Tag: restaurants
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Place Ville Marie’s Food Hall Is Open
Construction has been a huge part of life for Montrealers lives since the beginning of time (or at least it feels that way) but some of that hard work is finally paying off. Le Cathcart, Place Ville Marie’s new food market opened earlier this year and has proven to be a powerhouse, downtown attraction. Featuring…
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Travel The World Without Leaving Montreal
Summer is a great time to travel and see what the world has to offer. Summer is also a great time to stay put and hang out in the 514 because there’s so much going on. Luckily, our culinary scene allows us to do both. Here are three great stops in Old Montreal that will…
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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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The MTL à Table Annual Feast Is Back!
It’s time to try it all – I couldn’t agree more with this tagline. Hundreds of restaurants around Montreal are gearing up for this year’s edition of MTL à Table, a 10 day adventure in eating and celebrating the best our diverse restaurant scene has to offer. Starting November 1st and running through to the…
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Screaming Children In Restaurants
Imagine that you haven’t been out to a restaurant in a while. You’re in a relationship where both people work long hours and at the end of the day heating a couple of Hot Pockets or a frozen pizza is all the energy you have to put into cooking. Day after day and week after…
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Brasserie 701
When I began blogging back in 2009 I never knew just how far it would take me. I’ve seen some amazing things, eaten some fantastic food and drank more champagne that I care to admit. The inspiration to begin telling the world about my fabulous adventures in Montreal came from several different sources but one…
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5 Hoods, 5 Must Try Brunches!
Weekends in Montreal are as much about the splashy parties as they are the morning brunch that follows. Great stories begin with a toast to our health on Friday and Saturday nights and followed by a healthy helping of toast, Caesars, eggs Benedict and just about anything to cure that hangover while dishing about what…
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Inside The Nightlife 01.29.2017
Le Chop For 5 years the restaurants under the Ville Marie Collection group have banned together and slashed prices on their menus. Both Atelier d’Argentine restaurants (in Old Montreal and on Crescent), Wienstein and Gavino’s and Decca 77 have prepared special 3 course menus and wine parings that start at $25. We went to Decca…
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Super Bowl Sunday
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, the Super Bowl is the biggest event of the year. If fans are not at the event to see it live, they are gathered in their favourite bars and restaurants or they get together at home to watch the game and of course the halftime show.…
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Happening Gourmand 10: Food Edition
Happening Gourmand has been treating us to some great food for a full decade. Feast your eyes on some of the food we sampled at the launch late last week. Running until February 5th, 9 restaurants throughout Old Montreal will be serving up specially created lunch and three course dinner specials. This combined with some…
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KazaMaza
If you are going out for Middle Eastern food and you happen to choose Kazamaza on avenue du Parc, you better show up hungry. I recently paid a visit to the restaurant with one of the Montreal Food Divas and the kitchen laid out a feast like I’ve rarely seen. The restaurant is located in…
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Tartare Fest
In Montreal, almost every type off food imaginable has a week or two dedicated to having us run around the city, trying the food that each participating restaurant has created for the special occasion. Tomorrow brings a close to the 10 days of Tartare Fest. This was the inaugural year for the festival that brought…
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Neighbourhood Watch
Hochelaga is one of Montreal’s most colourful neighbourhoods. It’s packed with great restaurants, awesome bars, cool micro-breweries, fun shops and more. Many people, especially Montrealers, know very little about the area but its inhabitants are very passionate about where they live. Earlier this week the SDC Hochelaga (business development commission) invited us into their neighbourhood…
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The Travellers Table
Hotels are enigmatic places where the world comes to town, bringing to our city colourful characters from all walks of life. By extension, hotel restaurants are the gathering places of travellers and locals alike, both searching for a different kind of culinary experience. In most instances, travellers looking to see the world and explorers looking…
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Happening Gourmand
January may not top the list of everyone’s favourite month of year but with the return of Happening Gourmand, we are warming up to a cool night out on the town in January and February. Beginning last Wednesday, the most wonderful time of the year in Old Montreal is back! Read on for more. Returning…
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Bon App
In one year, L’Gros Luxe has quickly expanded into a homegrown chain of restaurants offering delicious food at more than reasonable prices. With 3 locations in Montreal, one on the South Shore, a new location opening in Quebec City and more on the way it’s easier than ever to drop in for a great meal…
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YUL EAT 2nd Edition
The second edition of YUL EAT satiated the appetite of over 103,000 foodie festival-goers during the three day festival held in Montreal’s Old Port at the Clock Tower Beach. The sun was shining and the weather was warm as Montrealers gathered to celebrate one of the things our city does best, delicious food. From open…
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72 Hours in St. John’s
When all you have is 72 hours in a city, you best make the most of it. Knowing where to go and what to do can help maximize your precious time. In the first edition of our 72 Hours series, we head out to the most easterly province in Canada to soak up all we…
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Sip Back And Relax
Since the beginning of time (for this website) I have been asked all sorts of questions concerning restaurants, bars, hotels and events in Montreal and beyond. Perhaps the most recurring of these questions is “Where is the best bring-your-own-wine place in Montreal?”. Well, at long last I have combed through the streets of the city…
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A Walk To Remember
No matter how many times we return to our favourite Old Montreal haunts, each time we got back we get to learn something new. A couple of weeks ago, three of Old Montreal’s busiest restaurants took some of Montreal’s media on an old fashioned field trip to discover a few new things about these hot…
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Seventh Heaven
In a few short weeks we will be up to our eyeballs in oysters when Oysterfest returns for its 7th edition. This year promises a fantastic new venue, more music, more restaurants, fierce competitions and of course loads of oysters for all you shuckers out there. Read on for all the details. At a press…
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All Revved Up
From June 4th to the 7th, Old Montreal will be draped in checkered flags as Montreal celebrates the annunal Grand Prix. Tourists, people watchers, party hoppers and race enthusiasts flock to our city every year for the F1, swelling our population into one giant, blowout party lasting 3 days. This year Old Montreal will be…
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Méchant Beouf
Celebrating five years of mischief, Montreal’s favourite watering hole goes all out for two nights in September!