Olive et Gourmando is a cafe in Old Montreal, Montreal.
Olive et Gourmando is the beloved Old Montreal bakery-cafe from Dyan Solomon, packed daily for its Cubano, banana bread and pastries on Rue Saint-Paul.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The queue at lunch is long but fast; order the Cubano sandwich and grab a chocolate brioche to go.
Address: 351 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest, Montreal, QC H2Y 2A7
Cafe Neve is a laid-back Plateau coffee bar on Rue Rachel in Montreal, an early third-wave spot loved for its espresso, vegan cookies and calm vibe.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: The peanut-butter cookie with a latte is the local order; it stays mellow enough to work for an hour.
Le Butterblume is a bright, plant-forward cafe on Saint-Laurent in Montreal's Mile End, pairing careful coffee with a produce-driven brunch and lunch menu.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: It leans brunch more than coffee-to-go; come for the vegetable-heavy plates rather than a quick espresso.
Cafe Parvis is a plant-filled cafe in a former fur-district loft in downtown Montreal, serving coffee by day and pizzas and natural wine by night.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Daytime is calm coffee and salads; evenings turn to pizza and natural wine under the hanging plants.
Cafe Humble Lion is a bright specialty coffee bar across from McGill on Rue Sherbrooke in downtown Montreal, pulling careful espresso for a student crowd.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: It sits right by the McGill gates and gets busy between classes; mid-afternoon is the calm window.
Cafe Osmo is a Japanese-inflected coffee and matcha bar on Rue Sherbrooke in Montreal, teamed with Marusan for onigiri and pastries near the Plateau border.
Signature drink: Matcha latte
Tip: The matcha and the onigiri are the specialties; it is a calm spot to work between downtown and the Plateau.
Melk is a neighbourhood coffee bar on Monkland Avenue in NDG, Montreal, an easy all-day cafe for espresso, pastries and a laptop-and-stroller west-end crowd.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: The Monkland Village branch has room to sit and work; there is a smaller downtown outpost on Stanley too.
