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Showing 24 of 2312 places in Montreal
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Comfortably settled in its La Petite-Patrie location after moving about the city over the last decade, Westcott Books co...
Arthur’s Dinette is the latest project from Alex Cohen and Raegan Steinberg, the team behind Arthur’s Nosh Bar and Romie...
This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...
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...
Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...
Perched on the banks of the Lachine Canal, Terrasse St-Ambroise showcases McAuslan Brewery’s finest creations. This laid...
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...
Foxy is organized around a single principle: everything passes through fire. Since opening in 2015, the kitchen has reli...
After nearly three decades without one, Montreal has a true German beer hall again with Wünderbar. This brainchild of An...
Renaissance isn’t just another thrift store—it’s a full-fledged social economy model built in Montreal. Founded in 1994...
EcoDepot Montréal isn’t your average thrift stop—it’s a 10,000-square-foot scavenger hunt where yesterday’s castoffs bec...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Set in a semi-basement in downtown Montreal, Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill is for jazz enthusiasts and musicians alike. Sinc...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Bar Le Record is a love letter to vinyl in Villeray, where music from the ‘50s and ‘60s spins on the turntables curated...
Polari is a garage-turned-wine-bar that ditches the pretense. Located in Villeray, this eight-seat counter and handful o...
Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Marché Newon is a large-format Asian grocery store in the downtown core that caters to the rhythms of everyday cooking a...
Showing 24 of 2312 places in Montreal
Maison An Omakase seats just eight people at a light-wood counter on Avenue du Parc, where chef An Doan, among the first...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Comfortably settled in its La Petite-Patrie location after moving about the city over the last decade, Westcott Books co...
Arthur’s Dinette is the latest project from Alex Cohen and Raegan Steinberg, the team behind Arthur’s Nosh Bar and Romie...
This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...
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...
Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...
Perched on the banks of the Lachine Canal, Terrasse St-Ambroise showcases McAuslan Brewery’s finest creations. This laid...
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...
Foxy is organized around a single principle: everything passes through fire. Since opening in 2015, the kitchen has reli...
After nearly three decades without one, Montreal has a true German beer hall again with Wünderbar. This brainchild of An...
Renaissance isn’t just another thrift store—it’s a full-fledged social economy model built in Montreal. Founded in 1994...
EcoDepot Montréal isn’t your average thrift stop—it’s a 10,000-square-foot scavenger hunt where yesterday’s castoffs bec...
folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...
Set in a semi-basement in downtown Montreal, Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill is for jazz enthusiasts and musicians alike. Sinc...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Bar Le Record is a love letter to vinyl in Villeray, where music from the ‘50s and ‘60s spins on the turntables curated...
Polari is a garage-turned-wine-bar that ditches the pretense. Located in Villeray, this eight-seat counter and handful o...
Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...
One of the Plateau's most enduring institutions, Café Cherrier has occupied the corner of Saint-Denis and Cherrier since...
Marché Newon is a large-format Asian grocery store in the downtown core that caters to the rhythms of everyday cooking a...