Winter has arrived fast, and sometimes a stroll through the streets of Montreal turns into a battle against the elements: slippery ice, accumulating snow, small gravel chips that destroy our favorite boots, swirls of icy wind.
But it’s also the season for the holidays, figure skating, skiing, cozy fireside readings and, above all, hot chocolate.
In addition to the obligatory trip to all the holiday markets to drink hot chocolate with a mountain of marshmallows and a candy cane melting in it, we’re going to make a list of hot chocolates all over town.
That way, all winter long, our next Montreal hot chocolate will never be far away…
1.Olive + Gourmando, in Royalmount
At Olive + Gourmando, hot chocolate is orange…
Where? Olive + Gourmando, Royalmount, 5060 Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse
2.Hof Kelsten
At the Hof Kelsten bakery, accompany your old-fashioned hot chocolate with a babka or a bowl of borscht (for experts only) and leave with one of the city’s best pannetones.
Where? 4524 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
3.Melk
At Melk on Stanley Street, the hot chocolate is classic, but with a hint of vanilla and extra marshmallows because you deserve it after the trek from the Peel metro to the café door.
Where? 1206 Stanley Street
4.Carlota Mexican Bakery
At Carlota’s Mexican bakery, hot chocolate is served with vanilla or chocolate concha. ..
Where? 4804 rue Saint-Urbain
5.Mom
At Café Maman, Griffintown’s brunch temple for girlies , you can drink hot chocolate that tastes like an afternoon in the countryside, or its variant, lavender hot chocolate.
Where? 1524 Notre-Dame Street West
6.Café Névé
Café Névé’s hot chocolate is one of the most charming and emblematic on the Plateau Mont-Royal, and a must this winter…
Where? 151 rue Rachel Est
Enjoy your hot chocolate!