Food & Drink

"We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger

Two decades in, the chef and co-owner on sobriety, restaurant math, and how to run a twenty-year-old restaurant without becoming a museum.

Food & Drink

Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads

A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.

Food & Drink

Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List

Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.

Food & Drink

The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime

Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.

Food & Drink

The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur

How a fictional Lafleur employee became a Quebec social-media sensation before a fake death sparked backlash, confusion, and an unexpected second act for the actress behind the character.

Food & Drink

30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty

Carlos Ferreira built his Peel Street restaurant to represent a larger vision of Portugal. Three decades later, his daughters are helping carry that ambition into its next era.

Food & Drink

Chouchou Is the Modern Chinese Bistro Our City's Been Missing

Chef Chouchou Jia spent years cooking in French and Italian kitchens before opening their first restaurant, and the result is unlike anything else in town.

Food & Drink

Peel Pub Is Coming Back

Eight months after closing, the downtown institution has new owners, a renovation, and a reopening before St. Patrick's Day.

Food & Drink

The Fancy Cocktail Bar Isn't Dead, But Andrew Whibley Wouldn't Open One Today

The Cloakroom founder on value over flash, the scene's missing middle, and what Montreal's bar culture still needs to figure out.

Food & Drink

Quebec's Wine Scene Is the Best It's Ever Been

As climate change reshapes traditional wine regions, Quebec's winemakers, sommeliers, and natural wine bars are ready for their moment.

Food & Drink

Nita Tout Garni Is Closing After Five Years in the Mile End

The team signed off this week with a note of gratitude to their regulars.

Food & Drink

Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet

From producers and artisans to chefs and sommeliers, the industry gathered in Montreal to celebrate its own ecosystem and signal where the province's gastronomy is heading next.

Food & Drink

"We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger

Two decades in, the chef and co-owner on sobriety, restaurant math, and how to run a twenty-year-old restaurant without becoming a museum.

Food & Drink

Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads

A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.

Food & Drink

Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List

Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.

Food & Drink

The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime

Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.

Food & Drink

The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur

How a fictional Lafleur employee became a Quebec social-media sensation before a fake death sparked backlash, confusion, and an unexpected second act for the actress behind the character.

Food & Drink

30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty

Carlos Ferreira built his Peel Street restaurant to represent a larger vision of Portugal. Three decades later, his daughters are helping carry that ambition into its next era.

Food & Drink

Chouchou Is the Modern Chinese Bistro Our City's Been Missing

Chef Chouchou Jia spent years cooking in French and Italian kitchens before opening their first restaurant, and the result is unlike anything else in town.

Food & Drink

Peel Pub Is Coming Back

Eight months after closing, the downtown institution has new owners, a renovation, and a reopening before St. Patrick's Day.

Food & Drink

The Fancy Cocktail Bar Isn't Dead, But Andrew Whibley Wouldn't Open One Today

The Cloakroom founder on value over flash, the scene's missing middle, and what Montreal's bar culture still needs to figure out.

Food & Drink

Quebec's Wine Scene Is the Best It's Ever Been

As climate change reshapes traditional wine regions, Quebec's winemakers, sommeliers, and natural wine bars are ready for their moment.

Food & Drink

Nita Tout Garni Is Closing After Five Years in the Mile End

The team signed off this week with a note of gratitude to their regulars.

Food & Drink

Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet

From producers and artisans to chefs and sommeliers, the industry gathered in Montreal to celebrate its own ecosystem and signal where the province's gastronomy is heading next.