Category: Restaurants
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A New Wine and Coffee Spot Is Open
Late last year, Bazarette opened it doors to cocktail, wine and coffee lovers lovers alike. Owned, in part, by the same group that owns the Montreal Canadiens, Bazarette aims to offer an alternative to the gaggle of “American” sports-centric bars in the area. Perfectly positioned near the Bell Centre and Lucien L’Allier train and metro…
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The Dishes That Wowed Us at Tbsp.
The W Montreal has seen its fair share of coverage on this blog. Whether it’s taking a look at newly designed rooms or checking out the latest cocktail menus or spending time getting pampered during Grand Prix, there’s always a reason to pay the W a visit. With the opening of the swanky hotel’s gorgeous…
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New Surprises At An Old Montreal Classic
Going out for dinner in Old Montreal is something I would recommend to anyone, any night of the week. There’s always something new to try in the neighbourhood but every now and then it’s nice to drop in on a classic. Last week we returned to Verses on Saint-Paul, a restaurant that prides itself of…
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Old Montreal’s Most Epic Boozy Brunch
I’ve been a big fan of Méchant Boeuf for quite some time now. Their food satiates my hunger, their wine list has never let me down and the ambiance on a regular night is vibrant and radiates a good time. When it comes to brunch at this Old Montreal staple, I didn’t know what I…
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Authentic Italian Eatery In The Heart Of Old Montreal
It’s been a very busy few months and while I’m eating out now more than ever, I haven’t had a lot of time to write. I also haven’t had anything exciting enough to write about, until now. I’ve finally had the chance to drop by Jacopo in Old Montreal to give it a try. I…
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5 Killer Dishes Guaranteed To Level Up Your Brunch Game
I’m not going to beat around the bush – brunch at SuWu is excellent. Know this as you read on. Normally St. Laurent Boulevard is the last place I think about being on Sunday morning. After all the partying and clubbing drums to a close, the street itself looks a little hungover as the sun…
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A New Chinese Spot Opens In Brossard
First there was Red Tiger, then came Blossom and Kamehameha. Slowly but surely the guys behind these three edgy and very distinct eateries have infused the Gay Village with some much need hip. For their fourth venture they not only left the gays behind, they also left the island of Montreal completely and set up…
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Feels Like One Night in Bangkok
Thai food is an exhilarating experience. Earlier this year I paid a visit to Pamika, a Thai restaurant with a reputation for great food and a vibrant atmosphere. A week or so before visiting the restaurant I stopped by Mae Sri, Pamika’s sister restaurant and after that experience, Pamika needed to be great. Needless to…
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Thai Fried Chicken And Other Not To Miss Dishes
When you go to Mae Sri, order the fried chicken. I must insist. If you think I’m giving it all away out of the gate, you’re wrong. As you read the rest of this article, you’ll see why. When I went to try the food at Mae Sri a few weeks ago, I didn’t know…
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Polarizing Pops Of Flavour Reach Near Perfection
A night out at a restaurant can mean different things to different people. Some go out just to satiate their hunger, some go out for the intense social interaction and some go for an experience that they can’t find anywhere else. At Perles et Paddock, a beautiful restaurant erected in a space that once housed…
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Red or White? Uhm, Chardonnay.
There was a time when I would have been apprehensive about going into a restaurant like Seasalt & Ceviche, a seafood lovers dream with a great view of Old Montreal. I wouldn’t haven’t had much choice because I wouldn’t eat any of the seafood and fish on the menu. Times have changed and so have…
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5 Cozy Comfort Food Favourites From Le 409
Indian food, rich in deep, distinct flavours with a sometimes spicy kick, is perfect for this time of the year in Montreal. As we live through the latest snowfall in minus twenty degree weather, the thought of leaving our homes for a night out on the town for any type of food or drink is…
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Heat Up Your Winter With A Little Latin Flavour
When I was contacted by a rep from Three Amigos to come in a try the revamped restaurant I was initially hesitant. I hadn’t been to a Three Amigos since my early twenties and time had left my memories of the restaurant hazy to say the least. In the spirit of giving things another shot…
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9 Restaurants Offering Amazing Discounts In Old Montreal
When I started blogging about Montreal’s amazing food scene a decade ago, one of my inspirations was Happening Gourmand. This month long food festival featuring mouth-watering meals at reduced prices in restaurants throughout Old Montreal is the perfect scene for nightlife lovers like myself. Not only does Happening Gourmand get us out of our houses…
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A Montreal Classic Reinvents Itself
Quoi de N’oeuf has held an almost iconic presence in Montreal’s vastly changing food scene. Around long before St. Henri became our city’s culinary epicentre, this little restaurant has served up some of the best breakfast we’ve ever dished, gushed or laughed over with our friends and loved ones. After almost 20 years of serving…
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The Future Of Le 1616
Montreal has its fair share of buzzy bar and restaurant openings. The latest big name restaurant sits in Montreal’s famed Golden Square Mile, named for its address, 1616 Sherbrooke Street West. Le 1616 is both an envelope pushing restaurant, featuring futuristically inspired menu with artistic, audacious and almost alien presentations and a bar with a…
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The Best Dishes At Josephine
