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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Chef-run counters, Little Italy institutions, and old-school crèmeries worth the lineup.
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.
Montreal's breakfast scene is more than bagels and brunch queues; here's what's open early and worth every minute.
Ethiopian injera, Senegalese thiebou dieune, Mauritanian prix fixe, Congolese fufu, Algerian couscous, and more—the variety of Montreal's African restaurants runs deep.
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.
How an eccentric tavern keeper became a working-class hero of Montreal—and one of its unlikeliest legends.
Call 'em inventive pastries, call 'em killer donuts from a Californian Montrealer.
Honouring old-school techniques with a hands-on approach, Taglio's butchery and Montreal smoked meat keep the city's food heritage alive.
An indoor golf club ditches country club pretense for high-tech swings, Southern-style eats, and a bar that actually gets it.
Taking inspiration from Chinese street-style shaokao barbecue, this deeply personal project reflects what its chef loves about cooking.
On bold portraitures with thoughtful abstraction, fixtures of Montreal’s streetscape, celebrating a city’s stories, and grappling with the form's impermanence.
With just eight seats, curated ceramics, and a commitment to both tradition and local sourcing, this omakase is where every detail tells a story.
How Montreal’s unapologetic concrete giants went from symbols of modernist utopia to polarizing relics—and why the city just can’t quit them.
It's all about northern Italian culinary traditions with osteria hospitality here, where the owners of La Panzeria invite diners to enjoy the mischievous charm of “la dolce vita.”
Applying the expertise and rigour of the lauded Montreal restaurant Mon Lapin and its team to a classic Quebecois experience: Rotisserie chicken.
Spotlighting 20 Montreal trailblazers reshaping fashion, art, and design with sustainable practices, bold craftsmanship, and boundary-pushing creativity.
From record-breaking weather events to protests and cultural milestones, here’s a look back on some of the biggest stories of 2024.
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.
