Winter cocktail terraces in snowy Montreal
Winter in Montreal lasts about 6 months – from November to April. That’s six months of the year when any outdoor stroll around town feels like one of Indiana Jones’ least sexy adventures. Of course, th...
Food & Drink
Montreal’s finest cafés for working with your computer
Montreal has plenty – too many, perhaps – of cafés. There are the big cafés with velvet sofas and stainless steel cups, the little cafés with bamboo stools and ceramic cups that you can buy afterwards, the c...
Where to buy your galette des rois in Montreal?
Oh, the holiday season and all its cakes are over (or in crumbs at the bottom of the fridge), but Epiphany is at the beginning of January. Which means that after a week of yoga, group runs, grated carrots and long walks...
Christmas takeaway: ready-to-eat holiday meals to take home for the festive season
In Montreal, not everyone has an oven big enough for a turkey – and that’s no big deal. We’re lucky to have plenty of options for making (or treating family and friends to) a king’s meal for the...
8 restaurants to try on Montreal’s iconic Plateau
When we talk about Montreal to those who haven’t yet visited, or when we look for videos of the city and its many influencers (now called content creators), one neighborhood is always highlighted for its cool fact...
Au Menu at the McCord Stewart Museum – a retrospective of Montreal’s restaurant scene
This winter, the McCord Stewart Museum’s “Au Menu: une histoire de restaurants” exhibition presents 70 years of dining in Montreal. Every month in Montreal, a new restaurant opens, announcing a new men...
Montreal’s best panettones
Panettone is a sweet Italian bread invented by a Milanese bakery and eaten during the festive season in Italy and around the world. Traditionally, panettone is baked with candied fruit and raisins. It is served with cof...
Cocktails like Santa’s – a festive ephemeral bar in Montreal for the season
Montreal is shivering under a light white coat and the sun is setting earlier and earlier. We were forced to swap our patent shoes and stiletto boots for boots with the little studs underneath. We feared, and rightly so...
Two of Montreal’s favorite restaurants named in La Liste’s Top 1000
In the culinary topography of Montreal, young and not-so-young chefs from all over the world come and go – in every season. Although we’ve heard that opening a restaurant in certain neighborhoods is almost i...
A successful first date in Montreal – our practical guide
It’s officially cuffing season – the season when singles panic and after a summer without thinking about it, think about pairing up to spend the winter in the warmth. In French, it’s been translated as...