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Showing 24 of 2320 places in Montreal

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

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

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

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

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

Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...

This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...

folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...

Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...

Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...

This gallery-boutique on St-Denis Street from Paperole, a Montreal-based publisher, revitalized its area with contempora...

Nestled in a semi-basement on Park Avenue, Double's Late Night embodies a contemporary dive bar ethos on the Mile End sc...

Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...

Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...

Chez Floh is the home-goods arm of Marché Floh, the secondhand and vintage clothing shop that has pulled the Plateau's u...

Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...

Pizzeria Crosta brings a focused slice shop to Mile End’s Saint-Viateur: six sourdough pies, no reservations, first come...

This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...

Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....

Named for the Clue suspect, funded by a crowdfunding campaign that cleared its target by a wide margin, and designed fro...

Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....

Ulysse began selling travel books in Montreal in 1980 and started publishing them a decade later, which is why the Saint...

Boutique Courir has been on Saint-Denis since 1989, and at 15,000 square feet over three floors it works less like a sho...

The second storefront from Brossard's café Kuya, Kuya Saint-Henri is a sleek shop on Rue Notre-Dame offering Filipino-in...
Showing 24 of 2320 places in Montreal

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

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

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

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

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

Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...

This is where Arthurs, one of Montreal’s most beloved Jewish food spots, has taken its famed comfort food downtown at Le...

folfol is the counter operation from Damas, the Syrian restaurant in Outremont, its first address on Van Horne sitting d...

Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...

Located in the stunning Le Mount Stephen Hotel, Bar George offers an experience steeped in British tradition with a mode...

This gallery-boutique on St-Denis Street from Paperole, a Montreal-based publisher, revitalized its area with contempora...

Nestled in a semi-basement on Park Avenue, Double's Late Night embodies a contemporary dive bar ethos on the Mile End sc...

Piazza di Mano turned the vacant lot at Ann and Ottawa into a seasonal public square, a partnership between the team beh...

Tucked beneath the historic Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Velvet Speakeasy feels like something out of another time—or another...

Chez Floh is the home-goods arm of Marché Floh, the secondhand and vintage clothing shop that has pulled the Plateau's u...

Under the Van Horne viaduct at Clark and de l'Arcade, this was a fenced borough storage yard for years, asphalt and grav...

Pizzeria Crosta brings a focused slice shop to Mile End’s Saint-Viateur: six sourdough pies, no reservations, first come...

This boutique is a delightful maze of nostalgia and local craftsmanship, showcasing over 120 artisans alongside a treasu...

Else’s looks like your classic Plateau pub—cozy, cluttered with knick-knacks, and the kind of place that feels lived-in....

Named for the Clue suspect, funded by a crowdfunding campaign that cleared its target by a wide margin, and designed fro...

Jean-François Bienvenue had retired from a career in graphic design when a host on a cycling trip put him on a Brompton....

Ulysse began selling travel books in Montreal in 1980 and started publishing them a decade later, which is why the Saint...

Boutique Courir has been on Saint-Denis since 1989, and at 15,000 square feet over three floors it works less like a sho...

The second storefront from Brossard's café Kuya, Kuya Saint-Henri is a sleek shop on Rue Notre-Dame offering Filipino-in...