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Showing 24 of 38 places in Montreal
Boom J’s Cuisine brings a taste of Jamaica to Montreal with two cozy locations: the original in Pointe-Saint-Charles and...
Pointe-Saint-Charles’s Café Bloom, while named after James Joyce’s character in Ulysses, has more than literary charm to...
Café Redwood is all about specialty coffee in a modern oasis with a minimalist design. A retreat for coffee aficionados...
Kopa is a padel club in Pointe-Saint-Charles that treats the experience around the sport as seriously as the sport itsel...
Mollo Café has anchored Wellington Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles since 2019, and the name doubles as the house philosop...
Brasserie Capri has the kind of timeworn charm only a classic, blue-collar Montreal bar can pull off. It keeps the same...
Pâtisserie Rhubarbe is the project of pastry chef Stéphanie Labelle, who trained under Pierre Hermé in Paris before retu...
Since 1958, Paul Patates has been at the heart of Pointe-Saint-Charles, a family-run casse-croûte that keeps things simp...
Found on Centre Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Café Cosé is a welcome addition to the neighborhood's scene, boasting Vi...
Most of Montreal’s best views come with elevation—and a crowd. But this spot in Pointe-Saint-Charles offers a low-key al...
Chef Patrice Demers and sommelier Marie-Josée Beaudoin have made a spectacular return to Montreal’s dining scene with Sa...
Shūshūto Bar à Ramen & Tapas sits on the redeveloped stretch of Saint-Patrick in Pointe-Saint-Charles. The restaurant pa...
4 Origines is Pointe-Saint-Charles’ homegrown brewery, built from the ground up by three friends who swapped careers in...
Lecavalier Petrone doesn’t do basic. Founded by Chloé Migneault-Lecavalier and Loïse Desjardins-Petrone, this Pointe-Sai...
Clarke Café is the source of bustling Italian spots with rich history. Formerly a Mile End staple, it's been revived by...
After ten years running Machiavelli, a French-Italian bistro in Pointe-Saint-Charles, chef Natassia Marier was ready for...
Les sans-taverne is run as a worker cooperative inside Pointe-Saint-Charles’ Bâtiment 7, a bar which picks up the thread...
Bâtiment 7 is one of the rare places in Montreal that feels entirely claimed by the people who use it. Sitting at the ed...
Pointe-Saint-Charles seems to have all the luck these days: Located inside the true heart of the neighbourhood at a nexu...
Fugazzi in Pointe St-Charles is a bold, eclectic pizzeria from the Barroco Group, bringing an Italian-American-inspired,...
Centre Saint-Charles—home to a gym, arena, and community rooms—is the kind of neighbourhood sports centre that quietly d...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
Pointe-Saint-Charles has always had a knack for doing things collectively, and Cycle 7 fits right in. A worker-owned bik...
Knox Tavern in Pointe-Saint-Charles has birthed a new project in the form of the neighbourhood slice shop Palomino, loca...
Showing 24 of 38 places in Montreal
Boom J’s Cuisine brings a taste of Jamaica to Montreal with two cozy locations: the original in Pointe-Saint-Charles and...
Pointe-Saint-Charles’s Café Bloom, while named after James Joyce’s character in Ulysses, has more than literary charm to...
Café Redwood is all about specialty coffee in a modern oasis with a minimalist design. A retreat for coffee aficionados...
Kopa is a padel club in Pointe-Saint-Charles that treats the experience around the sport as seriously as the sport itsel...
Mollo Café has anchored Wellington Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles since 2019, and the name doubles as the house philosop...
Brasserie Capri has the kind of timeworn charm only a classic, blue-collar Montreal bar can pull off. It keeps the same...
Pâtisserie Rhubarbe is the project of pastry chef Stéphanie Labelle, who trained under Pierre Hermé in Paris before retu...
Since 1958, Paul Patates has been at the heart of Pointe-Saint-Charles, a family-run casse-croûte that keeps things simp...
Found on Centre Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Café Cosé is a welcome addition to the neighborhood's scene, boasting Vi...
Most of Montreal’s best views come with elevation—and a crowd. But this spot in Pointe-Saint-Charles offers a low-key al...
Chef Patrice Demers and sommelier Marie-Josée Beaudoin have made a spectacular return to Montreal’s dining scene with Sa...
Shūshūto Bar à Ramen & Tapas sits on the redeveloped stretch of Saint-Patrick in Pointe-Saint-Charles. The restaurant pa...
4 Origines is Pointe-Saint-Charles’ homegrown brewery, built from the ground up by three friends who swapped careers in...
Lecavalier Petrone doesn’t do basic. Founded by Chloé Migneault-Lecavalier and Loïse Desjardins-Petrone, this Pointe-Sai...
Clarke Café is the source of bustling Italian spots with rich history. Formerly a Mile End staple, it's been revived by...
After ten years running Machiavelli, a French-Italian bistro in Pointe-Saint-Charles, chef Natassia Marier was ready for...
Les sans-taverne is run as a worker cooperative inside Pointe-Saint-Charles’ Bâtiment 7, a bar which picks up the thread...
Bâtiment 7 is one of the rare places in Montreal that feels entirely claimed by the people who use it. Sitting at the ed...
Pointe-Saint-Charles seems to have all the luck these days: Located inside the true heart of the neighbourhood at a nexu...
Fugazzi in Pointe St-Charles is a bold, eclectic pizzeria from the Barroco Group, bringing an Italian-American-inspired,...
Centre Saint-Charles—home to a gym, arena, and community rooms—is the kind of neighbourhood sports centre that quietly d...
Longtime Pointe-Saint-Charles brewmaster Barry Fleischer cut his teeth at Émile Bertrand, the now-shuttered diner where...
Pointe-Saint-Charles has always had a knack for doing things collectively, and Cycle 7 fits right in. A worker-owned bik...
Knox Tavern in Pointe-Saint-Charles has birthed a new project in the form of the neighbourhood slice shop Palomino, loca...
