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Showing 24 of 2325 places in Montreal

Moon Brew Magic blurs the line between café, boutique, and full-blown spellcasting headquarters. Equal parts witchy apot...

Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...

Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...

Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...

Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...

Place Jacques-Cartier is where Old Montréal puts its history and its showmanship on the same stage. The square runs down...

The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...

Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...

In Saint-Henri, Elena emerges as a testament to Italian cuisine reimagined. Opened in early 2018 by the team behind Nora...

The Thibaut family has been at this since 1946, when Lucienne Thibaut opened a curtain shop in Saint-Malo. Her grandson...

La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...

Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...

Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...

Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...

Sample occupies a basement beneath a 19th-century greystone in Old Montreal, built around a serious analog sound system,...

Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...

Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...

Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...

L'Honnête Kid shares a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau with Thé Jinjin, the tea counter run by Elliot Latendresse...

Located in Little Italy, Beigne Habitude brings a new twist to classic Americana: Founded by Rachel Berriman and Michael...

Centre des viandes F. Iasenza has been supplying Montrealers with everyday cuts and harder-to-find specialties since 198...

Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...

Café Gitana has been pouring Turkish tea on lower Saint-Denis since 2001, and it remains one of the few rooms in Quebec...

Indigenous artists in Montreal spent roughly 25 years showing work wherever they could, including a run of guerrilla pop...
Showing 24 of 2325 places in Montreal

Moon Brew Magic blurs the line between café, boutique, and full-blown spellcasting headquarters. Equal parts witchy apot...

Salon Richmond 1861 sits inside a former 19th-century church built for the Petite-Bourgogne community, a space designed...

Anis Ghozzi opened Kahwa Café on Mont-Royal Est in 2010 as a neighbourhood refuge for students and artists, but the pand...

Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...

Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...

Place Jacques-Cartier is where Old Montréal puts its history and its showmanship on the same stage. The square runs down...

The second outpost of Yann Levy's retro-futuristic Japanese universe lands on Saint-Viateur East, and it's a looser, mor...

Zach Macklovitch has spent more than a decade opening rooms built for volume: Suwu, Apt. 200, Doubles. Marilyn's runs th...

In Saint-Henri, Elena emerges as a testament to Italian cuisine reimagined. Opened in early 2018 by the team behind Nora...

The Thibaut family has been at this since 1946, when Lucienne Thibaut opened a curtain shop in Saint-Malo. Her grandson...

La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...

Plume occupies a former commercial bakery on Fairmount Ouest that dates to 1967, and the Mile End address suits the proj...

Au Papier Japonais is a shrine to traditional Japanese paper and craftsmanship, quietly holding court in the Mile End fo...

Janine is one of the newest addition to Little Burgundy’s food landscape, a back-alley gelato bar with a cult feel from...

Sample occupies a basement beneath a 19th-century greystone in Old Montreal, built around a serious analog sound system,...

Routy occupies the Van Horne Avenue address that longtime regulars will recognize as the former Boxermans, now reimagine...

Flyjin blurs the line between dinner and nightlife, turning a meal into something that lingers long past last call. Hidd...

Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...

L'Honnête Kid shares a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau with Thé Jinjin, the tea counter run by Elliot Latendresse...

Located in Little Italy, Beigne Habitude brings a new twist to classic Americana: Founded by Rachel Berriman and Michael...

Centre des viandes F. Iasenza has been supplying Montrealers with everyday cuts and harder-to-find specialties since 198...

Chenoy’s in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is the last link to a deli lineage that started on the Main in 1936, back when smoked me...

Café Gitana has been pouring Turkish tea on lower Saint-Denis since 2001, and it remains one of the few rooms in Quebec...

Indigenous artists in Montreal spent roughly 25 years showing work wherever they could, including a run of guerrilla pop...