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Showing 24 of 2282 places in Montreal
APART Studio occupies a fourth-floor suite on the lower Main, above the street rather than on it. MJ Deziel opened it in...
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...
Mosaic Art Studio runs workshops out of a storefront on Sherbrooke West in NDG, one branch of a network that started in...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Didar sits on the Victoria Avenue strip in Côte-des-Neiges, named for the late father of Paramjit Singh, who runs it. Si...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Byblos opened on Laurier East in 1989, started by Hemela Pourafzal and her brother Massoud, whose family came from Rasht...
La Chronique has been a staple of Montreal’s fine dining scene since 1995, offering exquisite French-inspired cuisine un...
Khyber Pass on Duluth Street is a beloved institution in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up authentic Afghan cuisine with he...
LOOSENDS is the crochet label Bennett Tracz built out of an Instagram account he started with a friend between dance cla...
Chez Nino has occupied a corner of Jean-Talon Market since the early 1970s, when Biaggio Marcone, known to everyone as N...
There are Portuguese chicken spots on so many streets of the Plateau, but Portugalia is in a class of its own. Open sinc...
Café Castel occupies a bright, compact room inside the Hôtel Ville-Marie. A house blend of espresso is the anchor here a...
Vincenzo and Angelo Zaurrini opened this Little Italy landmark on Saint-Laurent in 1954, betting that Montreal's Italian...
From its slate gray salon in downtown Montreal, The Common Room barbershop puts a modern spin on classic cuts. Clients a...
Maison Privée is both a barbershop and a full-blown brand built on precision fades, curated playlists, and sharp aesthet...
Beardlington is less a barbershop or a café than it is a complete ecosystem. Since 2017, the team has built something th...
Mama’s Boy isn’t your standard barbershop—it’s more of a community hub where precision cuts and killer fades come with g...
CRISP treats barbering like the craft culture it can be, half tradition, half modern edge. That mix has turned the shop...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Salon Freyja didn’t set out to be a typical hair studio, and it shows. Founded by artists Ewelina Wnek and Mike Chacko,...
CHOP is more of a precision grooming studio than a barbershop. Off Saint-Laurent inside Nirvana's tattoo shop, the minim...
Hollywood Barbershop has been around since the ’60s, but Ralph Bou Jaoude is the one keeping it alive. The 29-year-old L...
Bar Henrietta’s a refined Portuguese-style bar that recalls community taverns of the 1960s and ‘70s. Named for owner Ale...
Showing 24 of 2282 places in Montreal
APART Studio occupies a fourth-floor suite on the lower Main, above the street rather than on it. MJ Deziel opened it in...
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...
Mosaic Art Studio runs workshops out of a storefront on Sherbrooke West in NDG, one branch of a network that started in...
Located near Place-des-Arts metro, Anticafe flips the typical café model: instead of paying for food and drinks, you pay...
Didar sits on the Victoria Avenue strip in Côte-des-Neiges, named for the late father of Paramjit Singh, who runs it. Si...
Thé Jinjin occupies a room on Marie-Anne East in the Plateau, shared with L'honnête Kid, the kitchen run by Elliot Laten...
Byblos opened on Laurier East in 1989, started by Hemela Pourafzal and her brother Massoud, whose family came from Rasht...
La Chronique has been a staple of Montreal’s fine dining scene since 1995, offering exquisite French-inspired cuisine un...
Khyber Pass on Duluth Street is a beloved institution in Montreal’s Plateau, serving up authentic Afghan cuisine with he...
LOOSENDS is the crochet label Bennett Tracz built out of an Instagram account he started with a friend between dance cla...
Chez Nino has occupied a corner of Jean-Talon Market since the early 1970s, when Biaggio Marcone, known to everyone as N...
There are Portuguese chicken spots on so many streets of the Plateau, but Portugalia is in a class of its own. Open sinc...
Café Castel occupies a bright, compact room inside the Hôtel Ville-Marie. A house blend of espresso is the anchor here a...
Vincenzo and Angelo Zaurrini opened this Little Italy landmark on Saint-Laurent in 1954, betting that Montreal's Italian...
From its slate gray salon in downtown Montreal, The Common Room barbershop puts a modern spin on classic cuts. Clients a...
Maison Privée is both a barbershop and a full-blown brand built on precision fades, curated playlists, and sharp aesthet...
Beardlington is less a barbershop or a café than it is a complete ecosystem. Since 2017, the team has built something th...
Mama’s Boy isn’t your standard barbershop—it’s more of a community hub where precision cuts and killer fades come with g...
CRISP treats barbering like the craft culture it can be, half tradition, half modern edge. That mix has turned the shop...
For over 65 years, Domenico “Ménick” Perazzino has opened his barbershop on rue Masson like clockwork—lights on by 7:15...
Salon Freyja didn’t set out to be a typical hair studio, and it shows. Founded by artists Ewelina Wnek and Mike Chacko,...
CHOP is more of a precision grooming studio than a barbershop. Off Saint-Laurent inside Nirvana's tattoo shop, the minim...
Hollywood Barbershop has been around since the ’60s, but Ralph Bou Jaoude is the one keeping it alive. The 29-year-old L...
Bar Henrietta’s a refined Portuguese-style bar that recalls community taverns of the 1960s and ‘70s. Named for owner Ale...
