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Showing 24 of 2276 places in Montreal
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
Tucked inside leafy Parc John-F.-Kennedy, this Outremont pool has been serving low-key summer energy since 1964. It’s th...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Le Jardin de Panos has been on Duluth Avenue since 1979, and holds a special place in Montreal’s dining scene as the cit...
Since 1942, Beauty’s Luncheonette has been a beloved staple in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up hearty, Jewish-inspired br...
Blatter & Blatter has been making pipes in Montreal since 1907, when Frédéric Blatter founded the business after years o...
Once known as Blizzarts, Barbossa carries the same local energy that’s long made this stretch of Saint-Laurent a late-ni...
The restaurant that launched a thousand ships, this is a definitive Montreal dining experience thanks to its one-two pun...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...
This spot has been running daily live music since for a long time, and it shows. An open whiteboard sports the names of...
Cadence Café sits at 990 Saint-Urbain in Chinatown, next door to its sibling spots Fleurs & Cadeaux and Sans Soleil. The...
Seconde stands as one of Montreal’s standout vintage spots, effortlessly blending timeless pieces with modern local desi...
Librairie Bertrand has been a fixture in the literary landscape since 1952, now housed in a historic greystone in Old Mo...
Liverpool House in Montreal's Little Burgundy has emerged from the shadow of its sibling, Joe Beef, with its own identit...
La Chronique has been a staple of Montreal’s fine dining scene since 1995, offering exquisite French-inspired cuisine un...
Les Street Monkeys has been serving its next-gen Cambodian food on Wellington since 2017, the work of Tota Oung and his...
Khyber Pass on Duluth Street is a beloved institution in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up authentic Afghan cuisine with he...
LOOSENDS is the crochet label Bennett Tracz built out of an Instagram account he started with a friend between dance cla...
Chez Nino has occupied a corner of Jean-Talon Market since the early 1970s, when Biaggio Marcone, known to everyone as N...
Showing 24 of 2276 places in Montreal
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
When Martin Picard opened Au Pied de Cochon in 2001, it marked a turning point in Montreal’s restaurant scene. The Plate...
Tucked inside leafy Parc John-F.-Kennedy, this Outremont pool has been serving low-key summer energy since 1964. It’s th...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Le Jardin de Panos has been on Duluth Avenue since 1979, and holds a special place in Montreal’s dining scene as the cit...
Since 1942, Beauty’s Luncheonette has been a beloved staple in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up hearty, Jewish-inspired br...
Blatter & Blatter has been making pipes in Montreal since 1907, when Frédéric Blatter founded the business after years o...
Once known as Blizzarts, Barbossa carries the same local energy that’s long made this stretch of Saint-Laurent a late-ni...
The restaurant that launched a thousand ships, this is a definitive Montreal dining experience thanks to its one-two pun...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...
This spot has been running daily live music since for a long time, and it shows. An open whiteboard sports the names of...
Cadence Café sits at 990 Saint-Urbain in Chinatown, next door to its sibling spots Fleurs & Cadeaux and Sans Soleil. The...
Seconde stands as one of Montreal’s standout vintage spots, effortlessly blending timeless pieces with modern local desi...
Librairie Bertrand has been a fixture in the literary landscape since 1952, now housed in a historic greystone in Old Mo...
Liverpool House in Montreal's Little Burgundy has emerged from the shadow of its sibling, Joe Beef, with its own identit...
La Chronique has been a staple of Montreal’s fine dining scene since 1995, offering exquisite French-inspired cuisine un...
Les Street Monkeys has been serving its next-gen Cambodian food on Wellington since 2017, the work of Tota Oung and his...
Khyber Pass on Duluth Street is a beloved institution in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up authentic Afghan cuisine with he...
LOOSENDS is the crochet label Bennett Tracz built out of an Instagram account he started with a friend between dance cla...
Chez Nino has occupied a corner of Jean-Talon Market since the early 1970s, when Biaggio Marcone, known to everyone as N...