Earlier this week we attended the dazzling VIP opening of Josephine, a new seafood-centric restaurant on the Plateau. We rubbed elbows with local celebrities while guzzling bubbly and slurping back oysters before taking to our tables for a special tasting menu that featured a number of the restaurant’s dishes plus a few special treats. Josephine…
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Seven Mouthwatering Dishes You Need To Try At Ibérica
Back in February, Ibérica’s opening became one of the splashiest events of the season. Seven months later, the restaurant is going strong thanks to a team that prides themselves in delivering an unforgettable experience to their clients. Seven months ago I can safely, without a shadow of a doubt, that I wasn’t a seafood person.…
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5 Must-Try Dishes At India Rosa
Late last winter, work quietly began on the space that would eventually house India Rosa, a new Indian restaurant on the corner of Mont-Royal and Brébeuf. Everyday I would walk by wondering when this place would finally open and a few weeks ago, the decor was finally revealed; it is stunning. From the second I…
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The Must-Try Dishes From Joiea Sociale
In Montreal’s vast restaurant landscape, there’s something for every taste – especially if you like Italian food. From quiet corners in mom and pop restaurants to fancy white-glove fine dining, Italian food is available for one and all in Montreal. Joiea Sociale is a blend of several different styles and they all work well. The…
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The Secret To Les Pyrénées 15 Year Success
For 15 years Les Pyrénées in Old Montreal has been serving up a modern Montreal take on Catalonian cuisine. To celebrate this very special anniversary, they invited us to experience the restaurant for ourselves. Here’s a few thoughts. While the experience was very positive overall, I think it was the service that impressed me the…
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Risky Choices and an Ambitious Menu
Montreal’s media and blogger circles spend a lot of time eating in restaurants. While a lot of that time is spent running from one cocktail dinatoire to another, every now and then we get to sit down, take a load off and enjoy each bite we are served. Last week we were invited to try…
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Taboo: Endless Choice And Uneven Results
There’s always a great deal of excitement generated when a new restaurant opens in Montreal. Curious foodies, bloggers, media, social scene-stealers and nightlife lovers flock to be among the first to try new food, sit in a swanky new space and own the right to say “I found this great new place you have to…
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A Next-Level Night Out In Montreal
Montreal’s Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel was hardly a caterpillar when it was cocooned for about a year during an extensive and spectacular renovation. While the hotel has always been a beacon of high-end quality in hospitality, the renovation was necessary but no one could have guessed that they would gut the entire lobby and…
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What You Need To Know About Les 400 Coups’ New Menu!
For nightlife lovers like myself, hitting the town for a night of great food, awesome drinks and who knows what else can become a costly affair. I rarely get away with a night costing me less than $100 so whenever I get the chance to spend a little less, I’ll take it. During the quieter…
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Ibérica
Early last week, in the midst of yet another glorious snowstorm, a select gang of media, influencers and bloggers gathered downtown for a private tasting at Ibérica, a swanky new high-end Spanish eatery. The exquisitely decorated restaurant sprawls out across a beautiful main floor and ascends to a multi-tiered mezzanine. The modern space is the…
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Cafe Jouney
Montreal’s western downtown sector is a melting pot of international culture. In the area surrounding Concordia University you’ll find everything from Asian food to Mexican cusine peppered along a 4 block strip. While Montreal is no stranger to Lebanese food, our everyday experience is mostly limited to a selection of fast food type places found…
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Monsieur B
There can be so much ground to cover during food festivals like Montreal à table that it can get overwhelming. Every year I make a list of the all the places I’d like to try (and this year there was 175 to choose from) and although I manage to make the most of the time…
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Tsukuyomi Ramen
Nothing warms us up in winter like a piping hot bowl of soup or stew. Seeing the vapour lift off a savoury bowl of herb-infused broth, fresh vegetables, homemade noodles and tender meats is enough to shake off the deepest cold that a Montreal winter can throw at us. There’s no end to the selection…
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Rosetta
Passion, hope and courage are among the driving factors for many who wish to set up shop in Montreal. Rosetta, a fantastic new Italian/French bakery, café and pastry shop on rue Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri is a highlight of the year where the passion to impress customers with quality and service reigns high. They offer exquisitely…
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Parma Café
Downtown Montreal has plenty of options when it comes to grabbing a quick bite but finding a good, quick bite isn’t as easy as you would think. The bulk of our city’s better lunch restaurants lie in areas like Mile-End, the Plateau and Little Burgundy but the number of great lunch places in the downtown…
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1909 Taverne Moderne
The Montreal Canadiens are synonymous with Montreal. The team is one of the most decorated in the NHL and they have the most loyal fan base you’ll ever see. Every year, at the beginning of hockey season, the city straps on its blue, white and red pride, showing our team that they’ll have our support…
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Le Boucan Brunch
Not all brunches are made the same. Some are dainty feasts that are more mimosa than meal while others are built to handle the toughest of hangovers. Along Masson Street in Rosemont there are a couple of great places to grab brunch and now le Boucan can be counted among them. But be warned, their…
