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Showing 24 of 94 places in Montreal
Parc La Fontaine is the Plateau’s backyard, a sprawling green expanse where Montrealers claim their patch of grass for p...
Hum is a quiet sanctuary where the kitchen bridges people and the planet. Founded by friends united by their love of foo...
Atelier Retailles is a dynamic and inclusive paper workshop in Montreal that champions creative experimentation. Focused...
For anyone who wants Montreal pride without the tourist trap aesthetic, Artgang has been making locally rooted streetwea...
Dime didn’t start with a business plan—it started with a bunch of Montreal kids skating, filming, and joking their way i...
Café Tere brings a much-needed sense of calm to the Plateau’s Prince Arthur Street. Located beneath the Innocere Yoga st...
With an open kitchen, a close-knit family team, and a menu rooted in Syrian tradition, Brocard makes a strong case for s...
North Star Pinball feels like stepping into a parallel Montréal where the arcade never died and the bar kept the lights...
Café Campus has been part of Montréal’s nightlife vocabulary since 1967, long before Prince-Arthur became a pedestrian h...
Coco Disco Club began as a running joke between partners Loïc Fortin and Manu Jonik—until they turned it into a full-sca...
The Plateau’s Bar Vivar seamlessly melds the rich flavors of Spanish cuisine and an atmosphere reminiscent of intimate S...
Since 1928, Schwartz’s Deli has been a cornerstone of Montreal’s food scene, famous for serving up what many consider th...
A staple of Montreal’s cultural landscape since 1956, Théâtre de Verdure has been reimagined for a new era while staying...
This gallery-boutique on St-Denis Street from Paperole, a Montreal-based publisher, revitalized its area with contempora...
A Montreal institution since 1980 on rue Saint-Denis, L'Express continues to uphold its reputation for timeless French c...
Before it was a park, it was a reservoir. Before that, a neighbourhood in search of an anchor. When the city transformed...
The Argoat has carved out a niche that's genuinely its own. The 25-room property doubles as a working gallery: the owner...
A 23-room boutique hotel in a heritage building on Sherbrooke Est, St-Thomas pitches itself somewhere between the intima...
Forty years in, Chez François continues to offer a genuine Plateau welcome at a price that doesn't require explaining. T...
Kutuma Hotel & Suites is a nine-room boutique property designed around an African aesthetic with earthy tones and textur...
The whole thing started in a basement. In 1996, a corner of the Santropol Roulant where delivery bikes went to rest thei...
It started with eleven sandwiches. In 1995, two waiters from Café Santropol had a hunch that food could bridge the dista...
Dispensaire Microbrasserie has been brewing small-batch beer since 2018, when four friends turned a growler counter into...
Zama's a Mayan-inspired supper club with a design pulling from ancient aesthetics and contemporary finishes: Think textu...
Showing 24 of 94 places in Montreal
Parc La Fontaine is the Plateau’s backyard, a sprawling green expanse where Montrealers claim their patch of grass for p...
Hum is a quiet sanctuary where the kitchen bridges people and the planet. Founded by friends united by their love of foo...
Atelier Retailles is a dynamic and inclusive paper workshop in Montreal that champions creative experimentation. Focused...
For anyone who wants Montreal pride without the tourist trap aesthetic, Artgang has been making locally rooted streetwea...
Dime didn’t start with a business plan—it started with a bunch of Montreal kids skating, filming, and joking their way i...
Café Tere brings a much-needed sense of calm to the Plateau’s Prince Arthur Street. Located beneath the Innocere Yoga st...
With an open kitchen, a close-knit family team, and a menu rooted in Syrian tradition, Brocard makes a strong case for s...
North Star Pinball feels like stepping into a parallel Montréal where the arcade never died and the bar kept the lights...
Café Campus has been part of Montréal’s nightlife vocabulary since 1967, long before Prince-Arthur became a pedestrian h...
Coco Disco Club began as a running joke between partners Loïc Fortin and Manu Jonik—until they turned it into a full-sca...
The Plateau’s Bar Vivar seamlessly melds the rich flavors of Spanish cuisine and an atmosphere reminiscent of intimate S...
Since 1928, Schwartz’s Deli has been a cornerstone of Montreal’s food scene, famous for serving up what many consider th...
A staple of Montreal’s cultural landscape since 1956, Théâtre de Verdure has been reimagined for a new era while staying...
This gallery-boutique on St-Denis Street from Paperole, a Montreal-based publisher, revitalized its area with contempora...
A Montreal institution since 1980 on rue Saint-Denis, L'Express continues to uphold its reputation for timeless French c...
Before it was a park, it was a reservoir. Before that, a neighbourhood in search of an anchor. When the city transformed...
The Argoat has carved out a niche that's genuinely its own. The 25-room property doubles as a working gallery: the owner...
A 23-room boutique hotel in a heritage building on Sherbrooke Est, St-Thomas pitches itself somewhere between the intima...
Forty years in, Chez François continues to offer a genuine Plateau welcome at a price that doesn't require explaining. T...
Kutuma Hotel & Suites is a nine-room boutique property designed around an African aesthetic with earthy tones and textur...
The whole thing started in a basement. In 1996, a corner of the Santropol Roulant where delivery bikes went to rest thei...
It started with eleven sandwiches. In 1995, two waiters from Café Santropol had a hunch that food could bridge the dista...
Dispensaire Microbrasserie has been brewing small-batch beer since 2018, when four friends turned a growler counter into...
Zama's a Mayan-inspired supper club with a design pulling from ancient aesthetics and contemporary finishes: Think textu...
