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    Every Place Anthony Bourdain Ate and Drank in Montreal, Mapped
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    Every Place Anthony Bourdain Ate and Drank in Montreal, Mapped

    Here's where the chef ate his way through the city across No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown.

    These are the oldest restaurants in Montreal
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    These Are the Oldest Restaurants in Montreal

    Still serving after all these years: A tour through the institutions that fed generations and helped define Montreal’s food identity.

    There's nothing like eating at these classic Montreal diners
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    There's Nothing Like Eating at These Classic Montreal Diners

    Grab a booth or stool, order up, and tuck in.

    All of the best smoked meat in Montreal, mapped
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    All of the Best Smoked Meat in Montreal, Mapped

    From legendary old-school delis to new-guard smokers working at full tilt, here's where to find the city's best brisket.

    The best bagels in Montreal
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    The Best Bagels in Montreal

    Our most iconic shops, from century-old institutions to small local favourites—all shaping the city’s bagel culture.

    The only guide you'll need to the best poutine in Montreal
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    The Only Guide You'll Need to the Best Poutine in Montreal

    Decades-old diners, neighbourhood legends, and a few sleeper hits.

    A guide to Italian dining in Montreal
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    A Guide to Italian Dining in Montreal

    Multi-generational institutions, next-wave pasta spots, and everything in between.

    Old-school icons and modern grills: Montreal's best steakhouses
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    Old-school Icons and Modern Grills: Montreal's Best Steakhouses

    Cutting through the noise to find the best spots for a perfectly seared and deeply satisfying steak.

    Montreal's Best Restaurants Right Now: Curated and Mapped Out
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    Montreal's Best Restaurants Right Now: Curated and Mapped Out

    From boundary-pushing tasting menus to perfected single plates: updated monthly, argued over constantly.

    Where to Find the Best Cafés in Montreal
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    Where to Find the Best Cafés in Montreal

    Second living rooms, third-wave pours, and the neighbourhood haunts that hold this city's coffee culture together.

    Montreal's most romantic restaurants
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    Montreal's Most Romantic Restaurants

    Intimate, theatrical, memorable: the spots that make an evening feel like an occasion.

    Montreal's best bookstores, mapped
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    Montreal's Best Bookstores, Mapped

    Rare finds, curated shelves, and community hubs across the city.

    A Complete Guide to Montreal's Best Vintage Stores, Thrift Shops, and Second-Hand Gems
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    A Complete Guide to Montreal's Best Vintage Stores, Thrift Shops, and Second-Hand Gems

    The friperies, warehouses, and one 26,000-square-foot wildcard keeping good clothes in circulation.

    Local Montreal shops for the permanently curious
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    Local Montreal Shops for the Permanently Curious

    It's wandering, but rewarded: Shop local, shop curious, and let these spots surprise you.

    Where to find the best listening bars and vinyl cafés in Montreal
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    Where to Find the Best Listening Bars and Vinyl Cafés in Montreal

    Lean back and listen in at these vinyl-heavy addresses in the city with slow, intentional, and mature atmospheres inspired by Japanese jazz kissa.

    Everything you need to make the most of Montreal.

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      For 70 years, Caffè Italia has been a family inheritance, an immigrant gathering place, and a witness to a city's transformation.

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    The Three City Blocks That Became a Filipino Heartland
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    The Three City Blocks That Became a Filipino Heartland

    For generations of immigrants and their children, the streets around Plamondon metro are the cultural centre of Filipino life in Montreal.

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    Café Cadence Brings Japanese Baking and ’80s Design to Chinatown

    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.

    The Dominican Food You Skip in Punta Cana Is Cooking in Villeray
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    The Dominican Food You Skip in Punta Cana Is Cooking in Villeray

    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.

    The Last Good Weeks: An Alley Party and Zine Launch to Celebrate the Harvest
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    Montreal Lands Four Finalists on Air Canada's Best New Restaurants

    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.

    Routy Nails the Date Night Ambiance, but the Kitchen Is the Real Draw
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    Routy Nails the Date Night Ambiance, but the Kitchen Is the Real Draw

    Éric Berlin and Grégoire Routy have remade their longtime Van Horne address with a more intimate room and ambitious Mediterranean cooking.

    Summer’s Winding Down, but Piazza di Mano Is Just Getting Started
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    A once-vacant lot in Griffintown has become a neighbourhood gathering spot. The people behind it hope this summer is only the beginning.

    Le Grand Comité Is a Neighbourhood Bistro Upstairs (With a Secret Society Down Below)
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    Le Grand Comité Is a Neighbourhood Bistro Upstairs (With a Secret Society Down Below)

    Above, Rémi Lemieux is betting downtown can sustain a neighbourhood haunt; below, he is creating an intimate testing ground for his most personal cooking.

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    HENI Had the Accolades. Frango’s Wants the Crowd.

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    Everyone's Street, Nobody's Neighbourhood: The Story of Plaza St-Hubert

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    Format MTL Marks a Resurgence in Montreal’s Design Scene

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