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Showing 24 of 2276 places in Montreal
Club DD’s is a queer-owned dance bar and performance venue breathing new life into a historic address on St-Laurent Boul...
A Montreal institution since 1968, La Banquise beckons locals and tourists with its round-the-clock menu of over thirty...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
The restaurant that launched a thousand ships, this is a definitive Montreal dining experience thanks to its one-two pun...
Encore Books & Records is a treasure trove of vintage finds and community spirit in NDG. Established over two decades ag...
Nestled in the heart of Mile End, Café Club Social has been a local staple since 1982. What began as a cozy card club fo...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...
Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...
La Piscinette isn’t just a clever name—it’s Montreal’s first public pool built into a shipping container, and a lifeline...
La Cenetta brings together a café counter, a sandwich program, and an Italian grocery in a single Villeray storefront. T...
Since 1928, Schwartz’s Deli has been a cornerstone of Montreal’s food scene, famous for serving up what many consider th...
Once known as Blizzarts, Barbossa carries the same local energy that’s long made this stretch of Saint-Laurent a late-ni...
Anthony Gebrayel and Angélique Custeau opened Beyt on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in spring 2026 with a straightforward prem...
Blatter & Blatter has been making pipes in Montreal since 1907, when Frédéric Blatter founded the business after years o...
Le Jardin de Panos has been on Duluth Avenue since 1979, and holds a special place in Montreal’s dining scene as the cit...
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...
There are Portuguese chicken spots on so many streets of the Plateau, but Portugalia is in a class of its own. Open sinc...
Café Castel occupies a bright, compact room inside the Hôtel Ville-Marie. A house blend of espresso is the anchor here a...
Showing 24 of 2276 places in Montreal
Club DD’s is a queer-owned dance bar and performance venue breathing new life into a historic address on St-Laurent Boul...
A Montreal institution since 1968, La Banquise beckons locals and tourists with its round-the-clock menu of over thirty...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
The restaurant that launched a thousand ships, this is a definitive Montreal dining experience thanks to its one-two pun...
Encore Books & Records is a treasure trove of vintage finds and community spirit in NDG. Established over two decades ag...
Nestled in the heart of Mile End, Café Club Social has been a local staple since 1982. What began as a cozy card club fo...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...
Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...
La Piscinette isn’t just a clever name—it’s Montreal’s first public pool built into a shipping container, and a lifeline...
La Cenetta brings together a café counter, a sandwich program, and an Italian grocery in a single Villeray storefront. T...
Since 1928, Schwartz’s Deli has been a cornerstone of Montreal’s food scene, famous for serving up what many consider th...
Once known as Blizzarts, Barbossa carries the same local energy that’s long made this stretch of Saint-Laurent a late-ni...
Anthony Gebrayel and Angélique Custeau opened Beyt on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in spring 2026 with a straightforward prem...
Blatter & Blatter has been making pipes in Montreal since 1907, when Frédéric Blatter founded the business after years o...
Le Jardin de Panos has been on Duluth Avenue since 1979, and holds a special place in Montreal’s dining scene as the cit...
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...
There are Portuguese chicken spots on so many streets of the Plateau, but Portugalia is in a class of its own. Open sinc...
Café Castel occupies a bright, compact room inside the Hôtel Ville-Marie. A house blend of espresso is the anchor here a...
