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Stories, guides, and reporting that make sense of Montreal — its culture, neighbourhoods, and everyday life.
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For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.
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.
For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.
A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
Explore MontrealThe places earning the most love from our readers and community right now.
Recently added to the directory.
A guide to the very best of Montreal, curated by our editors and the voices we feature in our stories.
Explore MontrealThe places earning the most love from our readers and community right now.
Recently added to the directory.
From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.
From a rare workshop hidden in the Plateau, Yves and Benoît Beaupré spend months crafting Baroque harpsichords whose sound resists perfect precision.
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.
Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.
Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
From garage racks to curated closets, here's where to start digging for stylish castoffs that got a second life.
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.
From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates—this is where to eat when it matters.
Where work gets dodged, books get read and written, and half the city seems to be locked in conversation.
Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.
Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.
From garage racks to curated closets, here's where to start digging for stylish castoffs that got a second life.
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.
CELEBRATING DAD
Everything you need to make his day.
From 70-cent burgers to a 25-course omakase, Montreal's got dad covered this June 21.
Lemongrass cast iron beef, wagyu temaki in the Old Port, pomegranate duck confit, and a Xinjiang-raised chef rewriting Chinese food on Beaubien.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
All manner of eggs, bagels, and sometimes the odd bottomless mimosa: This is Montreal's brunch scene, mapped.
Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.
CELEBRATING DAD
Everything you need to make his day.
From 70-cent burgers to a 25-course omakase, Montreal's got dad covered this June 21.
Lemongrass cast iron beef, wagyu temaki in the Old Port, pomegranate duck confit, and a Xinjiang-raised chef rewriting Chinese food on Beaubien.
It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.
All manner of eggs, bagels, and sometimes the odd bottomless mimosa: This is Montreal's brunch scene, mapped.
Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.
The best of Montreal's culinary scene
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.
A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.
Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.
Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.
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.
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.
Inside a raw concrete space on Murray Street, banana-infused espresso and matcha drinks anchor a broader ambition to become part of the neighbourhood’s daily rhythm.
Set inside a former Mile End bakery, two Bouillon Bilk alumni are pairing French-influenced cooking with private import wines and a handcrafted dining room.
The best of Montreal's culinary scene
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.
A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.
Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.
Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.
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.
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.
Inside a raw concrete space on Murray Street, banana-infused espresso and matcha drinks anchor a broader ambition to become part of the neighbourhood’s daily rhythm.
Set inside a former Mile End bakery, two Bouillon Bilk alumni are pairing French-influenced cooking with private import wines and a handcrafted dining room.
Shop The Main's Dépanneur. Open 24/7.
Shop The Main's Dépanneur. Open 24/7.
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