Your guide to the best of Montreal’s food and drink scene
Your guide to the best food and drink in Montreal
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You'll find a full range of local legends, groundbreakers and under-the-radar ops with this essential list of the best restaurants in Montreal.
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What's iconic in Montreal
Iconic Montreal food is so much more than greasy spoons and world'sbest bagels(sorry not sorry, New York—it's complicated). Don’t get...
Eat it and weep.
Iconic Montreal food is so much more than greasy spoons and world'sbest bagels(sorry not sorry, New York—it's complicated). Don’t get...
Iconic Montreal food is so much more than greasy spoons and world'sbest bagels(sorry not sorry, New York—it's complicated). Don’t get...
Eat it and weep.
Fora true taste of the city,look to the best bagels in Montreal.
This list is all you’ll need to find of best, from the famous to the fledgling and everything in between.
Served as toasties or steamies with mustard, relish, onions and cabbage.
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