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Showing 24 of 2226 places in Montreal
In many ways, Grille-Nature is what happens when two of Montreal’s most celebrated chefs decide to cook like they’ve got...
Velora Café Pâtisserie operates on a simple premise: dessert first. Sort of. The menu is anchored by a rotating selecti...
The Saul-Bellow Library is already a good reason to spend a morning in Lachine. The café tucked inside its lobby is a be...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Deli Boyz operates out of the Cavendish Mall food court, a spot that’s seen generations of Côte-Saint-Luc families cycle...
Prison Island Montreal plants 30-plus challenge cells inside a sprawling interactive prison set, putting teams up agains...
Tucked below street level on Saint-Laurent, Petit Poisson Dumpling is a tiny, cheerful dumpling shop where everything is...
Phong Thach was born in Vietnam to Cambodian parents and has lived in Quebec since age six. Carlos Ortiz grew up in Mont...
Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...
Housed in a stone building dating back to 1847, this restaurant blends its storied past with a menu that highlights Caju...
Once a utilitarian stop in the city’s industrial network, Hangar 1825 now plays a quieter but no less vital role along t...
Librairie Bertrand has been a fixture in the literary landscape since 1952, now housed in a historic greystone in Old Mo...
The Word Bookstore is a timeless literary enclave tucked into a 19th-century brick building on Milton Street, just steps...
Côte-St-Luc Bar-B-Q has been a fixture of NDG since 1953, when it first fired up the charcoal grill on Côte Saint-Luc Ro...
Le Salon Daomé keeps Montréal’s underground house and techno scene alive with an intimate, no-frills approach to clubbin...
Bringing the energy of Seoul’s street food stalls to NDG, Mukja is all about classic Korean comfort eats done right. Ori...
Bord’Elle is where Montréal’s nightlife meets the decadence of a bygone era. Inspired by the roaring 1920s, this Old Mon...
Since 2008, Boutique Unicorn has anchored itself on Saint-Laurent Boulevard as a sharp, stylish outpost for women’s fash...
What began in a Mile End apartment over three decades ago has grown into one of the most celebrated names in independent...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
Showing 24 of 2226 places in Montreal
In many ways, Grille-Nature is what happens when two of Montreal’s most celebrated chefs decide to cook like they’ve got...
Velora Café Pâtisserie operates on a simple premise: dessert first. Sort of. The menu is anchored by a rotating selecti...
The Saul-Bellow Library is already a good reason to spend a morning in Lachine. The café tucked inside its lobby is a be...
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Capybara Café doesn’t have real capybaras—but it doesn’t need them. This downtown Montreal spot is already a plushie-fil...
Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Deli Boyz operates out of the Cavendish Mall food court, a spot that’s seen generations of Côte-Saint-Luc families cycle...
Prison Island Montreal plants 30-plus challenge cells inside a sprawling interactive prison set, putting teams up agains...
Tucked below street level on Saint-Laurent, Petit Poisson Dumpling is a tiny, cheerful dumpling shop where everything is...
Phong Thach was born in Vietnam to Cambodian parents and has lived in Quebec since age six. Carlos Ortiz grew up in Mont...
Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...
Housed in a stone building dating back to 1847, this restaurant blends its storied past with a menu that highlights Caju...
Once a utilitarian stop in the city’s industrial network, Hangar 1825 now plays a quieter but no less vital role along t...
Librairie Bertrand has been a fixture in the literary landscape since 1952, now housed in a historic greystone in Old Mo...
The Word Bookstore is a timeless literary enclave tucked into a 19th-century brick building on Milton Street, just steps...
Côte-St-Luc Bar-B-Q has been a fixture of NDG since 1953, when it first fired up the charcoal grill on Côte Saint-Luc Ro...
Le Salon Daomé keeps Montréal’s underground house and techno scene alive with an intimate, no-frills approach to clubbin...
Bringing the energy of Seoul’s street food stalls to NDG, Mukja is all about classic Korean comfort eats done right. Ori...
Bord’Elle is where Montréal’s nightlife meets the decadence of a bygone era. Inspired by the roaring 1920s, this Old Mon...
Since 2008, Boutique Unicorn has anchored itself on Saint-Laurent Boulevard as a sharp, stylish outpost for women’s fash...
What began in a Mile End apartment over three decades ago has grown into one of the most celebrated names in independent...
Opened in 2019 by architect Daniel Burt, Café Orr is a maximalist cinema-café on the edge of the Plateau. Decorated with...
Le Club is a café and meeting ground for Montreal’s cycling and running communities, a space where coffee culture and en...
