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Showing 24 of 2320 places in Montreal
Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...
Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...
This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...
Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...
Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Bistro La Franquette takes the idea of a neighbourhood bistro seriously, even in a part of the city not known for unders...
This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Sami Fruits is the result of a century-long family trade that started with a small produce stand in early-1900s Beirut....
Boutique Courir has been on Saint-Denis since 1989, and at 15,000 square feet over three floors it works less like a sho...
Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....
Showing 24 of 2320 places in Montreal
Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...
Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...
This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...
Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...
Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Bistro La Franquette takes the idea of a neighbourhood bistro seriously, even in a part of the city not known for unders...
This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Sami Fruits is the result of a century-long family trade that started with a small produce stand in early-1900s Beirut....
Boutique Courir has been on Saint-Denis since 1989, and at 15,000 square feet over three floors it works less like a sho...
Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....
