Mike’s Resto Notes: Porto Poulet serves up great Portuguese chicken mikecohen July 10, 2024 752 Every now and then I discover a terrific restaurant in an unfamiliar location. Such is the case for Porto Poulet at 1612 Fleury East in Ahuntsic, which specializes in Portuguese chicken. It is called Porto Poul...
Terrasse Carla provides a superb summer patio dining experience mikecohen June 21, 2024 934 MtlRestoRap The summer terrasse season in Montreal is well underway. Readers are well aware that I like nothing more than sitting in the great outdoors while enjoying a nice meal. My first patio venture of 20...
Mythik lights up the culinary scene at the Bell Centre for game and concert nights mikecohen May 26, 2024 737 MtlRestoRap Mythik, a trendy restaurant-bar opened in the fall of 2019 at the Bell Centre. It is open only to ticket holders on Montreal Canadiens game nights, concerts and other special events. The 250-seat...
Mike’s Resto Notes: Restaurant Bonaparte marks 40 years of success in Old Montreal mikecohen May 24, 2024 949 Located in a historic building on rue Saint-François-Xavier and next door to the Centaur Theatre in Old Montreal, fine French cuisine Restaurant Bonaparte (www.bonaparte.com) turned 40 in March. It was wonderfu...
Sharing my Red Lobster and Cheesecake Factory experiences in Albany, New York mikecohen April 15, 2024 1734 MtlRestoRap ALBANY, NEW YORK – Readers of The Montrealer are well aware of how much I love Red Lobster and wish we had a franchise here in our city. The same can be said for The Cheesecake Factory. Nobody sho...
Mike’s Resto Notes: Geez Resto Bar Café may be the best kept secret in NDG mikecohen April 13, 2024 1421 After attracting a steady clientele on Somerled Ave. in NDG for many years. Geez Resto Bar Café relocated to St. Jacques Street in NDG after the pandemic. This quaint little bar can seat 88 people indoors and o...
Ferreira Café serves as a great Montréal ambassador of modern Portuguese cuisine mikecohen March 13, 2024 1227 MtlRestoRap Since 1996, Ferreira Café on Peel Street has been a great Montréal ambassador of modern Portuguese cuisine. Warm and refined, while chic and relaxing, this is an ideal spot for anyone wanting to s...
Mike’s Resto Notes: Boustan’s rapid expansion mikecohen March 9, 2024 1369 Emad Saad purchased the Bouston restaurant brand in 2017. At the time, only the original spot on downtown Crescent Street and three others existed. Seven years later there are now 66 locations and counting. Pub...
Rosélys at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth should be a Montréal En Lumière favourite mikecohen February 19, 2024 1011 MtlRestoRap Montréal En Lumière will return for its 25th anniversary February 29 to March 10, with gourmet dining starting a week earlier. Food, live music and outdoor skating will highlight this much anticipa...
Mike’s RestoNotes: Pizzéria NO.900 head of R&D shows his commitment mikecohen February 13, 2024 1910 Fiodar Huminski, the head of Research and Development for the Pizzéria NO.900 chain, is so impressed with the product that he continues to invest in different franchises. He is now the co-owner of locations in ...
