February 26,2013
If you haven’t had the chance to meet Jesse Schwarz in person, you’re missing out, and we’re not just saying that because he always bring us cookies when he stops by. This 23-year-old Montreal native has been dominating the cookie game for a while now. While most kids were dealing ...
January 24,2013
Pretention is an attribute often associated with wine or wine knowledge. At times this might scare people off, but the truth is, most of us will be drinking wine for the rest of our lives, so it’s due time we learn how to approach it in a way that we ...
January 8,2013
I have been cooking professionally for some time now, and have noticed that all good chefs listen to good music. Whether when they're prepping, or in the middle of service. Some chefs even plug their music directly into the restaurant's PA system, as they feel that listening to their music ...
January 4,2013
The Spot Remember when Sparrow opened and, even beyond being a hub for hip Mile Enders, it was Montreal’s premier spot for quintessentially British brunches and lunches? That was London-born chef Marc Cohen’s doing. He brought with him the most traditional meals from his homeland, and franco- and anglo-Montrealers alike were ...
December 13,2012
The Spot: Bringing a casual setting and price point to the Montreal French bistro dining experience, Le Comptoir Charcuteries et Vins offers up astonishingly inventive meals and lively atmosphere late into the evening in its open kitchen space on the corner of St-Laurent and Villeneuve. Drawing inspiration from the Italian enoteca, ...
December 11,2012
The Spot Have you ever gone out for a big night on Queen west, only to wake up the next day and be forced to re-live every embarrassingly (awesome) moment over breakfast? Are you tired of forcing hungover smalltalk with every one you know at those trendy west end brunch spots? ...
November 28,2012
When fall hits all we want to do is cozy up and stay warm, well fed and, let’s be honest, kinda tipsy. Other than dreams of cuddling in front of a fireplace in some Tremblant resort, we can find comfort in knowing there exists such autumn pleasantries as a well-adjusted ...
November 8,2012
The Spot: Le P’tit Plateau, a mid to high priced BYOB French Bistro, regularly churns out spectacular meat-centric dishes in a down home space located in Montreal’s plateau district. Reminiscent of a legit neighbourhood kitchen in Southern France with the added charm of high plateau ceilings, it’s an ideal place to ...
September 25,2012
The Spot Local New Orleans celebrity chef Donald Link has created a number of restaurants around the warehouse district over the past ten years, Cochon has been serving up southern cooking since 2007, and was nominated for New Orleans’s best new restaurant in that same year. Cochon is a simple, rustic ...
August 15,2012
Last weekend me and a couple of my friends packed up our cars and travelled down to Maine for my birthday weekend. We headed through the torrential rain to huddle up amongst friends in a typical ocean side northeastern house. One might think that I would have been lighting sparklers ...
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