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Showing 24 of 2298 places in Montreal
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
Arthur’s Dinette is the latest project from Alex Cohen and Raegan Steinberg, the team behind Arthur’s Nosh Bar and Romie...
In the heart of Hochelaga, Piscine Pierre-Lorange keeps things straightforward: clean water, good hours, and free admiss...
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....
Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...
Sans Recette runs on fifteen seats and a blackboard, on Beaubien East in La Petite-Patrie, a few minutes from Jean-Talon...
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...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
Hadio doesn’t rely on polish to make its mark—it’s built its name on volume, value, and vintage denim that keeps Montrea...
This shop doesn’t rely on hype—it’s built entirely on taste and the person behind it. Known mostly by word of mouth, thi...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Defacto Café & Atelier sits on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau, in a room whose ground floor folds open onto a terrace in...
Projet Seoul occupies a large room on rue Bishop, downtown, planted heavily and fitted with a few actual trees to echo t...
Chez MaBelle sits behind a yellow façade on avenue du Parc, marked by a mural from Gavin W. Sewell. The name comes from...
Showing 24 of 2298 places in Montreal
A Hiroshima institution with roots going back to 1958, Ramen Youki makes its first foray outside Japan on the Plateau, w...
There’s no sign, no website, and no real name to speak of—just a two-storey Parc-Ex row house packed wall to wall with v...
Garde Manger has spent nearly two decades refining the balance between serious cooking and late night energy. Hidden beh...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
Bous brings Persian cuisine to a contemporary downtown space that merges style and tradition in both their culinary and...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
Arthur’s Dinette is the latest project from Alex Cohen and Raegan Steinberg, the team behind Arthur’s Nosh Bar and Romie...
In the heart of Hochelaga, Piscine Pierre-Lorange keeps things straightforward: clean water, good hours, and free admiss...
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....
Take Three is a collaborative boutique co-owned by three Montreal designers—Aly, Kim, and Sarah—who bring their distinct...
Sans Recette runs on fifteen seats and a blackboard, on Beaubien East in La Petite-Patrie, a few minutes from Jean-Talon...
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...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Once known as the beating heart of hockey in Canada, the Montreal Forum has lived many lives. From 1924 to 1996, it was...
Riccardo Bertolino spent twelve years as executive chef at Maison Boulud before he and his wife, sommelier Isabel Bordel...
La Rockette is where Montréal’s rockers, hipsters, and vinyl obsessives collide over stiff drinks and an unpredictable s...
Hadio doesn’t rely on polish to make its mark—it’s built its name on volume, value, and vintage denim that keeps Montrea...
This shop doesn’t rely on hype—it’s built entirely on taste and the person behind it. Known mostly by word of mouth, thi...
Friperie Notre Dame started with a simple idea: rescue what others throw away. What began in 2019 as two founders—Andy H...
Defacto Café & Atelier sits on rue Saint-Denis in the Plateau, in a room whose ground floor folds open onto a terrace in...
Projet Seoul occupies a large room on rue Bishop, downtown, planted heavily and fitted with a few actual trees to echo t...
Chez MaBelle sits behind a yellow façade on avenue du Parc, marked by a mural from Gavin W. Sewell. The name comes from...
