MONTREAL'S CULTURAL DIRECTORY
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Stories, guides, and reporting that make sense of Montreal — its culture, neighbourhoods, and everyday life.
Explore restaurants, cafés, galleries, and places worth knowing — searchable by neighbourhood, category, and what's around you.
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Mile End · Bookstore
Old Montreal · Bookstore
Verdun · Bookstore
Saint-Henri · Bookstore
Shaughnessy Village · Bookstore
Milton Park · Bookstore
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Bookstore
Downtown · Bookstore
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Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
The latest city guides from The Main.
The morning-after menus worth staying awake for.
Bean-to-bar makers, French-trained chocolatiers, and the spots that blur the line between shop, café, and gallery.
The hidden bars, back rooms, and basement cocktail dens worth seeking out.
Vintage dealers, local makers, and the design shops worth knowing about.
Wine bars, counters, and rooms that have perfect tables for one.
Birria specialists, Oaxacan breakfast spots, weekend food courts, and the taquerias that do it best.
Running stores, cooking supplies, boxing gyms, you name it: A guide to gearing up for the year ahead.
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A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
Little Italy · Restaurant
La Petite-Patrie · Nightlife
Ahuntsic-Cartierville · Wine Bar
Ahuntsic-Cartierville · Restaurant
Saint-Calixte · Restaurant
Saint-Lin-Laurentides · Restaurant
Chinatown · Restaurant
La Petite-Patrie · Grocery Store
Pointe-Saint-Charles · Bar
Lachine · Chocolate Shop
Rosemont · Chocolate Shop
A local guide to local rituals, routines, and pleasures big and small that make the season a good one.
From quick after-work laps to full-day drives worth the mileage.
Classic dives with no pretense, plenty of character, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting.
The spots, the broths, the sides—everything you need to eat your way through the city’s landscape.
Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.
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