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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Two names have taken up top 10 spots in the annual cross-country restaurant rankings from Air Canada's enRoute magazine.
Halloween parades are a staple in cities like New York, Chicago, Salem, and Atlanta—not to mention a litany of small towns—so why not Montreal?
In The Reeds, novelist Arjun Basu turns his eye toward Montreal’s West End for an introspective family novel set during a summer of seismic personal shifts.
Whether intimately based out of their apartment or expanding out into the real world, Saturday is about maintaining devoted time for people to connect.
How one classic, family-run business’s franchise rooted in Quebec’s fast-food history made a broader cultural shift in restaurant marketing their own.
At traditional bouillon restaurants, food should be quick and affordable. This French address asks: Why mess with a good thing?
With a locally-minded line on fish & seafood, meat, booze and dry goods, this fine grocer has good reasons to get high on its own supply.
Feels like there's never been a more intimate service of international, greatest-hits dishes from a spacious kitchen than at Rendez-Vous in Pointe-Claire.
When it opened in 2017, Le Club took a different path from traditional bike shops, building new communities around the cultures of cycling and running.
The latest third floor project for the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) stays true to its cultural ethos: Creating space where food, creativity, music, and community can intersect.
How brewer Zack Heuff turned a life-altering car accident off black ice on a country road into something everyone can enjoy.
Talking up the value of old craftsmanship, defining a city’s visual landscapes for 15 years, and new collaborations.
