7 editor picks in Montreal.
7 restaurants in Montreal, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Montreal.
Damas brought high-end Syrian cooking to Outremont, Montreal, plating charcoal kebabs, muhammara and cherry-sauced meatballs in a jewel-box room.
OrderThe cherry kebab and a spread of cold mezze to start.
TipOrder family style and share widely; the mezze are the reason to come.
L'Express is the Paris-style bistro on Saint-Denis, a Michelin-recommended classic feeding Montreal tartare, marrow and cornichons past midnight since 1980.
OrderThe steak tartare cut to order, with a jar of cornichons.
TipIt runs late daily; a solo seat at the zinc bar is the easiest table in the city.
Bouillon Bilk is a minimalist, high-end dining room on the Main in downtown Montreal, plating precise, inventive cooking by the Quartier des Spectacles.
OrderThe tasting menu, or the pasta and fish plates a la carte.
TipIt sits by the theatres; book the pre-show seating, then linger over dessert once the crowd clears.
Elena is the Nora Gray team's sunny coffee, pizza and wine room in Saint-Henri, Montreal, spinning sourdough pizza and Italian small plates off Notre-Dame.
OrderA blistered sourdough pizza and a spritz.
TipDaytime is coffee and pastries; the pizza and wine crowd arrives after five.
Cadet is a Bib Gourmand bar and bistro on the Main in downtown Montreal, matching a smart natural wine list with sharp, snacky plates until late.
OrderThe tartare and whatever seafood snack is on the board.
TipThe bar takes walk-ins and stays lively late; it is a strong pre or post-show stop.
Ferreira Cafe is the polished Portuguese institution on Rue Peel in downtown Montreal, grilling whole fish and pouring deep Portuguese wine since 1996.
OrderGrilled whole fish and the salt cod, with a glass of Douro red.
TipThe fixed-price lunch is the value move; dinner is a splurge worth booking ahead.
Foxy is the Olive et Gourmando team's wood-fired Griffintown restaurant in Montreal, cooking vegetables, fish and flatbreads over open flame on Notre-Dame.
OrderThe wood-grilled vegetables and a charred flatbread.
TipThe open kitchen and its fire are the show; ask for a counter seat facing the grill.
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