Arcade Fire Members Talk Haitian Rum and Keeping It Loud at Their Restaurant...
Paul Toussaint, Régine Chassagne, and Win Butler (left to right) | Darwin Doleyres/Agrikol Co-owners Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, with Agrikol chef Paul Toussaint, on serving Haitian cuisine and...
View ArticleMeet the Woman Behind Montreal’s First Permanent Indigenous Restaurant
Norma Condo/Facebook Chef Norma Condo serves up more than just bannock at Miqmak Catering Indigenous Kitchen in Pierrefonds. Like many chefs, Norma Condo’s first memories in the kitchen date back to...
View ArticleRenowned Restaurant-Centric Novel ‘Le Plongeur’ Was Just Released in English
Stéphane Larue, author of Le Plongeur (The Dishwasher) | Courtesy/Justine Latour Author Stéphane Larue talks about his book “The Dishwasher”, its image of Montreal in the 2000s, and comparisons to...
View ArticleMeet 3 Montreal Bagel Shops That Could Give St-Viateur and Fairmount a Run...
Bagel St-Lo/Supplied These bakeries may not have the name recognition, but they still make some darn good Montreal-style bagels Mention Montreal bagels and two names come to mind — Fairmount and St....
View ArticleMeet the Woman Behind Villeray’s Socially Conscious Bean-to-Bar Chocolaterie
Avanaa/SuppliedAt Avanaa, Catherine Goulet wants great chocolate to get the same respect as a fine wineLess than three years ago, former geologist Catherine Goulet decided to step out of her comfort...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening With the Extra Food That Would Usually Be Sold to Montreal...
Growing produce at Ferme Châteaubar | Ferme Châteaubar/FacebookProducers and restaurateurs have had to get creative to make sure supplies don’t go to wasteWhat do you do if you’re sitting on 20,000...
View ArticleDuck Confit To Go: How Montreal Fine Dining Establishments Flipped to Take-Out
Falafel salad: one of the take-out menu options at Damas | Damas/FacebookThe owners of restaurants like L’Express and Su never expected to be in the take-out game, but here they areFaithful customers...
View ArticleThese Restaurants Were Hoping to Open For The First Time This Spring: Now What?
Khinkali (Georgian dumplings) from chef Erin Mahoney, who was planning to open restaurant Joon this spring | Joon/FacebookWaiting, hoping, and taking “time to think”For Brooke Walsh, co-owner of...
View ArticleSummer Is (Basically) Cancelled — That Makes Quartier des Spectacles...
Place-des-Arts, the hub for events like Just For Laughs and the Montreal International Jazz Festival | ShutterstockWith many of Montreal’s huge summer festivals cancelled or postponed, the businesses...
View ArticleFor the First Time, a Montreal Chef Wins ‘Top Chef Canada’
Francis Blais on Top Chef Canada | Food Network/Corus EntertainmentWith a “beautiful” pigeon dish, Le Mousso chef de cuisine Francis Blais won $100,000After eight seasons on the air, a Montreal chef...
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