J.P. Karwacki
JP Karwacki is the managing editor of The Main. His work has previously appeared in Time Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, Time Out, NUVO, and more.
Montreal, Quebec
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The Best New Cafés in Montreal [April 2026]
Freshly baked cakes, vegan donuts, matcha, coworking destinations, and more.
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The Best New Restaurants in Montreal [April 2026]
Big expansions for famous spots, Acadian comforts, burgers with pinpoint accuracy, and more.
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The Best New Bars in Montreal [March 2026]
An 'old Vegas' dive, a sports bar for women's sports, one big German beer hall, and more.
The 41 Best Brunch Spots in Montreal for Long, Lazy Weekends
From greasy spoon classics to elegant all-day affairs—where to eat when the weekend calls.
These Are the Bars We Keep Going Back To
Our guide to the best on offer in Montreal, from cocktail dens to wine bars to our favourite dives.
The 50 Best Restaurants in Montreal Right Now
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
Benoit Tardif: An Illustrator's Guide to Montreal
From spots to work and places to print to undercelebrated artistic curios, few people are better to offer a guide to Montreal from an illustrator’s perspective than this enigmatic artist.
Ferme Quinn: Farming DTC Christmas Trees on the Edges of the City
The Christmas tree industry's experiencing massive changes in supply—we caught up with a farm that's out there growing and chopping to find out how.
The Creative Process Behind the Menus of Montreal's Chefs
Listening in to Montreal's chefs on where their menu creation begins, and what their philosophies of food are.
Pulp Books: Montreal’s New English Bookstore, and the Passion That Built a Neighbourhood Spot
What drove two Montrealers to build a 'third place' for a neighbourhood to while away hours with books—and why they want it that way.
Inside the Walk-ins of Three Montreal Restaurants
Inventory management's integral to a restaurant's survival—so why don't we talk about it?
Into the Uapishka Mountains: Taking Trips Outside with a Worldwide Winter Film Tour
Focused on uncommon journeys in the mountains, the Arc'teryx Winter Film Tour takes the urban moviegoer out into the far flung reaches of the world.
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The Canadian Roasting Society: At the Crossroads of Montreal's Coffee Culture [Watch]
There's vibrant and thriving community brewing in the CRS, a unique place to engage with coffee in ways you can’t find elsewhere in the city (or Canada).
How Puces POP Drives a Local, Handmade Economy of Montreal Artisans
Nearly two decades in, and POP Montreal's Puces POP has earned its place as one to discover the city's shifting trends in its design, crafts, and art scenes.
A Man Named Dandurand, and the First Cars to Ride the Streets of Montreal
At a time before potholes, when horseless carriages ran free.
"Creatives Dictate This City": Inside 20 Years of the Montreal Designer Fair SOUK
The roaming showcase of Montreal designers' work—both recognized and not—and the exceptional modern lifestyle objects they create for the everyday.
Deep in the Juice with Zamalek: Blending Egyptian Karkadé Tea with Mile End Culture
How the Mile End scene of the twenty-tens and Egyptian heritage brewed a drink Montreal today couldn't do without.
Mary Gallagher & an Enduring Tale of Murder in 19th-century Griffintown
An infamous death and haunting from the city's Irish working-class past and once-chaotic streets buried below today's condos.
Age, Grace & Ice: The Royal Montreal Curling Club, North America's Oldest Sports Club
The oldest established and active sports club—let alone the oldest curling club, period—on the entire continent is right here at home.
