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      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.

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List
      J.P. Karwacki

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List

      Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime
      J.P. Karwacki

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime

      Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.

      The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur
      Hugo Meunier @ URBANIA

      The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur

      How a fictional Lafleur employee became a Quebec social-media sensation before a fake death sparked backlash, confusion, and an unexpected second act for the actress behind the character.

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty
      Ivy Lerner-Frank

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty

      Carlos Ferreira built his Peel Street restaurant to represent a larger vision of Portugal. Three decades later, his daughters are helping carry that ambition into its next era.

      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room
      J.P. Karwacki

      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room

      Inside a raw concrete space on Murray Street, banana-infused espresso and matcha drinks anchor a broader ambition to become part of the neighbourhood’s daily rhythm.

      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way
      J.P. Karwacki

      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way

      Set inside a former Mile End bakery, two Bouillon Bilk alumni are pairing French-influenced cooking with private import wines and a handcrafted dining room.

      Michelin Expands Its Quebec Guide With New Stars Across Montreal and Beyond
      J.P. Karwacki

      Michelin Expands Its Quebec Guide With New Stars Across Montreal and Beyond

      Michelin’s second Québec selection adds four new One Stars while continuing to push the guide beyond Montreal’s usual fine dining conversation.

      Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet
      Ariane Gonzalez

      Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet

      From producers and artisans to chefs and sommeliers, the industry gathered in Montreal to celebrate its own ecosystem and signal where the province's gastronomy is heading next.

      Montreal Wanted the Michelin Guide. Now It Has to Live With It.
      J.P. Karwacki

      Montreal Wanted the Michelin Guide. Now It Has to Live With It.

      As Quebec’s second Michelin Guide approaches, longtime critic Lesley Chesterman questions whether the city’s restaurants are built for what the guide rewards—and what chasing stars really costs.

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      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.

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List
      J.P. Karwacki

      Four Montreal Restaurants Make North America’s 50 Best List

      Canada placed 14 restaurants on the 2026 list, five of them in the top ten.

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime
      J.P. Karwacki

      The Plateau Restaurant That Feeds the City on Its Own Dime

      Mama Khan's Abdul Raziq Khan wouldn't have it any other way.

      The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur
      Hugo Meunier @ URBANIA

      The Life and Death (and Afterlife) of Lucie Lafleur

      How a fictional Lafleur employee became a Quebec social-media sensation before a fake death sparked backlash, confusion, and an unexpected second act for the actress behind the character.

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty
      Ivy Lerner-Frank

      30 Years Later, Ferreira Is Building a Portuguese Hospitality Dynasty

      Carlos Ferreira built his Peel Street restaurant to represent a larger vision of Portugal. Three decades later, his daughters are helping carry that ambition into its next era.

      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room
      J.P. Karwacki

      Café BRUT Wants to Be Griffintown’s Living Room

      Inside a raw concrete space on Murray Street, banana-infused espresso and matcha drinks anchor a broader ambition to become part of the neighbourhood’s daily rhythm.

      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way
      J.P. Karwacki

      Plume Was Built the Old-Fashioned Way

      Set inside a former Mile End bakery, two Bouillon Bilk alumni are pairing French-influenced cooking with private import wines and a handcrafted dining room.

      Michelin Expands Its Quebec Guide With New Stars Across Montreal and Beyond
      J.P. Karwacki

      Michelin Expands Its Quebec Guide With New Stars Across Montreal and Beyond

      Michelin’s second Québec selection adds four new One Stars while continuing to push the guide beyond Montreal’s usual fine dining conversation.

      Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet
      Ariane Gonzalez

      Inside the 2026 Lauriers Gala, Quebec’s Culinary Red Carpet

      From producers and artisans to chefs and sommeliers, the industry gathered in Montreal to celebrate its own ecosystem and signal where the province's gastronomy is heading next.

      Montreal Wanted the Michelin Guide. Now It Has to Live With It.
      J.P. Karwacki

      Montreal Wanted the Michelin Guide. Now It Has to Live With It.

      As Quebec’s second Michelin Guide approaches, longtime critic Lesley Chesterman questions whether the city’s restaurants are built for what the guide rewards—and what chasing stars really costs.

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