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Star Bar is an essential Montreal hangout for Pizza Bouquet slices, cheap drinks, and packed events
How a 15-year promise between friends at a bar transformed into a social sanctuary where trivia nights sell out, the pizza's hot, the beer's cold, and everyone's welcome.
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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.
Drogheria Fine’s $5 gnocchi is Montreal’s street food loophole
A unique workaround for the city's outdated street food laws.
Royalmount's new Italian dining hall Siamo Noi asks Montreal to think bigger
A challenge to the city’s love affair with small, intimate restaurants with dinner and a show.
The nomadic kitchen of Pasta Pooks has set up camp in Little Italy
From pop-ups to permanence, Montreal’s most raucous pasta operation finds a home—with the same energy, same chaos, and even better carbs.
This is Even, a Mile-Ex hybrid café-roastery with deep intent
An exhibition of immersed planning in coffee, hospitality, design, and craftsmanship.
Nothing makes sense and everything works inside Chez Jean-Paul's kitchen
Late-blooming chef Isaël Gadoua built a 35-seat La Petite-Patrie spot where creativity trumps convention, offering one of Montreal's most uncompromising menus.
Montreal brasserie Molenne is an institution in the making
The future of Montreal dining looks a lot like its past.
Leila serves up a no-hype approach to the Mediterranean in the Mile End
Chef Amine Laabi puts social media aside to focus on a restaurant of trust, simplicity, and solid cooking.
Portuguese chicken and poutine reached new heights at this Montreal churrascaria
An institution serving up the best rotisserie, and the poutine that iconically blends two culinary traditions it led to.
The best donuts in Montreal aren't on the island, they're at Deux Becs
Call 'em inventive pastries, call 'em killer donuts from a Californian Montrealer.
Taglio revives the old butchery ways with a 50-year-old Pointe-Saint-Charles smokehouse
Honouring old-school techniques with a hands-on approach, Taglio's butchery and Montreal smoked meat keep the city's food heritage alive.
Oncle Lee's Kǎo puts modern Chinese-American on the menu in Old Montreal
Taking inspiration from Chinese street-style shaokao barbecue, this deeply personal project reflects what its chef loves about cooking.
Fin Soda’s zero-proof cocktails and the Montreal hospitality behind them
What happens when two bartenders experiment in their kitchen during a pandemic lockdown?
Wild catches and Japanese imports with Sushi Nishinokaze in the Mile End
With just eight seats, curated ceramics, and a commitment to both tradition and local sourcing, this omakase is where every detail tells a story.