JP Karwacki
Jan 21, 2026
Love this spot already. :)
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Hiroshi Kitano and Hideyuki Imaizumi have been best friends for a decade. They met at Kinka Izakaya, where Hiroshi was working the line after moving from New York and Hide was a regular customer. Someone pointed him out—same age, same era, also about to open his own place. Hiroshi went to visit Hide's then-new spot in Old Montreal, Marusan, was invited upstairs, and saw the drum kit and the record collection. They've been inseparable since.
For years, they talked about building something together. But Hiroshi had Otto Yakitori to run, then Kitano Shokudo, then Ohayo. Hide had Marusan at Time Out Market Montréal, then Osmo x Marusan. The timing was never right.
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Hiroshi Kitano and Hideyuki Imaizumi have been best friends for a decade. They met at Kinka Izakaya, where Hiroshi was working the line after moving from New York and Hide was a regular customer. Someone pointed him out—same age, same era, also about to open his own place. Hiroshi went to visit Hide's then-new spot in Old Montreal, Marusan, was invited upstairs, and saw the drum kit and the record collection. They've been inseparable since.
For years, they talked about building something together. But Hiroshi had Otto Yakitori to run, then Kitano Shokudo, then Ohayo. Hide had Marusan at Time Out Market Montréal, then Osmo x Marusan. The timing was never right.
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Inside the obsession with light, sound, and atmosphere that separates Montreal's best bars from the rest.
The team signed off this week with a note of gratitude to their regulars.
We asked three Montreal bartenders to tell us what they wish their clients knew.
Omar Zabuair lost everything when Le Coq de l'Est closed in 2022. Three years later, he ran a pop-up to find out if the food still works—and whether that's reason enough to try again.
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Love this spot already. :)