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Showing 24 of 112 places in Montreal
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...
Cadence Café sits at 990 Saint-Urbain in Chinatown, next door to its sibling spots Fleurs & Cadeaux and Sans Soleil. The...
CHOP is more of a precision grooming studio than a barbershop. Off Saint-Laurent inside Nirvana's tattoo shop, the minim...
The coffee brand Saint-Henri's smallest room occupies the former souvenir shop on the front plaza of Notre-Dame Basilica...
Opened in 2001 by Faruk Ahmed, Restaurant Gandhi brought refined Indian dining to a part of Montreal better known for Fr...
Hôtel Nelligan in Old Montreal boasts Terrasse Nelligan, a spot with sweeping views of the Saint Lawrence River and the...
Located in the lobby of SonoLux, LUMI presents a contemporary, seasonal tasting menu built around the animating idea of...
A French bistro concept from the Tomahawk Group, Mignon has operated on Saint-Paul West in Old Montreal since 2021, with...
Venice MTL brings a California beach-town sensibility to Saint-François-Xavier Street in Old Montreal, where it has oper...
Graziella brings the sophistication and heart of Italian cuisine to Old Montreal in a warm, modern setting. Opened in 20...
This Old Montreal bistro and wine bar serves classic French dishes in its rustic, upscale two-floor dining room. Exposed...
Santos calls itself a supper club, with food, craft cocktails, and nightly DJs. While they have a modest, Latin-leaning...
PHI is a not-for-profit arts organization founded in 2007 by Phoebe Greenberg, built around a simple conviction: that co...
Arcadia Boutique Hotel occupies an 1863 greystone, a building whose oversized arched windows mark it as a product of Vic...
Finding CEO Karaoke is half the initiation. It's in the basement of an old building, down an elevator that gives no hint...
A Chinatown institution with roots going back to 1989, Madame Bong reportedly opened what was then the city's first Kore...
Hayat is the latest project helmed by chef Joseph Awad of Griffintown’s SHAY, a new spot in the Old Port with a menu bil...
Cor Oda and Kit King met when they independently produced the same painting, an origin story that says something essenti...
The Australian skincare house Aesop has occupied the ground floor of the Harrison-Stephens building on rue Saint-Paul Ou...
This rooftop oasis on the 8th floor of the William Gray Hotel delivers a dining experience with a view that’s hard to to...
Showing 24 of 112 places in Montreal
Café Civil is an independent café in Chinatown that brings together coffee, food, and music under one industrial-inspire...
Bocca di Lupo is the passion project nine years in the making for Joe Franchini and Jamie Sunny, the duo behind Flyjin....
Angelini Café occupies the ground floor of the Yorkshire Building on Saint-Jacques, in the stretch of Old Montreal that...
Lovebird is a cocktail bar and music salon set within the stone vaults beneath Hotel Nelligan in Old Montreal, opened in...
Sans Soleil is a listening bar in Chinatown, located in the basement of the Japanese restaurant Fleurs & Cadeaux. This u...
Cadence Café sits at 990 Saint-Urbain in Chinatown, next door to its sibling spots Fleurs & Cadeaux and Sans Soleil. The...
CHOP is more of a precision grooming studio than a barbershop. Off Saint-Laurent inside Nirvana's tattoo shop, the minim...
The coffee brand Saint-Henri's smallest room occupies the former souvenir shop on the front plaza of Notre-Dame Basilica...
Opened in 2001 by Faruk Ahmed, Restaurant Gandhi brought refined Indian dining to a part of Montreal better known for Fr...
Hôtel Nelligan in Old Montreal boasts Terrasse Nelligan, a spot with sweeping views of the Saint Lawrence River and the...
Located in the lobby of SonoLux, LUMI presents a contemporary, seasonal tasting menu built around the animating idea of...
A French bistro concept from the Tomahawk Group, Mignon has operated on Saint-Paul West in Old Montreal since 2021, with...
Venice MTL brings a California beach-town sensibility to Saint-François-Xavier Street in Old Montreal, where it has oper...
Graziella brings the sophistication and heart of Italian cuisine to Old Montreal in a warm, modern setting. Opened in 20...
This Old Montreal bistro and wine bar serves classic French dishes in its rustic, upscale two-floor dining room. Exposed...
Santos calls itself a supper club, with food, craft cocktails, and nightly DJs. While they have a modest, Latin-leaning...
PHI is a not-for-profit arts organization founded in 2007 by Phoebe Greenberg, built around a simple conviction: that co...
Arcadia Boutique Hotel occupies an 1863 greystone, a building whose oversized arched windows mark it as a product of Vic...
Finding CEO Karaoke is half the initiation. It's in the basement of an old building, down an elevator that gives no hint...
A Chinatown institution with roots going back to 1989, Madame Bong reportedly opened what was then the city's first Kore...
Hayat is the latest project helmed by chef Joseph Awad of Griffintown’s SHAY, a new spot in the Old Port with a menu bil...
Cor Oda and Kit King met when they independently produced the same painting, an origin story that says something essenti...
The Australian skincare house Aesop has occupied the ground floor of the Harrison-Stephens building on rue Saint-Paul Ou...
This rooftop oasis on the 8th floor of the William Gray Hotel delivers a dining experience with a view that’s hard to to...
