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Family and the weight of change in Montreal's West End: Arjun Basu's latest novel, The Reeds

In The Reeds, novelist Arjun Basu turns his eye toward Montreal’s West End for an introspective family novel set during a summer of seismic personal shifts.

Montreal’s ‘fake café’ Saturday, a casual hangout turned roaming pop-up

Food & Drink

Montreal’s ‘fake café’ Saturday, a casual hangout turned roaming pop-up

Whether intimately based out of their apartment or expanding out into the real world, Saturday is about maintaining devoted time for people to connect.

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The Bulletin: Halloween parties, a haunted forest trail, and soul-shaking organ performances [Issue #100 🥳]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

The ‘matante’ that launched a thousand ships: Lafleur's 63-year-old fast food cashier, Lucie

Food & Drink

The ‘matante’ that launched a thousand ships: Lafleur's 63-year-old fast food cashier, Lucie

How one classic, family-run business’s franchise rooted in Quebec’s fast-food history made a broader cultural shift in restaurant marketing their own.

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The Bulletin: Montreal in the US election, a vinyl fair, burlesque, and all the fall things 🍁 [Issue #99]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

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The Bulletin: Thanksgiving at the museum, cheap eats for inflationary times, and 30x ramen [Issue #98]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

A Plateau chophouse flips to Bouillon Albert, a 19th-century Paris-inspired eatery

Food & Drink

A Plateau chophouse flips to Bouillon Albert, a 19th-century Paris-inspired eatery

At traditional bouillon restaurants, food should be quick and affordable. This French address asks: Why mess with a good thing?

The third-wave cider of Cidre Intrus, and a chemistry of place

Food & Drink

The third-wave cider of Cidre Intrus, and a chemistry of place

A natural cidery's unconventional experiments in production and branding, and how it's helping push Quebec's unique place on the global scene.

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The Bulletin: One last dance, Oktoberfest, art shows, and where to eat this month [Issue #97]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

The fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-Tout

Food & Drink

The fish, fowl, and finery of NDG's Épicerie Mange-Tout

With a locally-minded line on fish & seafood, meat, booze and dry goods, this fine grocer has good reasons to get high on its own supply.

A Guide to Downtown Montreal with Sandra Ferreira

Enjoy downtown Montreal to the fullest with pointers from one of the neighbourhood’s greatest contemporary restaurateurs.

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The Bulletin: A digital block party, noise bylaws, a massive multi-venue festival, and beer 🍻 [Issue #96]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

Rendez-Vous: Pointe-Claire Gets Another Cool Buvette-Style Restaurant

Food & Drink

Rendez-Vous: Pointe-Claire Gets Another Cool Buvette-Style Restaurant

Feels like there's never been a more intimate service of international, greatest-hits dishes from a spacious kitchen than at Rendez-Vous in Pointe-Claire.

Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running

Arts & Culture

Le Club: Montreal’s crossroads for coffeehouse culture, cycling, and running

When it opened in 2017, Le Club took a different path from traditional bike shops, building new communities around the cultures of cycling and running.

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The Bulletin: Nostalgic cinema, listening parties, tipping culture, and a lot of Negronis [Issue #95]

The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.