guide
Masters of hospitality are amazing at the best of times, so what happens when we're panicking for gift ideas?
![Mile End icon Martha Wainwright on Ursa and coming up a songwriter in Montreal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F12%2FIMG_7579.jpeg&w=640&q=75)
Mile End icon Martha Wainwright on Ursa and coming up a songwriter in Montreal
The singer-songwriter speaks Montreal's scenes through the decades, writing a memoir, building up her Mile End music venue—and a game of 20-ish questions, of course.
!["Creatives dictate this city": Inside 20 years of the Montreal designer fair SOUK](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F11%2FSOUK--19-_-MOODSHOTS-DESIGNERS---Arseni-Khamzin_AKORANA.jpg&w=640&q=75)
"Creatives dictate this city": Inside 20 years of the Montreal designer fair SOUK
The roaming showcase of Montreal designers' work—both recognized and not—and the exceptional modern lifestyle objects they create for the everyday.
![Deep in the juice with Zamalek: Blending Egyptian karkadé tea with Mile End culture](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F11%2FBashar-making-bottles-by-Max-Bottega.jpeg&w=640&q=75)
Deep in the juice with Zamalek: Blending Egyptian karkadé tea with Mile End culture
How the Mile End scene of the twenty-tens and Egyptian heritage brewed a drink Montreal today couldn't do without.
![Turning Montreal’s restaurants into a soup kitchen network for those in need](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F11%2FL1021813--1-.jpeg&w=640&q=75)
Turning Montreal’s restaurants into a soup kitchen network for those in need
Share Your Plate’s a new initiative addressing food accessibility by putting local restaurants’ meals in the hands of those that need them most.
![Walking among Montreal’s sneakerhead kings at Felix Boutique](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F10%2Ffranabbruzzo_277292351_646304686434594_3201130003391665281_n.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Walking among Montreal’s sneakerhead kings at Felix Boutique
How passion and a pair of Jordan Spiz'ikes became brick and mortar reality for Francesco Abbruzzo at Old Montreal's Felix Boutique.
![Design according to life in Montreal: The work of MRDK](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F10%2FL1020927-4.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Design according to life in Montreal: The work of MRDK
For Guillaume Ménard and David Dworkind and their Montreal studio MRDK, they're making the city's streets come alive through design.
![Miett Chips: The New Potato Chip Everyone Is Talking About](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2FMiett_Re-colte2022_Se-lection15--13.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Miett Chips: The New Potato Chip Everyone Is Talking About
Find out how this Quebec-based producer is turning the potato chip game on its head.
![Vinorama: An interview with Montreal's favourite Whinemom](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthemain.ghost.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2023%2F06%2Fimage0-2.jpeg&w=640&q=75)
Vinorama: An interview with Montreal's favourite Whinemom
Curator, partner, and oenophile Carolyn Aubry recently sat down with The Main to pour out the full story of her wine shop, Vinorama.