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Montreal loves its chicken. There’s classic Quebec-style rotisserie, spit-roasted shawarma, and now lots of options for fried, but many flock to the city’s Portuguese poultry: spicy, chargrilled, and ...

Cool climes and snowy days mean more time indoors for many, but with Canada’s latest crop of page-turning cookbooks, one can easily keep busy. For those in the market for a last-minute Christmas ...

There’s pride in those preserved vegetables and fruits, and in sourcing locally as they did at Manitoba. “We’re definitely doing wild and foraged, and with more of an Asian thing than our other places ...

Part French bistro, part café, and part pastry shop, this highly regarded Westmount haunt from top Montreal chefs Antonio Park and Bertrand Bazin is great for croissants, quiche, and, yes, some ...

With truncated hours (operating only on weekends until the restaurant can stand on its own two feet), it’s effectively a pop-up within a pop-up, with Bucky’s fried chicken in the background of global ...

With Halloween in the rearview mirror, it’s officially the holiday season and nothing sets the tone quite like dinner by the fire. From elegant, upscale options to more casual choices, there is a spot ...

Rosh Hashanah, the two-day holiday that kicks off the start of the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Sunday, September 25. For many, that means gathering with family and friends for a meal often ...

Montreal’s summer days may be waning, but its flow of restaurant openings shows no sign of abating — even as inflation and employee recruitment continue to pose challenges for the industry. This fall, ...

Start with some sweets (or a grilled cheese) If coffee and pastries are how you like to start your day, head to Baie-Saint-Paul’s Les Bonyeuse s, where loaves of bread are made from 100 percent ...

Lebeau opened Boris Bistro, named after his dog, in 1999, becoming “the precursor of the revival of McGill street,” per the restaurant’s website. In June 2018, after Lebeau was diagnosed with celiac ...

A cannabis edible that requires chewing — not just sipping — has finally made its way to Quebec’s government-run cannabis retailer, the SQDC. That’s likely because Quebec’s Legault government has ...