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The Best New Restaurants in Montreal [April 2025]
A British-French-Italian brasserie, a no-rules pasta counter, and a polished izakaya are just a few of the standouts among the 25 best new restaurants in Montreal this April.
Old Habits fish sauce from Vancouver Island is true Canadian umami
Nathan Gawalko left high-end restaurants across the world to bottle ancient traditions of fish, salt, and time on British Columbia's coast.
P’tit Ours and La Toscadura bring new blood to Montreal's live music and social scenes
With affordable booking and DIY ethos, the latest venues in the city are giving local artists something rare: a place to play.
The dining theatrics and dark history of Montreal's infamous restaurant Au Lutin qui Bouffe
Fine French cuisine, tableside photo sessions with piglets, and a botched robbery that marked the beginning of an end.
Esti d'franglais podcast captures Montreal's bilingual reality the way politicians won't
Putting the city's code-switching culture on record, one episode's sparked more honest conversation about Quebec identity than most news panels can manage in a season.
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The Bulletin: The raw energy of collisions, crossovers, and reinventions [Issue #122]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Things to do in Montreal during April
From Easter feasts and art fairs to literary gatherings and Mozart’s masterpieces.
Maine's Cutty Sark Motel is just what the doctor ordered
A coastal escape where every room has ocean views.
The butcher who paints: The creative lives of Montreal's Philip Viens
How dedication to craft shapes charcuterie and canvases.
Photographer Rose Cormier documents where Montreal's music thrives as venues vanish
Half on stage, half in the crowd: Documenting communities at a crossroads.
Meet the new custodians of Aux 2 Clochers, an Eastern Townships institution of 35 years
When Montreal veterans end up with the keys to a local legend of the region they call home.
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The Bulletin: A defrosting city's sugar shack festivities and new café action [Issue #121]
The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.
Are cafés the new bars?
As bars struggle and alcohol sales drop, cafés are stepping in to redefine how Montrealers socialize.
Foil Gallery challenges the traditional art gallery model in Mile-Ex
It’s part gallery, part café, part bar, and, at its core, a place where art is both observed and experienced.
The emergence of Montreal's unofficial Koreatown
A community’s quiet roots, a cultural wave, and the making of a new landmark.