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FED Montreal City Guide Montreal City Guide MONTREAL, CANADA EAT | RESTAURANTS EAT | RESTAURANTS EAT | RESTAURANTS ALEP CAFÉ ELLEFSEN LA BANQUISE "Great food, with fair prices." "A cute and charming Scandinavian café on the "For poutine and authentic Montreal cuisine." - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et outer edge of Little Italy (they have Scandinavian - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et Peche) specialties like Smørrebrød)." Peche) Plateau Mont-Royal / Middle Eastern - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) Plateau Mont-Royal / Quebecois 536 Avenue Duluth Est Saint-Édouard / Scandinavian 994 Rue Rachel Est T: 514.281.1114 414 Rue St-Zotique Est T: 514.525.2415 T: 514.274-6969 www.restolabanquise.com AU PIED DE COCHON www.cafeellefsen.com "Soft poached eggs with red wine syrup and LA PARYSE brioche, skillet baked lasagna with beef cheek and DNA "Great food and affordable." spinach & a roasted pig's head with a knife stuck "Derek Damman is one of the chefs in the city - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et in it. Anyone who can pull that off has my that is most committed to using all parts of the Peche) adoration." animal, working with local farmers, and staying Latin Quarter / Burgers - Chef Matt Jennings (Farmstead, La Laiterie, RI) true to his instincts. I really admire the 302 Rue Ontario Est Plateau Mont-Royal / French Canadian confidence of his work." T: 514.842.2040 536 Avenue Duluth Est - Chef Marc Cohen (Lawrence) T: 514.281.1114 Old Montreal / French LA SALLE A MANGER www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca 355, rue Marguerite D'Youville "It’s a comfortable place to eat and the staff is T 514.287.3362 really friendly. They care where they get their BEAVER CLUB www.dnarestaurant.com products and they do their own butchering. "Old school Canadian." They’re not trying to show off and they’re not in - Le Club Chasse et Peche FAMEUX VIANDE FUMEE ET CHARCUTERIE love with themselves. " Downtown / French / Classic "For local and authentic Montreal cuisine, like - Chef Marc Cohen (Lawrence) L'Hôtel Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth poutine." Plateau Mont-Royal / French 900 Blvd Rene-Levesque Ouest - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et 1302 Avenue Du Mont-Royal Est T: 514.861.3511 Peche) T: 514.522.0777 www.beaverclub.ca Plateau Mont-Royal / French Canadian www.lasalleamanger.ca 4500 Rue St-Denis BEAUTY’S T: 514.845.8732 LE CLUB CHASSE ET PECHE "Classic. For breakfast and especially for the "Philippe Boisver, the wine buyer and sommelier, crowd." HOSTARIA has been one of my mentors." - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et "Elegant Italian food, simple and well-prepared." - Sommelier Laura Vidal (Frenchie, Paris) Peche) - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) Vieux-Montreal / Nouvelle-Quebecois Plateau Mont-Royal / Deli Little Italy / Italian 423 Rue St-Claude 93 Avenue Du Mont-Royal Ouest 36, rue Saint-Zotique E T: 514.861.1112 T: 514.849.8883 T: 514.273.5776 www.leclubchasseetpeche.com www.beautys.ca www.hostaria.ca LE COMPTOIR DE CHARCUTERIES ET VINS BEIJING ICE HOUSE "Chef-owner Ségué Lepage’s food is great. The "Where chefs go." "Southern-style barbecue, casual, fun, and open service is professional and Jack Jacob’s wine list is - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et late." very reasonably priced with tons of interesting Peche) - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) finds and great by-the-glass choices." Chinatown / Chinese Plateau Mont-Royal / American - Sommelier Laura Vidal (Frenchie, Paris) 92 Rue de la Gauchetiere Ouest 51 avenue Roy est Plateau Mont-Royal / French / Wine Bar T: 514.861.2003 T: 514.439.6691 4807 Bouevard St-Laurent www.restaurantbeijing.net T: 514.844.8467 JOE BEEF BISTRO COCAGNE "Rustic finesse. Food is not overworked, wine list LE FILET "Chef Alexandre Loiseau's food is French in style is fun, service is casual and professional." "The food is amazing and the atmosphere is and not too expensive." - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et lively." - Chef Dany Bolduc (Reservoir) Peche) - Sommelier Laura Vidal (Frenchie, Paris) Plateau Mont-Royal / French Bistro Little Burgundy / Steak/ Seafood Plateau Mont-Royal / Seafood 3842 Rue Saint-Denis 2491 Notre Dame West 219, Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest, T: 514.286.0700 T: 514.935.6504 T: 514.360.6060 www.bistro-cocagne.com www.joebeef.com www.lefilet.ca BISTRO VAN HORNE JUNI LE LATINI "It's a small, popular, little high-end neighborhood "Junichi Ikematsu is harvesting the very beautiful "For the exclusive wines." spot. Very minimalist decor, it's not really fruits of 20 years of consistency." - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et included in the foodie "clique," but it's good." - Chef Claude Pelletier (Le Club Chasse et Peche) - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) Peche) Downtown / Italian Outremont / French Plateau Mont-Royal / Japanese/ Sushi 1130 Rue Jeanne-Mance 1268 avenue Van Horne 156 Avenue Laurier Ouest T: 514.861.3166 T: 514.508.0828 T: 514.276.5864 www.vanhornerestaurant.com www.juni.ca LE MAS DES OLIVIERS "It’s a locals only politician haunt. The writer BOMBAY MAHAL KAIZEN SUSHI