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Showing 24 of 186 places in Montreal
Since 2011, Le Brûloir has been both a cozy café and an artisan roastery dedicated to quality and sustainability. Their...
Café Chez Téta is a delightful blend of traditional Lebanese flavors and modern coffee culture. Opened in October 2020 b...
Le Petit Dep’s got charm in spades. Whichever location in town you land in, this quaint café-delicatessen fusion adorned...
Café Dispatch’s commitment to exquisite coffee and transparent sourcing is unparalleled. Owner Chrissy Durcak's journey...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Campanelli is a family-run Italian café in Saint-Henri, opened in 2010 by Tony Campanelli and Sophie Hébert, with roots...
La Luncheonette is a quaint spot in Saint-Henri that follows its mission to serve the neighbourhood's working community....
The second storefront from Brossard's café Kuya, Kuya Saint-Henri is a sleek shop on Rue Notre-Dame offering Filipino-in...
Maison Aïdo is where West African tradition meets French pastry technique—quietly, confidently, and with a lot of heart....
Structure Torréfactures is a coffee roaster first, Old Montreal café second. Opening in 2017, the roaster’s aim is twofo...
Structure Torréfactures is a coffee roaster first, an Old Montreal café second. Opening in 2017, the roaster’s aim is tw...
A café-buvette that shapes itself around the time of day: Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks served in a r...
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
Showing 24 of 186 places in Montreal
Since 2011, Le Brûloir has been both a cozy café and an artisan roastery dedicated to quality and sustainability. Their...
Café Chez Téta is a delightful blend of traditional Lebanese flavors and modern coffee culture. Opened in October 2020 b...
Le Petit Dep’s got charm in spades. Whichever location in town you land in, this quaint café-delicatessen fusion adorned...
Café Dispatch’s commitment to exquisite coffee and transparent sourcing is unparalleled. Owner Chrissy Durcak's journey...
Café 5-6-7 is a compact coffee bar inside Espaces des Arts, the downtown dance and performing arts centre. Named after t...
Roussette Café is a neighbourhood café from the team behind Théâtre Sainte-Catherine, serving coffee, sandwiches, and ho...
Campanelli is a family-run Italian café in Saint-Henri, opened in 2010 by Tony Campanelli and Sophie Hébert, with roots...
La Luncheonette is a quaint spot in Saint-Henri that follows its mission to serve the neighbourhood's working community....
The second storefront from Brossard's café Kuya, Kuya Saint-Henri is a sleek shop on Rue Notre-Dame offering Filipino-in...
Maison Aïdo is where West African tradition meets French pastry technique—quietly, confidently, and with a lot of heart....
Structure Torréfactures is a coffee roaster first, Old Montreal café second. Opening in 2017, the roaster’s aim is twofo...
Structure Torréfactures is a coffee roaster first, an Old Montreal café second. Opening in 2017, the roaster’s aim is tw...
A café-buvette that shapes itself around the time of day: Mornings lean on locally roasted espresso drinks served in a r...
Café de’ Mercanti in Monkland Village stands as a cornerstone of the local coffee scene since its inception in 2012. Wit...
Montreal's Sud-Ouest is a coffee destination thanks large in part to Dreamy. Located inside the Canadian Roasting Societ...
A neighbourhood café on avenue Bannantyne in Verdun that draws on surf town culture as its organizing aesthetic. The cof...
The Wellington outpost of this Notre-Dame original runs larger and looser than its older sibling, with high ceilings, ge...
Down a few steps from Sherbrooke Street West, Café Aunja has been drawing regulars to its basement-level Persian tea hou...
Salon Mogador has been on rue Beaubien Est in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie since 2006, opened by chef-owner Nabil Soubhi as...
Run by the crew behind Amerigo, Caffè Figata is a compact Italian café focused on straightforward, well-made classics. T...
Melbourne's specialty coffee culture arrives in Montreal via Fine Fine Fine, a café opened on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in...
Zoé Duval and Joshua Monroe-Blanchet built Café BRUT around a simple idea: that Griffintown needed a proper neighbourhoo...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
On Notre-Dame Est in Old Montreal, inside a restored 1865 building on one of the city's oldest streets, Matcha Haüs Atel...