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Test Driving A Lincoln Leads To A Night Out At Pastaga
I’ve been to Pastaga several times over the last few years but rarely for a regular meal. My first visit to the restaurant was when Newfoundland based chef, Todd Pellerin from Mallard Cottage was invited to take over the kitchen for a one-night-only offering of a modern take a few traditional Newfoundland dishes. Since then…
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Discovering Chez l’Épicier
I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying a meal prepared by Laurent Godbout, one of Montreal’s favourite chefs. For the last few years I’ve joined my media peers for the launch of his massively successful (and largely inventive) cabane a sucre at La Scena in Old Montreal but, up until now, I’ve never eaten at his…
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Monza
There are dozens of easily recognizable signs that autumn has arrived in Montreal. The street level terrasses have begun disappearing for the season, the bright green leaves of the trees that dot our streets have changed to warm hues of yellow, red and orange and Montrealers everywhere are huddled around screens as hockey season takes…
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Porco
Just a few short weeks ago we were in NDG for a special media sit down dinner at Hopkins. Last week we returned to the bustling Monkland village neighbourhood for the opening of Porco, Hopkins’ sister restaurant. The two can’t be compared but they do share an owner and a desire to offer their clients…
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The Ikanos Brunch
There’s nothing like a good brunch to keep your weekend rolling. Montreal is a city with no shortage of brunches and ranging from simple bacon and eggs to complicated quiche, there’s something for every taste at every hour of the day – at least till three pm. Ikanos is far from simple but the food…
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Boho
The South Pacific is having a big moment in the 514 and Boho in Old Montreal has joined the ranks offering its Miami-tinged take on the food trend (poke and popsicles to be specific) that has been successfully sweeping the city for the last couple of years. The thing about trends is they come and…
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La Grotte
There are a number of restaurants on the Plateau that I haven’t yet had the chance to try but that’s about to change. I’ve made it my mission (now that I live in the hood) to try as many as I possibly can while still running from one end of this city to the other…
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La Belle et la Boeuf
There’s nothing better than a great night out in Montreal and whether you’re at your favourite bar, pub or club, you know that nothing tops a great night like a good poutine or a burger. We’re blessed to have some of the best late night snacking food in the country and La Belle et La…
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KOZU
Kozu opened a couple of months ago in the space that once housed the now defunct Rachel-Rachel. With an Asian-inspired menu designed by Jatoba’s executive chef, Oliver Vigneault and a swanky new design, Kozu is the latest Asian Brasserie in the city hoping to garner attention on the Plateau. Being located in the heart of…
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El Zaziummm
It’s very rare that I make it back to a restaurant as quickly as I did to review El Zaziummm. I attended their 25th anniversary party back in June and a couple of weeks later I organized (with plenty of wonderful help) a sit down dinner to try a little more food in a setting…
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Kamehameha
We’ve all heard the saying “the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time”. The same philosophy can be applied to the transformation underway in Montreal’s Gay Village. With each cool new business that moves into the neighbourhood, people are returning to eat, drink, shop and party the night away. Kamehameha,…
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More To LOV
After revolutionizing vegan and vegetarian cuisine less than a year ago, LOV (local, organic and vegetarian) has already expanded to a swanky new location smack dab in the middle of downtown Montreal. Ever since the original LOV opened earlier this year in Old Montreal, its been packed to the rafters with people who’ve raved about…
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Caribou Gourmand
As one of our country’s biggest provinces, Quebec’s vast territory is rich with great people who’ve made the best of the land they’ve inherited. Families of farmers, fishermen, hunters and artisans from the far reaches of this beautiful place we call home provide us with some of the best food the world can offer and…
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Vallier Bistro
Even though the “eat local” movement has only started to really ramp up in the last few years, a few restaurants have been championing amazing foods grown and produced in la belle province from their beginnings. Vallier is one of these restaurants and recently the restaurant went through a few changes, both behind the scene…
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Hopkins
NDG is one of those Montreal neighbourhoods that stand out as something truly different. The area is one of the most culturally diverse in the city, there’s a laid back easiness to the people that call NDG home and along Monkland, the neighbourhood’s main strip, you will find some of the best restaurants, bars and…
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Hachoir
It’s very, very rare for me to go to Hachoir and not have my usual Big Mec (or at least the Classic) burger, a delicious salad (that ginger vinaigrette is unreal) and of course the piping hot fries. This meal is one of my favourites in the city but every now and then I have…
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Marché des Éclusiers
With Montreal’s summer finally in full swing, there isn’t a moment to waste when it comes to eating on our favourite terrasses, drinking on our favourite rooftops or sitting in the sun, soaking it all in. For a second year in a row Marché des Éclusiers returns, offering visitors in Old Montreal a unique environment…