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Showing 24 of 2323 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...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
Pizzeria Crosta brings a focused slice shop to Mile End’s Saint-Viateur: six sourdough pies, no reservations, first come...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
Chez Floh is the home-goods arm of Marché Floh, the secondhand and vintage clothing shop that has pulled the Plateau's u...
Croquette occupies the merged rooms of Bonheur d'occasion and its neighbouring deli on Notre-Dame West in Saint-Henri, r...
This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...
Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....
Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Centered around Lakeshore Road and clustered along the waterfront, the area feels like a holdout from another era: indep...
The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...
Located in Montreal's Mile End, Le Plongeoir is a dive-inspired wine bar created by Antoine Denis, Frédéric Létourneau-A...
Mount Royal is the beating heart of Montreal. This Quebec heritage site, shaped by famed landscape architect Frederick L...
De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...
Nestled in a semi-basement on Park Avenue, Double's Late Night embodies a contemporary dive bar ethos on the Mile End sc...
Jean-Christophe Yacono works out of a corner of the Cyclo Flex space on Saint-Denis, along the REV, and bills himself as...
The owners here come from Mediterranean families of shopkeepers, and the premise they brought to Saint-Denis is that fre...
Ballet Hop! started in 2016 after hearing too many women say they were too old, too heavy or too out of practice to take...
Bernie’s Pizza & Martini Bar puts the West Island on the map for tavern-style pizza—those thin-crust, circular pies cut...
Showing 24 of 2323 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...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
Pizzeria Crosta brings a focused slice shop to Mile End’s Saint-Viateur: six sourdough pies, no reservations, first come...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
Chez Floh is the home-goods arm of Marché Floh, the secondhand and vintage clothing shop that has pulled the Plateau's u...
Croquette occupies the merged rooms of Bonheur d'occasion and its neighbouring deli on Notre-Dame West in Saint-Henri, r...
This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...
Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....
Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Centered around Lakeshore Road and clustered along the waterfront, the area feels like a holdout from another era: indep...
The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...
Located in Montreal's Mile End, Le Plongeoir is a dive-inspired wine bar created by Antoine Denis, Frédéric Létourneau-A...
Mount Royal is the beating heart of Montreal. This Quebec heritage site, shaped by famed landscape architect Frederick L...
De Stiil Books is a testament to how personal passion can transform a space. Opened in 2020 by author and former fashion...
Nestled in a semi-basement on Park Avenue, Double's Late Night embodies a contemporary dive bar ethos on the Mile End sc...
Jean-Christophe Yacono works out of a corner of the Cyclo Flex space on Saint-Denis, along the REV, and bills himself as...
The owners here come from Mediterranean families of shopkeepers, and the premise they brought to Saint-Denis is that fre...
Ballet Hop! started in 2016 after hearing too many women say they were too old, too heavy or too out of practice to take...
Bernie’s Pizza & Martini Bar puts the West Island on the map for tavern-style pizza—those thin-crust, circular pies cut...
