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Showing 24 of 75 places in Montreal
Parc Morgan is a fully revamped urban retreat that caters to all ages. Following a nearly $2 million renovation, this Me...
L’Espace Public was born from an off-the-cuff joke between founder Pierre Lessard Blais and his partners after a failed...
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...
Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs is a microbrewery and pizza spot anchored by a wood-fired oven and an open kitchen. Found...
French-inspired buvette Éléonore comes from the same group behind Hochelaga’s Junco and Rufus & Anna, pairing an extensi...
This casual Thai restaurant serves a focused menu of curries, noodle dishes, soups, and salads out of a bright, plant-fi...
Marché Losako is a Congolese grocery in Hochelaga, the kind of compact neighbourhood market where the shelves do a lot o...
Village au Pied-du-Courant has been animating a stretch of Notre-Dame Est along the St. Lawrence each summer since 2014,...
Quebec's first escape room when it opened in 2014, Échappe-Toi Montréal built its identity around local history and cult...
Founded in 1963 by Joe Celestino, Salon de quilles Darling has been a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve fixture for over sixty years...
Bagatelle has been on rue Ontario Est, steps from Marché Maisonneuve, since 2005. The format is French brasserie: à la c...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
Opening next to Hélicoptère, Copilote transformed a former neighborhood dépanneur into an intimate 25-seat bar that's go...
If Saint-Laurent is where the murals go to be immortalized, De Rouen is where they go to live. Tucked under the train tr...
Housed in what used to be a La Belle Province, Resto-Bar Le Pick Up’s revamped diner keeps the casse-croûte soul alive w...
Built in the lead-up to Montreal’s Olympic ambitions, Centre Pierre-Charbonneau has long been more than just a gym with...
In a converted warehouse in Hochelaga, two former engineers are quietly reinventing urban agriculture their way with the...
Qantu’s story starts with a dance in Cusco and ends with some of the most awarded bean-to-bar chocolate on the planet. F...
Dutty Yea brings blends Caribbean and Japanese eats in a rare fusion. Founded by four childhood friends and led by a Tri...
Rufus & Anna is a rotisserie and cocktail bar in Hochelaga from the team behind Blind Pig, Junco, and Éléonore. The spac...
This destination in Hochelaga is an exceedingly accessible option for fine dining where tasting menus take you on a tour...
Showing 24 of 75 places in Montreal
Parc Morgan is a fully revamped urban retreat that caters to all ages. Following a nearly $2 million renovation, this Me...
L’Espace Public was born from an off-the-cuff joke between founder Pierre Lessard Blais and his partners after a failed...
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...
Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs is a microbrewery and pizza spot anchored by a wood-fired oven and an open kitchen. Found...
French-inspired buvette Éléonore comes from the same group behind Hochelaga’s Junco and Rufus & Anna, pairing an extensi...
This casual Thai restaurant serves a focused menu of curries, noodle dishes, soups, and salads out of a bright, plant-fi...
Marché Losako is a Congolese grocery in Hochelaga, the kind of compact neighbourhood market where the shelves do a lot o...
Village au Pied-du-Courant has been animating a stretch of Notre-Dame Est along the St. Lawrence each summer since 2014,...
Quebec's first escape room when it opened in 2014, Échappe-Toi Montréal built its identity around local history and cult...
Founded in 1963 by Joe Celestino, Salon de quilles Darling has been a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve fixture for over sixty years...
Bagatelle has been on rue Ontario Est, steps from Marché Maisonneuve, since 2005. The format is French brasserie: à la c...
L'Olive Noire is a Moroccan restaurant on rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, near the Pie-IX metro, serving halal...
A sibling to El Pacífico next door, Aurora Café brings a warm, unhurried energy to rue Ontario Est in Hochelaga. The bru...
Opening next to Hélicoptère, Copilote transformed a former neighborhood dépanneur into an intimate 25-seat bar that's go...
If Saint-Laurent is where the murals go to be immortalized, De Rouen is where they go to live. Tucked under the train tr...
Housed in what used to be a La Belle Province, Resto-Bar Le Pick Up’s revamped diner keeps the casse-croûte soul alive w...
Built in the lead-up to Montreal’s Olympic ambitions, Centre Pierre-Charbonneau has long been more than just a gym with...
In a converted warehouse in Hochelaga, two former engineers are quietly reinventing urban agriculture their way with the...
Qantu’s story starts with a dance in Cusco and ends with some of the most awarded bean-to-bar chocolate on the planet. F...
Dutty Yea brings blends Caribbean and Japanese eats in a rare fusion. Founded by four childhood friends and led by a Tri...
Rufus & Anna is a rotisserie and cocktail bar in Hochelaga from the team behind Blind Pig, Junco, and Éléonore. The spac...
This destination in Hochelaga is an exceedingly accessible option for fine dining where tasting menus take you on a tour...
