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    Food & Drink

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    Le Mousso Has Closed After 11 Years of Reshaping Montreal Dining
    AnnaClare Sung

    Le Mousso Has Closed After 11 Years of Reshaping Montreal Dining

    Antonin Mousseau-Rivard's acclaimed restaurant leaves behind a vision of hyper-local Quebec gastronomy that will outlast its final service.

    Le Dépanneur Café Is a Last Bastion of Bohemian Mile End
    Kaitlyn DiBartolo

    Le Dépanneur Café Is a Last Bastion of Bohemian Mile End

    Owner Jeremy Anderson calls himself a steward rather than a creator, and likens the room to a reforestation project: build the right conditions, and the culture grows back.

    Montreal’s "Middle-Aged" Restaurants Are Better Than Ever
    Ivy Lerner-Frank

    Montreal’s "Middle-Aged" Restaurants Are Better Than Ever

    Once the opening buzz fades and the lists move on, some restaurants enter their most interesting years.

    Can Montreal’s Korean Food Scene Move Beyond the Familiar?
    Jason Gisoo Kim

    Can Montreal’s Korean Food Scene Move Beyond the Familiar?

    Local restaurateurs are pushing beyond bibimbap and bulgogi. Whether the city is ready to follow is another question.

    Saint-Henri's Smallest Café Says the Most About Where Cafés Are Going
    J.P. Karwacki

    Saint-Henri's Smallest Café Says the Most About Where Cafés Are Going

    With three hundred square feet for 1.2 million visitors a year, the smallest room in the café brand's network signals a lot for where the industry's at.

    First Bite to Last Set: Eating Your Way Through Montreal's Festival Season
    J.P. Karwacki

    First Bite to Last Set: Eating Your Way Through Montreal's Festival Season

    A game plan for dining options at OSHEAGA, îLESONIQ, LASSO: what to grab on-site, and what's worth saving room for after the sun sets.

    What Defines Montreal’s New Generation of Pizza?
    Rachel Cheng

    What Defines Montreal’s New Generation of Pizza?

    Roaming pop-ups to brick-and-mortar shops alike are pairing global techniques with Quebec ingredients to keep the city’s most democratic food within reach.

    Park-Ex Pizzeria Nonno’s Is Taking the Slice Shop in a Different Direction
    J.P. Karwacki

    Park-Ex Pizzeria Nonno’s Is Taking the Slice Shop in a Different Direction

    The new pizzeria pairs a three-day fermented dough with unconventional recipes and a merciful promise to keep whole pies under $40.

    The National Bank Open Is Serving More Than World-Class Tennis
    The Main

    The National Bank Open Is Serving More Than World-Class Tennis

    A fire-driven culinary experience and all-day festivities frame are cherries on top of this year's justifiably weekend-consuming National Bank Open.

    Meet the Class of 2025-26: Can’t-Miss New Restaurants and Bars of Montreal
    J.P. Karwacki

    Meet the Class of 2025-26: Can’t-Miss New Restaurants and Bars of Montreal

    Every year produces bars and restaurants worth tracking, and Montreal's latest is a strong showing.

    Tsatsu Gbedemah Is Building His Own Table
    J.P. Karwacki

    Tsatsu Gbedemah Is Building His Own Table

    The WILLS Director of Operations on hospitality, leadership, and creating the kind of space he never saw when he entered Montreal’s restaurant industry.

    Sample Is a Cocktail Bar Built For Sound
    J.P. Karwacki

    Sample Is a Cocktail Bar Built For Sound

    An Old Montreal bar where hi-fi sound, curated records, and conversation take precedence. There are still plenty of highballs, though.

    One Pizzaiolo's Eleven-Year Obsession Is NDG's Best-Kept Secret
    J.P. Karwacki

    One Pizzaiolo's Eleven-Year Obsession Is NDG's Best-Kept Secret

    Years of studying Roman tradition led Giuseppe Sacchetti to an unexpected conclusion: the pizza he wanted to make wasn’t purely Italian, but it was unmistakably Montreal.

    The Instagram DM Era of Hospitality Hiring Is Over
    J.P. Karwacki

    The Instagram DM Era of Hospitality Hiring Is Over

    Between flooded inboxes, ghost interviews, and AI-spam CVs, hospitality hiring has been broken for years. A new app wants to fix it.

    "We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger
    J.P. Karwacki

    "We Built This Place to Party": Chuck Hughes on Twenty Years of Garde Manger

    Two decades in, the chef and co-owner on sobriety, restaurant math, and how to run a twenty-year-old restaurant without becoming a museum.

    Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads
    J.P. Karwacki

    Bistrot Fortune Cooks Straight Out of Montreal’s Cultural Crossroads

    A modern Vietnamese bistro from three longtime hospitality veterans, where diaspora identity and Latin American influences shape a distinctly Montreal menu.

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