Le Bulletin : Une Fête de Sandwichs À la Tomate, Bocce 'n' Pizza, un Salon de Thé sur le Plateau, et des Cornetti Caldi pour Ferragosto [Numéro #194]

The long-awaited Jinjin teahouse, inspired by Chinese tea culture, soft-opens from its new Plateau storefront. Head over for tea, matcha, hojicha, and snacks.

Beaubien’s new restaurant, Sans Recette, is in soft opening. Enjoy a short menu from chef Maxim, featuring whatever products are in season, with wine and service from Baptiste.

A new public space snack bar, Piazza di Mano, has opened in Griffintown. Celebrate the opening on August 13 starting at 5 p.m. with games, including bocce, pizza from Corner Pizza, and wine from Mano Cornuto.

Stop by Nevski for its weekly Jazz & Orange Wine on Thursdays—reservations recommended.

Montreal Ribfest is making its next stop in Pierrefonds from August 14 to 16.

Enjoy a 10-course menu prepared by chef Ethan Vranic for $100 at Rien d’autre popup on August 15. Reserve here.

Mellön Brasserie is turning full funk on August 15 from noon til late: 14 beers, 2 new wild beer launches from Mellön, food from Pizza Toni, and a DJ set.

Zamelek turns 6 and is celebrating at Pumpui on August 15 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m with grilled food from Sabai-D and a new lime iced tea.

Mifigue in Orford are selling picnic baskets on August 15: $30 for a sandwich, crudités from Ferme les Radicelles and a can of cider from Cidre Intrus. Plus slush, organic vegetable stand, and Mifigue’s regular menu.

Panzeria and Baristello are collaborating for a Ferragosto celebration on August 16 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. with a special menu, aperitifs and cornetti caldi.

Le KiKid will be at Haute Saison on August 16 for a Malaysian-inspired pop-up with satays, baos, and drinks. The menu is priced at $65 per person for five courses.

Castel Franco’s sixth edition of Sandwich aux Tomates returns to Parc du Portugal on August 16 starting at 11 a.m.

The Festival des vins vivants du Québec is back for its second edition, this year at les Soeurs Racines in Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge on August 16 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Discover wines from over 20 wineries across the province.

Here, you'll find a weekly round-up of our stories from the past week, plus the latest local news.

Tiga’s here; he never left. Ahead of his îLESONIQ set alongside Boys Noize, the DJ and producer explains why, after 25 years, a city that doesn't quite work never sent him packing. Read more.

Dominic Sessa had never read Kitchen Confidential when he was cast as Anthony Bourdain. We spoke to the actor about playing the dishwasher before the fame, in a Provincetown kitchen where the current owner still remembers the real thing. Read more.

Le Dépanneur Café’s new owner Jeremy Anderson didn't want to reinvent Mile End's scruffiest café. He wanted to let its old culture grow back on its own. Read more.

Montreal is an island city with almost nowhere to touch the water, a problem entirely of our own making, and one Paris, Vienna, and Chicago have already solved. Read more.

The Village’s rainbow balls came down in 2019, per the request of designer Claude Cormier. Eight years and one mayoral announcement later, they’re coming back without him. Read more.

Blue line extensions, new trains, better accessibility: Montreal's transit authorities have no shortage of ambition, just a chronic shortage of the money to actually pay for it. Read more.

Speaking of which: The Blue line's 2031 extension can't run the old MR-73s, so Montreal's busiest line inherits the 1976 Olympic-era trains, soon to be the oldest in the world. Read more.

Red booths, smoked meat and round-the-clock hours kept the Dollard-des-Ormeaux Chenoys going since 1974. The company behind it filed for bankruptcy in April with over $1 million in liabilities, then tried to take it back in court and lost. Read more.

Rockland Centre sold in May for one dollar, twelve years after Cominar paid $271.6 million for it. The buyer is a numbered company now run by a luxury condo developer, which tells you plenty about what T.M.R.'s oldest mall might become. Read more.

Over the years, Notre-Dame Street East has seen project after project stall. One La Presse columnist spent the summer walking the street, and discovering what its future has in store. Read more.

Long before prestige TV took Indigenous history seriously, this 1993 Radio-Canada miniseries shocked viewers with a dramatic intensity rarely seen on Quebec screens. Read more.

From Angine de Poitrine to Safia Nolin, more Quebec musicians are ditching record labels altogether, trading the machine behind them for full control of the art and the money. Read more.

Reading and writing workshops in Laval jails have been going strong for three years, run by the city’s libraries. A line in the 2026 budget just ended the initiative, and the opposition isn't letting it go quietly. Read more.

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