Au Kouign-Amann is a bakery in Plateau, Montreal.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Go by 09:30 for a warm kouign-amann; when the day's batch sells out, that is it until tomorrow.
Guided tour · 2 hours
Explore Montreal's Old Port on a walking tour with a local guide. Enjoy a pastry tasting, discover hidden alleys, and learn about the area's history and culture.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Discover the Mile End neighbourhood in Montreal on a guided foodie walking tour. Enjoy 7 food/drink tastings, and learn about the history of Mile End and its culturall...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste your way through Montreal’s Mile End on a guided tour featuring warm wood-fired bagels, classic poutine, street-style gnocchi, and a savory Mediterranean secret dish.
Address: 316 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal, QC H2T 1P7
Kem CoBa is the Mile End ice cream shop in Montreal whose salted-butter soft serve and rotating sorbets draw a summer line down Avenue Fairmount.
Worth the queueSalted-butter soft serve
TipThe salted-butter and one fruit sorbet twist is the order; it is seasonal, so check before a winter trip.
Guillaume is a modern Mile End bakery on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, prized for its sourdough loaves and a chocolate croissant many rank among the city's best.
Worth the queueChocolate croissant
TipBread sells out by afternoon; morning is best for the croissants and the seasonal fruit danishes.
La Bete a Pain is chef Marc-Andre Royal's bakery-cafe on Rue Fleury in Montreal, part boulangerie and part counter for sandwiches, quiche and viennoiserie.
Worth the queueSourdough baguette
TipIt works as a bakery and a lunch stop; the baguette sandwiches and quiche are the midday move.
Automne Boulangerie is a Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie bakery in Montreal whose long-fermented sourdough and buttery croissants earned a citywide following.
Worth the queueCroissant
TipWeekend mornings sell out fast; go early for the croissants and grab a loaf while they last.
Premiere Moisson anchors the Atwater Market bakery corner in Montreal, a Quebec chain baking country breads, viennoiserie and a classic tarte au sucre.
Worth the queueSugar pie (tarte au sucre)
TipPair a loaf here with cheese and charcuterie from the market stalls for a canal-side picnic.
St-Viateur has hand-rolled and wood-fired Montreal bagels around the clock since 1957, the Mile End benchmark for the honey-boiled, denser city style.
Worth the queueSesame bagel, hot from the oven
TipBuy them hot by the dozen; a sesame bagel straight from the wood oven needs nothing but your hands.
