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Showing 24 of 2331 places in Montreal

Don’t let the name fool you—the Aquadôme isn’t a sci-fi relic or waterpark gimmick. It’s LaSalle’s year-round aquatic he...

Built on decades of history and a couple of redesigns, the Complexe aquatique at Parc Jean-Drapeau stands as one of the...

At Double Menton & Saucisson, it's a bistro-bar that feels like a French village square dropped onto Plaza Saint-Hubert....

Calientitos brings the warmth of a Colombian bakery to Plaza St-Hubert, serving up empanadas, alfajores, and house-made...

The Argoat has carved out a niche that's genuinely its own. The 25-room property doubles as a working gallery: the owner...

Montreal's Olympic Stadium is the largest covered amphitheatre in Québec and one of Montreal’s most polarizing landmarks...

Matcha Lab takes the single-subject café to its logical extreme: no espresso machine, no drip, just green tea in all its...

In the heart of Little Italy, Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense stands as a cornerstone of Montreal’s Italian-Canadian sto...

Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...

Few Montreal venues have shaped the city’s live arts scene quite like Club Soda. Born in 1982 out of a converted recepti...

When signage proclaims that it’s as much a dep as a place to get Chinese food, you know you need to try it. This is one...

La Cantina Concha is equal parts café, cantina, and dance floor—a space in Old Montreal designed to shift with the day....

Bootlegger isn’t just a bar—it’s a time capsule with better drinks and louder music. Since 2016, this Saint-Laurent spea...

Tapi Go! started in Toronto, founded by Brazilian-Portuguese couple Clarissa Aguiar and Rui Raposo, before Luis Almeida...

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...

Laurentian Lanes opened in Saint-Laurent in 1959, and the numbers have defined it ever since: 66 lanes, over 200 parking...

Escaparium operates out of Dorval as a Quebec-owned, fully in-house operation: concept, design, and build all done inter...

Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...

Anchored in the east end near the Olympic Stadium, Collège de Maisonneuve has been a fixture of Montreal’s academic land...

Benelux landed on Wellington Street in 2013 by exploiting a quiet loophole: while Verdun's long-standing dry laws barred...

Two adjoining venues in Griffintown, run by creative agency IMAGEMOTION, offer some of the most versatile rental spaces...

La Grande Roue de Montréal opened in September 2017 as part of the city's 375th anniversary celebrations, and has since...

Mollo Café has anchored Wellington Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles since 2019, and the name doubles as the house philosop...

Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
Showing 24 of 2331 places in Montreal

Don’t let the name fool you—the Aquadôme isn’t a sci-fi relic or waterpark gimmick. It’s LaSalle’s year-round aquatic he...

Built on decades of history and a couple of redesigns, the Complexe aquatique at Parc Jean-Drapeau stands as one of the...

At Double Menton & Saucisson, it's a bistro-bar that feels like a French village square dropped onto Plaza Saint-Hubert....

Calientitos brings the warmth of a Colombian bakery to Plaza St-Hubert, serving up empanadas, alfajores, and house-made...

The Argoat has carved out a niche that's genuinely its own. The 25-room property doubles as a working gallery: the owner...

Montreal's Olympic Stadium is the largest covered amphitheatre in Québec and one of Montreal’s most polarizing landmarks...

Matcha Lab takes the single-subject café to its logical extreme: no espresso machine, no drip, just green tea in all its...

In the heart of Little Italy, Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense stands as a cornerstone of Montreal’s Italian-Canadian sto...

Au Coin Berbère has been serving Algerian Berber couscous on Prince-Arthur East in the Plateau since 1997, run by a chef...

Few Montreal venues have shaped the city’s live arts scene quite like Club Soda. Born in 1982 out of a converted recepti...

When signage proclaims that it’s as much a dep as a place to get Chinese food, you know you need to try it. This is one...

La Cantina Concha is equal parts café, cantina, and dance floor—a space in Old Montreal designed to shift with the day....

Bootlegger isn’t just a bar—it’s a time capsule with better drinks and louder music. Since 2016, this Saint-Laurent spea...

Tapi Go! started in Toronto, founded by Brazilian-Portuguese couple Clarissa Aguiar and Rui Raposo, before Luis Almeida...

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...

Laurentian Lanes opened in Saint-Laurent in 1959, and the numbers have defined it ever since: 66 lanes, over 200 parking...

Escaparium operates out of Dorval as a Quebec-owned, fully in-house operation: concept, design, and build all done inter...

Nili is where Michael Levy decided his cooking needed a living room, not a takeout window. After years in New York learn...

Anchored in the east end near the Olympic Stadium, Collège de Maisonneuve has been a fixture of Montreal’s academic land...

Benelux landed on Wellington Street in 2013 by exploiting a quiet loophole: while Verdun's long-standing dry laws barred...

Two adjoining venues in Griffintown, run by creative agency IMAGEMOTION, offer some of the most versatile rental spaces...

La Grande Roue de Montréal opened in September 2017 as part of the city's 375th anniversary celebrations, and has since...

Mollo Café has anchored Wellington Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles since 2019, and the name doubles as the house philosop...

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