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Showing 24 of 2252 places in Montreal
Opening in 2002, Café Orange is an NDG staple destination for all-day breakfast and lunch. Self-described as “Not fine d...
The flavours of New Orleans come to Montreal at La Louisiane, a Cajun-Creole spot that specializes in regional favourite...
Mon Ami Korean BBQ has several locations on the island and beyond—13 in Quebec, to be exact. Its NDG restaurant, though,...
At Bait & Schlang, also called Bait Shop, eight experienced tattoo artists ink traditional pieces. Tigers, skulls, drago...
Sans Regret is located in Montreal’s Plateau and is home to five tattoo artists, all specializing in colourful American...
Citron Rose is a private tattoo studio in the Plateau, with 10 tattoo artists each focused on different styles. Whether...
This private tattoo studio, founded by artist Matt Chaos, unites more than 10 resident artists, all specializing in blac...
Le Malandrin specializes in high-end tattoos and tattoo removal services from its Plateau studio. Its artists have maste...
Vilains is a Plateau studio with nine artists, specializing in traditional tattoos as well as permanent makeup. On the m...
Residing in the old Cadbury factory, Salon Blueprint is a studio home to 10 tattooists, owned by partners Marilyn (@lav4...
Desolé Maman is an artistic and welcoming Little Italy-based tattoo studio, with tattooists who specialize in many diffe...
Jama House brings a Cuban and Latin American frame of reference to a stretch of Saint-Denis a few minutes' walk from Mon...
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
La Cenetta brings together a café counter, a sandwich program, and an Italian grocery in a single Villeray storefront. T...
A downtown bistro on rue Bishop, Le Grand Comité comes from Groupe Comité and executive chef Rémi Lemieux, whose résumé...
L’Espace Public was born from an off-the-cuff joke between founder Pierre Lessard Blais and his partners after a failed...
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park has been the heart of NDG for over a century, a space where the neighbourhood gathers to lounge...
Since its debut in 2011, Nora Gray has remained a standout in Montreal’s dining scene, celebrated for its Southern Itali...
The coffee brand Saint-Henri's smallest room occupies the former souvenir shop on the front plaza of Notre-Dame Basilica...
Ye Olde Orchard has built a solid reputation across Montreal, evolving from a single neighbourhood pub into a full-blown...
In 2020, three former colleagues, who’d each spent years working as servers and brewers at other neighbourhood breweries...
Part board-game destination, part pub, L’Adversaire pairs a shop-sized library of English and French games available to...
Chef Vincent Châtelais opened Heirloom in 2017, next door to his bring-your-own-wine spot, État-Major. Châtelais crafted...
Monkland’s Typhoon Lounge has been open since 1997, with the purpose of becoming a proper neighbourhood bar—one it has s...
Showing 24 of 2252 places in Montreal
Opening in 2002, Café Orange is an NDG staple destination for all-day breakfast and lunch. Self-described as “Not fine d...
The flavours of New Orleans come to Montreal at La Louisiane, a Cajun-Creole spot that specializes in regional favourite...
Mon Ami Korean BBQ has several locations on the island and beyond—13 in Quebec, to be exact. Its NDG restaurant, though,...
At Bait & Schlang, also called Bait Shop, eight experienced tattoo artists ink traditional pieces. Tigers, skulls, drago...
Sans Regret is located in Montreal’s Plateau and is home to five tattoo artists, all specializing in colourful American...
Citron Rose is a private tattoo studio in the Plateau, with 10 tattoo artists each focused on different styles. Whether...
This private tattoo studio, founded by artist Matt Chaos, unites more than 10 resident artists, all specializing in blac...
Le Malandrin specializes in high-end tattoos and tattoo removal services from its Plateau studio. Its artists have maste...
Vilains is a Plateau studio with nine artists, specializing in traditional tattoos as well as permanent makeup. On the m...
Residing in the old Cadbury factory, Salon Blueprint is a studio home to 10 tattooists, owned by partners Marilyn (@lav4...
Desolé Maman is an artistic and welcoming Little Italy-based tattoo studio, with tattooists who specialize in many diffe...
Jama House brings a Cuban and Latin American frame of reference to a stretch of Saint-Denis a few minutes' walk from Mon...
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
La Cenetta brings together a café counter, a sandwich program, and an Italian grocery in a single Villeray storefront. T...
A downtown bistro on rue Bishop, Le Grand Comité comes from Groupe Comité and executive chef Rémi Lemieux, whose résumé...
L’Espace Public was born from an off-the-cuff joke between founder Pierre Lessard Blais and his partners after a failed...
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park has been the heart of NDG for over a century, a space where the neighbourhood gathers to lounge...
Since its debut in 2011, Nora Gray has remained a standout in Montreal’s dining scene, celebrated for its Southern Itali...
The coffee brand Saint-Henri's smallest room occupies the former souvenir shop on the front plaza of Notre-Dame Basilica...
Ye Olde Orchard has built a solid reputation across Montreal, evolving from a single neighbourhood pub into a full-blown...
In 2020, three former colleagues, who’d each spent years working as servers and brewers at other neighbourhood breweries...
Part board-game destination, part pub, L’Adversaire pairs a shop-sized library of English and French games available to...
Chef Vincent Châtelais opened Heirloom in 2017, next door to his bring-your-own-wine spot, État-Major. Châtelais crafted...
Monkland’s Typhoon Lounge has been open since 1997, with the purpose of becoming a proper neighbourhood bar—one it has s...
