A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
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The dishes and dining rooms the city is actually known for.
Guide · 19 places
Here's where the chef ate his way through the city across No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown.
Guide · 38 places
Still serving after all these years: A tour through the institutions that fed generations and helped define Montreal’s food identity.
Guide · 27 places
Grab a booth or stool, order up, and tuck in.
Guide · 16 places
From legendary old-school delis to new-guard smokers working at full tilt, here's where to find the city's best brisket.
Guide · 17 places
Our most iconic shops, from century-old institutions to small local favourites—all shaping the city’s bagel culture.
Guide · 26 places
Decades-old diners, neighbourhood legends, and a few sleeper hits.
Guide · 36 places
Multi-generational institutions, next-wave pasta spots, and everything in between.
Guide · 18 places
Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.
Guide · 43 places
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates: updated monthly, argued over constantly.
Guide · 41 places
Second living rooms, third-wave pours, and the neighbourhood haunts that hold this city's coffee culture together.
Guide · 43 places
Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.
Guide · 28 places
Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
Guide · 29 places
The friperies, warehouses, and one 26,000-square-foot wildcard keeping good clothes in circulation.
Guide · 29 places
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.
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.
Like articles and places to build your own lists — a personal way to keep track of the city you love.
Shop The Main's Dépanneur. Open 24/7.
For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.
An in-depth conversation with Ferlucci’s founders on 11 years in Villeray and what comes next as the café expands.
Sandos, matcha and seasonal lunches fill the menu, but a Japanese baker’s answer to the coffee shop croissant is drawing much of the attention.
For the city's three Dominican restaurants, cooking for the community is only half the business. The other half is getting everyone else to the table.
Come celebrate the peak of the harvest season with us, and pick up a new special edition magazine.
A Petite-Patrie bistro, a market smokehouse, a yakitori counter and a Korean steakhouse are in the running for the 2026 Top 10 in November.
Éric Berlin and Grégoire Routy have remade their longtime Van Horne address with a more intimate room and ambitious Mediterranean cooking.
A once-vacant lot in Griffintown has become a neighbourhood gathering spot. The people behind it hope this summer is only the beginning.
Above, Rémi Lemieux is betting downtown can sustain a neighbourhood haunt; below, he is creating an intimate testing ground for his most personal cooking.
The best of Montreal's culinary scene
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