Mordecai Richler held court here. Bordeaux and "Cheap, very good flavors. Chicken Marsala, "Because of the sake and burgundies." Rhone wines, beef tartare, terrine de lapin, liver dosas, chutney, vegetable curry." - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) and kidneys. I love this place, it’s a time machine!" - Chef Dany Bolduc (Reservoir) Downtown / Japanese - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) Parc-Extension / Indian 4075 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest Downtown / French 1001 Rue Jean-Talon Ouest T: 514.707.8744 1216 Rue Bishop T: 514.273.3331 www.70sushi.com T: 514.861.6733 www.restaurantbombaymahal.com www.lemasdesoliviers.ca Website: www.FindEatDrink.com / Contact us at: [email protected] ©2012 Find. Eat. Drink. LLC Page 2 of 4 MONTREAL, CANADA EAT | RESTAURANTS EAT | RESTAURANTS DRINK | COCKTAILS / WINE LEMEAC NORA GRAY BALDWIN BARMACIE "A great bistro to top an evening with Echezeaux "Southern Italian cooking in the Little Burgundy "For cocktails or a nightcap." by the glass. Good for late night." neighborhood. In Montreal right now, that’s the - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) - Sommelier Philippe Boisvert (Le Club Chasse place." Mile End / Cocktails et Peche) - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) 115 Avenue Laurier Ouest Outremont / French Bistro Little Burgundy / Southern Italian T: 514.276.4282 1045 Avenue Laurier Ouest 1391 St. Jacques www.baldwinbarmacie.com T: 514.270.099 T: 514.419.6672 www.restaurantlemeac.com www.noragray.ca DOMINION SQUARE TAVERN Recommended by Chef David McMillan (Joe LES CONS SERVENT OMMA Beef) "Chef Stelio Perombelom is classically trained in "Simple, well-executed and tasty Korean food." Downtown /Cocktails / Tavern Montreal and Europe, he cooks very well, great - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) 1243 Metcalfe natural wine list, great lofty room. Fits the locals Mile End / Outrement / Korean T: 514.565.5056 only tag." 177 Rue Bernard Ouest www.tavernedominion.com - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) T: 514.274.1464 Plateau Mont-Royal / French LA BUVETTE CHEZ SIMONE 5064 Papineau RESERVOIR " I am always here when I’m back in Montreal. I T: 514.523.8999 "They make their own beer & the food is great! think there’s probably a banquette somewhere in www.lescs.com - Le Club Chasse et Peche there with my name on it." "Go for lunch." - Sommelier Laura Vidal (Frenchie, Paris) LES TROIS PETITS BOUCHONS - Michel Charette (Les Trois Petits) Outremont / Wine Bar " The wine list is awesome. This is where I first Plateau Mont-Royal / French Brasserie 4869, Avenue du Parc discovered natural wines; it was a baptism of 9 DuLuth Est T: 514.750.6577 sorts." T: 514.849.7779 www.buvettechezsimone.com - Sommelier Laura Vidal (Frenchie, Paris) www.brasseriereservoir.ca Also recommended by Chef Dany Bolduc PULLMAN (Reservoir) SCHWARTZ'S DELI "Killer wine list (because of by the glass variety), Plateau / French Bistro "For smoked meat, touristy but we all still go." their sommelier Veronique is probably the best in 4669 Rue Saint-Denis - Le Club Chasse et Peche the city." T: 514.285.4444 Plateau Mont-Royal / Delicatessen - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) www.lestroispetitsbouchons.com 3895 St Laurent Plateau-Mont-Royal / Wine Bar T: 514.842.4813 3424 Du Parc Avenue L'EXPRESS www.schwartzsdeli.com T: 514.288.7779 "Late night in Montreal is all about L'Express. www.pullman-mtl.com Open till 2, French cuisine and unreal inexpensive WILENSKY'S LIGHT LUNCH wine list. Ask your waiter for the second wine "Their food has not changed in 5 decades. It’s QUARTIER LATIN list. I always eat veal kidneys here."- Chef David delicious and unreplicable. They serve a fried 'For cocktails or a nightcap." McMillan (Joe Beef) salami and bologna sandwich with mustard. The - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) Plateau Mont-Royal / French mustard is required and they won’t cut your Quartier Latin / Lounge / Bar / Pub 3927 Rue St-Denis sandwich, so don’t ask. It’s a lousy sandwich, but 318, Rue Ontario Est T: 514.845.5333 it feels like going back in time." T: 514.845.3301 - Wine importer Joe Dressner (Louis/Dressner) www.pubquartierlatin.com LES 400 COUPS Plateau Mont-Royal / Lunch Counter/ Classic "Marc-André Jetté and Patrice Demers are the 34 Fairmount Street West WHISKY CAFE chefs, Marie-Josée Beaudoin is the sommelier. It's T: 514.271.0247 'For cocktails or a nightcap." a bit more of a refined spot and fine-dining-y, but - Chef David McMillan (Joe Beef) Patrice Demers is one of the city's most Mile End / Bar / Cigar Lounge respected pastry chefs." EAT | SWEETS 5800 St. Laurent Boulevard - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) T: 514.278.2646 PATISSERIE RHUBARBE www.whiskycafe.com Old Montreal / Contemporary French "Delicious bakery." 400 Notre Dame Est - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) T: 514.985.0400 Plateau Mont-Royal / Bakery www.les400coups.ca 5091 de Lanaudière DRINK | COFFEE - TEA PASTAGA T: 514.903.3395 www.patisserierhubarbe.com CAFÉ FLOCON "David Ward's natural wine list and Martin "Good for coffee geeks." Juneau's cooking (very highly respected chef - Sommelier Etheliya Hananova (Lawrence) from the now-closed La Montée de Lait).
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