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Showing 24 of 2302 places in Montreal
O Patro Vys occupies the floor above Bily Kun on Mont-Royal Est, which is more or less what the name means, Czech for th...
Saint-Jean-Baptiste runs the block between Henri-Julien and Drolet with its façade on Rachel, seating roughly 2,500, the...
Le Divan Orange ran for 13 years at Saint-Laurent and Rachel, a worker co-op named for the orange couch parked by the do...
The Peck Building holds the corner of Saint-Laurent and Saint-Viateur, five storeys of red brick put up in 1904 for John...
Théâtre Fairmount sits on the second floor of a building on avenue du Parc in the Mile End, up one flight of stairs. The...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
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...
Dumbo Café opened on chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, a few minutes from the Université de Montréal, in a roomy space with...
Café 5th Floor sits on avenue Dollard in LaSalle, run by the three women who started it as a micro-bakery out of their f...
AMPM Café Apéro runs on a schedule that changes with the day. Mornings, it's espresso and allongés, matcha and hojicha l...
Pizzeria Nonnina occupies one end of the former Grand Marché building on Notre-Dame in Lachine, with the sandwich and pa...
Sang-Ji Bao Frit brought Shanghai's shengjian bao downtown, to a narrow room on Bishop where the folding happens behind...
Kim Phat grew out of a Papineau Avenue apartment, where Yip Chee Sing, a Cambodian-Chinese refugee who reached Montreal...
Bello Deli sits on Place d'Youville in Old Montreal, a couple of streets south of the Saint-Paul tourist run, doing coun...
Renaissance isn’t just another thrift store—it’s a full-fledged social economy model built in Montreal. Founded in 1994...
A St-Léonard institution since 1974, Jarry Smoked Meat is a go-to spot for Montreal’s signature deli fare. While their c...
Jean-Doré Beach at Parc Jean-Drapeau is a Montreal summer classic. The massive swimming zone, daily-cleaned sand, and sh...
Goldie’s Bar is a classic dive where regulars and newcomers alike come to forget their troubles, get lost in cheap beer,...
Rose Bowl is the kind of place where time stands still—and that’s part of its charm. A Notre-Dame-de-Grâce institution a...
Set in a brick house across from the Lachine Canal, El Meson has quietly built a reputation as one of the city’s best sp...
Arioum Chocolats is part chocolate shop, part café, part art gallery—an intersection of culinary and visual craft tucked...
Founded in 2018 by Belgian friends Quentin Ryckaert and Vincent Coja, Allô Simonne quickly made a name for itself with a...
Showing 24 of 2302 places in Montreal
O Patro Vys occupies the floor above Bily Kun on Mont-Royal Est, which is more or less what the name means, Czech for th...
Saint-Jean-Baptiste runs the block between Henri-Julien and Drolet with its façade on Rachel, seating roughly 2,500, the...
Le Divan Orange ran for 13 years at Saint-Laurent and Rachel, a worker co-op named for the orange couch parked by the do...
The Peck Building holds the corner of Saint-Laurent and Saint-Viateur, five storeys of red brick put up in 1904 for John...
Théâtre Fairmount sits on the second floor of a building on avenue du Parc in the Mile End, up one flight of stairs. The...
Birds come off the gas rotisserie 25 minutes in, well short of done, then finish over charcoal under a baste built from...
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...
Dumbo Café opened on chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, a few minutes from the Université de Montréal, in a roomy space with...
Café 5th Floor sits on avenue Dollard in LaSalle, run by the three women who started it as a micro-bakery out of their f...
AMPM Café Apéro runs on a schedule that changes with the day. Mornings, it's espresso and allongés, matcha and hojicha l...
Pizzeria Nonnina occupies one end of the former Grand Marché building on Notre-Dame in Lachine, with the sandwich and pa...
Sang-Ji Bao Frit brought Shanghai's shengjian bao downtown, to a narrow room on Bishop where the folding happens behind...
Kim Phat grew out of a Papineau Avenue apartment, where Yip Chee Sing, a Cambodian-Chinese refugee who reached Montreal...
Bello Deli sits on Place d'Youville in Old Montreal, a couple of streets south of the Saint-Paul tourist run, doing coun...
Renaissance isn’t just another thrift store—it’s a full-fledged social economy model built in Montreal. Founded in 1994...
A St-Léonard institution since 1974, Jarry Smoked Meat is a go-to spot for Montreal’s signature deli fare. While their c...
Jean-Doré Beach at Parc Jean-Drapeau is a Montreal summer classic. The massive swimming zone, daily-cleaned sand, and sh...
Goldie’s Bar is a classic dive where regulars and newcomers alike come to forget their troubles, get lost in cheap beer,...
Rose Bowl is the kind of place where time stands still—and that’s part of its charm. A Notre-Dame-de-Grâce institution a...
Set in a brick house across from the Lachine Canal, El Meson has quietly built a reputation as one of the city’s best sp...
Arioum Chocolats is part chocolate shop, part café, part art gallery—an intersection of culinary and visual craft tucked...
Founded in 2018 by Belgian friends Quentin Ryckaert and Vincent Coja, Allô Simonne quickly made a name for itself with a...
