Eating Out
In the heart of Saint-Lambert Village, just across the river from Montreal, Limousine brings French glamour and a taste for indulgence to the city’s south shore. A new gourmet bistro that celebrates the art of excess and refined pleasure, its...
Eating Out
Renzo Sandwich is the latest arrival in Montreal's Mile End; the deli-style eatery with Italian café sensibilities having opened its doors this summer. Serving fresh sandwiches alongside natural wine, beer, and their playful 'buzz slush,' the venue...
Lifestyle
Montreal-based barbershop Maniac have opened up a second outpost, blending the rituals of grooming with the ritual of coffee. An evolution of the classic barbershop — reimagined with a café at its core — the project is rooted in community,...
Eating Out
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
Bars & Nightlife
Hidden beneath the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal, Bowie is a subterranean supperclub that marries 1980s glamour with design-led flair. Spanning 3,000 square feet, the late 2024 opening nods to London and New York’s most decadent nightlife...
Eating Out
Located in a historic building in Old Montreal, occupying a ground-floor corner unit at Notre-Dame West and Sainte-Hélène, Dorsia blends the elegance of fine dining with a playful spirit, the 3,000 square foot restaurant nodding to the storied...
Eating Out
With outposts in Montreal's The Village and Time Out Market, Le Red Tiger is a popular Vietnamese street food concept from restaurateur Dan Pham and chef Phong Thach that has recently opened its doors in the city's Angus district, bringing bona fide...
Eating Out
With seating for just 12, Montreal pasta shop Etna Pastificio might be petite, but what it lacks in size, it sure makes up for in style and flour-based substance. A close neighbour of the excellent Jean-Talon Market, Etna Pastificio is located...
Eating Out
Inspired by the mountains of Syria and the sea of Lebanon, Hayat restaurant was born from the crossroads of ancient traditions providing diners an inviting atmosphere where they can savour the tastes of the Levant with a modern-day...
Eating Out
Located in the lively Villeray district of Montréal, Casavant is a new neighbourhood joint, a French brasserie-style restaurant where good times and good dines are the name of the game. With design by architecture and design studio, MRDK, the...
Eating Out
A Montreal institution, Clarke Café has moved to a larger location, the Italian sandwich shop now occupying a 1,400 square foot space on Rue Shearer in the city's historic Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood. Architecture office IVY studio,...
Lifestyle
Following increased gentrification from around 2010 — though still not without its problems — Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood is home to one of the city's largest public markets and the mid-1970s erected Olympic Stadium, it's also...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
An eco-friendly party doesn’t require sacrificing style or fun. Indeed, sustainable decisions can introduce a distinct appeal and innovation that takes the whole experience to a new level. Whether inviting friends to a birthday, hosting a...
Dispatches
There comes a moment in every gardener’s journey when the seasons start to feel like barriers. You’ve spent years watching frost nip your late blooms, wishing you could stretch spring a little longer, or bring summer back just one more month....
Dispatches
In busy cities, electric commuter bikes are fast becoming the smartest way to get around. Once seen as a niche alternative to cars or public transport, they’ve quickly become part of the urban landscape. They save time, glide past traffic, and...
Dispatches
I used to think security systems were ugly. You know what I mean - those chunky white boxes stuck to corners, cables running along walls like veins, motion sensors that looked like they belonged in a warehouse not a home. But something changed in...