J.P. Karwacki
JP Karwacki is the managing editor of The Main. His work has previously appeared in Time Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, Time Out, NUVO, and more.
Montreal, Quebec
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When Kyoto meets Montreal, less is genuinely more.
From MURAL's farewell block party and Korean street food to open-air cinema and natural wine from 50 Quebec producers: June 11 to 14, 2026.
The oldest borough meets the new blood of culture and hospitality, plus seven kilometres of riverfront that shaped all of it.
Away from city hall and campaign promises, Montreal’s mayor talks family, neighbourhoods, favourite haunts, and the city she calls home.
What looked like a failure to land the world’s biggest sporting event may have been one of the city’s smartest decisions.
15 bars, pubs, and cafés where the beautiful game gets the audience it deserves.
From 70-cent burgers to a 25-course omakase, Montreal's got dad covered this June 21.
A two-year collaboration between Mona Fine Joaillerie and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens explores the shared language of movement, transformation, and craft.
A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.
Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.
Montreal's breakfast scene is more than bagels and brunch queues; here's what's open early and worth every minute.
As Mount Royal Park turns 150, the story of its creation reveals how Olmsted's vision for the mountain was compromised almost from the very beginning.
Montreal studio Vives St-Laurent's latest work shows that sometimes the smartest move is knowing what not to touch.
Artist Rich Loen spent four years building a room of 100 wired bells that transforms births, deaths, harvests, and human behaviour into a performance that never repeats itself.
Ethiopian injera, Senegalese thiebou dieune, Mauritanian prix fixe, Congolese fufu, Algerian couscous, and more—the variety of Montreal's African restaurants runs deep.
Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.
The creative director and producer on where she eats, drinks, and resets between trips.
From free street festivals to $1,000-a-ticket blowouts, here's where the city comes alive during race week.
From West Island newcomers to decades-old institutions, here's where to take mom out for a good time on May 10, 2026.
On terrasses, vintage shops, horny summer vibes, and drinking beer under the Van Horne bridge.
From Pointe-Claire to Parc La Fontaine, here's where the Mile End Kicks actor eats, drinks, and goes to stay grounded.
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Melbourne coffee, Latino-Mexican brunch, matcha houses, Argentine bodegóns, and more.
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Lemongrass cast iron beef, wagyu temaki in the Old Port, pomegranate duck confit, and a Xinjiang-raised chef rewriting Chinese food on Beaubien.
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Downing cocktails to the beat of live jazz, a swish take on the classic pub, an 'old Vegas' dive, and more.
Butter, sugar, flour, and the people 'n' pastry shops who know exactly what to do with them in Montreal.
All manner of eggs, bagels, and sometimes the odd bottomless mimosa: This is Montreal's brunch scene, mapped.
Our guide to the best on offer in Montreal, from cocktail dens to wine bars to our favourite dives.
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
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.
