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Showing 24 of 2298 places in Montreal
There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
A 540-square-foot former gym on rue Larivière, run by three women who kept the walls rough and put the budget into a tor...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
Few venues in Montreal have as much heart—and as much sweat—as L’Escogriffe. Known to regulars as L’Esco, this low-lit P...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Pizzeria Nonnina occupies one end of the former Grand Marché building on Notre-Dame in Lachine, with the sandwich and pa...
In the heart of Hochelaga, Piscine Pierre-Lorange keeps things straightforward: clean water, good hours, and free admiss...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
Café Hyderabad works the Victoria Avenue strip in Côte-des-Neiges, trading in Hyderabadi cooking and Indian street food....
Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...
Hadio doesn’t rely on polish to make its mark—it’s built its name on volume, value, and vintage denim that keeps Montrea...
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
This shop doesn’t rely on hype—it’s built entirely on taste and the person behind it. Known mostly by word of mouth, thi...
L’Entracte is a downtown non-profit jazz venue focused on Montreal’s local scene, with programming that gives space to e...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
Defacto Café & Atelier sits on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau, in a room whose ground floor folds open onto a terrace in...
Projet Seoul occupies a large room on rue Bishop, downtown, planted heavily and fitted with a few actual trees to echo t...
Chez MaBelle sits behind a yellow façade on avenue du Parc, marked by a mural from Gavin W. Sewell. The name comes from...
Showing 24 of 2298 places in Montreal
There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
A 540-square-foot former gym on rue Larivière, run by three women who kept the walls rough and put the budget into a tor...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
Few venues in Montreal have as much heart—and as much sweat—as L’Escogriffe. Known to regulars as L’Esco, this low-lit P...
Gioia De bills itself as a cucina sociale, and the Old Port restaurant is built accordingly: plates meant for the middle...
Pizzeria Nonnina occupies one end of the former Grand Marché building on Notre-Dame in Lachine, with the sandwich and pa...
In the heart of Hochelaga, Piscine Pierre-Lorange keeps things straightforward: clean water, good hours, and free admiss...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
Café Hyderabad works the Victoria Avenue strip in Côte-des-Neiges, trading in Hyderabadi cooking and Indian street food....
Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...
Hadio doesn’t rely on polish to make its mark—it’s built its name on volume, value, and vintage denim that keeps Montrea...
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
This shop doesn’t rely on hype—it’s built entirely on taste and the person behind it. Known mostly by word of mouth, thi...
L’Entracte is a downtown non-profit jazz venue focused on Montreal’s local scene, with programming that gives space to e...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
Defacto Café & Atelier sits on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau, in a room whose ground floor folds open onto a terrace in...
Projet Seoul occupies a large room on rue Bishop, downtown, planted heavily and fitted with a few actual trees to echo t...
Chez MaBelle sits behind a yellow façade on avenue du Parc, marked by a mural from Gavin W. Sewell. The name comes from...
