Hof Kelsten is a bakery in Mile End, Montreal.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Come for the challah on Friday and the babka any day; the counter also does a serious matzo-ball soup.
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...
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Taste your way through Montreal’s Mile End with a local guide. Enjoy iconic dishes like bagels, smoked meat, gnocchi, and poutine while discovering the city’s rich cul...
Address: 4524 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2T 1R4
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.
Mamie Clafoutis is a French bakery on Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal, filling its cases with laminated croissants, tarts and country loaves through the day.
Worth the queueAlmond croissant
TipThe almond croissant and the namesake clafoutis are the buys; it stays open later than most bakeries.
Au Kouign-Amann is the tiny Plateau pastry shop in Montreal that made the caramelised Breton kouign-amann a local ritual, baked warm in small daily batches.
Worth the queueKouign-amann
TipGo by 09:30 for a warm kouign-amann; when the day's batch sells out, that is it until tomorrow.
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.
