Guillaume is a bakery in Mile End, Montreal.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Bread sells out by afternoon; morning is best for the croissants and the seasonal fruit danishes.
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.
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...
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Address: 5170 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2T 1R8
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.
Fairmount Bagel is Montreal's oldest bagel bakery, wood-firing sesame and poppy rings around the clock on Avenue Fairmount since 1919 a block from St-Viateur.
Worth the queueSesame bagel
TipPick a side in the Fairmount-versus-St-Viateur debate by buying a hot dozen from each and comparing.
Hof Kelsten is Jeffrey Finkelstein's bakery on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, turning out challah, rye and babka plus a lunchtime smoked-meat sandwich.
Worth the queueChallah and rye bread
TipCome for the challah on Friday and the babka any day; the counter also does a serious matzo-ball soup.
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.
Fairmount Bagel is Montreal's oldest bagel bakery, wood-firing sesame and poppy rings around the clock on Avenue Fairmount since 1919 a block from St-Viateur.
Worth the queueSesame bagel
TipPick a side in the Fairmount-versus-St-Viateur debate by buying a hot dozen from each and comparing.
Hof Kelsten is Jeffrey Finkelstein's bakery on Saint-Laurent in Montreal, turning out challah, rye and babka plus a lunchtime smoked-meat sandwich.
Worth the queueChallah and rye bread
TipCome for the challah on Friday and the babka any day; the counter also does a serious matzo-ball soup.
