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    Brocard proves traditional Syrian food can feel brand new
    Food & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    Brocard proves traditional Syrian food can feel brand new

    A young team, an open kitchen, and recipes passed down through generations: Meet Talal Sabbagh's new spot on Saint-Laurent.

    How Monkland Tavern shaped Montreal's restaurant scene over 30 years
    Food & Drink
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    How Monkland Tavern shaped Montreal's restaurant scene over 30 years

    The NDG institution and best-kept industry secret that helped launch some of Montreal's best chefs.

    Why Empire thinks it will thrive in a struggling  downtown core
    Montreal, Inc.
    J.P. Karwacki

    Why Empire thinks it will thrive in a struggling downtown core

    Phil Grisé is opening a 26,000-square-foot skate shop in a building Archambault couldn't hold on to —because to him, physical retail isn't dead, it just needs to be worth the trip.

    How cold-climate wine is made at David McMillan's Hayfield Farm vineyard
    Beyond Montreal
    Scott Usheroff

    How cold-climate wine is made at David McMillan's Hayfield Farm vineyard

    Following the Joe Beef co-founder through two days of cold-climate viticulture harvests where hospitality takes the form of al fresco meals, crushed grapes underfoot, and relentless labour.

    Boulangerie Marguerita has been baking bread the same way for over a century
    Food & Drink
    Ivy Lerner-Frank

    Boulangerie Marguerita has been baking bread the same way for over a century

    The Little Italy bakery that could: Still hand-rolling loaves in its original 1910 brick oven, still telling real estate speculators it's not for sale, just for bread.

    Farewell, Valérie Plante: A letter for Montreal's first woman mayor and her legacy
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    Farewell, Valérie Plante: A letter for Montreal's first woman mayor and her legacy

    You didn't fix everything, but in many key respects, you left Montreal better than you found it.

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    Things to do in Montreal this November

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    When rubbing shoulders with death is your full-time gig

    "In my first months working in funeral services, I immediately realized it was going to profoundly change my perception of life."

    When McGill med students went grave-robbing for science
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    When McGill med students went grave-robbing for science

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    A new city gateway and memorial with the Montreal Irish Monument Park
    Design
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    A new city gateway and memorial with the Montreal Irish Monument Park

    An incoming commemorative park design makes the Black Rock accessible for the first time with public space honouring 6,000 Irish famine victims and the Montrealers who tried to save them.

    How Mile-Ex launched (and lost) Montreal's warehouse pop explosion
    Arts & Culture
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    How Mile-Ex launched (and lost) Montreal's warehouse pop explosion

    From 2006 to 2016, Mile-Ex's DIY spaces launched Grimes, Mac DeMarco, TOPS, and one of Montreal's most productive music scenes. Then it was all killed off.

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    The Bulletin: Who's afraid of the big bad weekend? 😱 [Issue #153]

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    Opinion: Vote for talent in Montreal's upcoming election, not the party
    Election 2025
    Opinion
    Fede Sanchez

    Opinion: Vote for talent in Montreal's upcoming election, not the party

    Otherwise, we run a heavy risk of being stuck with the same two parties that have governed our city since 2013.

    Taking over Icehouse means inheriting a decade of expectations
    Food & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    Taking over Icehouse means inheriting a decade of expectations

    Preserving the Plateau's Tex-Mex institution means proving yourself every single night.

    Montreal’s new underground social scene is all about dinners, drawing, and apartment galleries
    Arts & Culture
    Prachi Khandekar

    Montreal’s new underground social scene is all about dinners, drawing, and apartment galleries

    A new wave of gatherings in Montreal—dinners with strangers, life drawing, and apartment galleries—is bringing back the risk and reward of unscripted human contact.

    What's it take to create a political party from scratch?
    Election 2025
    J.P. Karwacki

    What's it take to create a political party from scratch?

    Two new parties trying to crack Montreal's 2025 election with grassroots outreach and Discord servers instead of establishment war chests.

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