Popular Ontario burger chain The Works is Montreal-owned mikecohen February 28, 2022 3387 Mike’s Resto Notes As a foodie, I love the Ottawa restaurant scene. High on my list is The Works Craft Burgers & Beer (www.worksburger.com). Open since 2001, this wildly popular and award-winning full-se...
Thirty-five restaurants and 12 hotels to be part of Montreal en Lumière’s culinary celebration mikecohen February 26, 2022 1498 MtlResto Rap After pivoting to a take-out and delivery platform for last year’s Montreal en Lumière Festival, the 35 restaurants and 12 hotels part of the 23rd edition February 17 to 27 look forward to welc...
RestoNotes: Milestones Grill + Bar set to open first two Quebec locations in 2022 mikecohen January 26, 2022 4150 OTTAWA - When Montreal-based Foodtastic purchased the Milestones Grill + Bar restaurant chain (www.milestonesrestaurants.com) last summer, with plans to finally debut franchises in Quebec, I got pretty excited....
Kettlemans Bagel set to open its first Montreal location across from the Bell Centre mikecohen January 24, 2022 4651 Mtl Resto Rap OTTAWA - Does Montreal really have the world’s best bagels? I always thought so until I experienced Kettlemans Bagel in Ottawa. Kettlemans hand-rolled Montreal style bagels, unique spreads, ...
Mike Cohen experiences the lightning-fast formula at the growing Pizzeria Bros chain mikecohen October 24, 2021 1556 Pizzeria Bros first opened its doors in Old Montreal in 2016. Since then, five others have joined the group; Downtown, Le Village, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Kirkland and Côte des Neiges. Owners Carl Sexton and Pät...
Centrale Bergham: fast casual restaurant chain now has 17 locations and counting mikecohen October 21, 2021 2047 MtlRestoRap I must say that I really do look forward to Canada’s iconic Le Burger Week and for this year’s recent milestone 10th edition I could not wait to study the official list of participating restauran...
Duc de Lorraine provides a taste of France at the oldest French pastry shop in Montreal mikecohen September 1, 2021 4009 MTL Resto Rap Every so often I wind up at a culinary establishment where I ask myself the question, “How is it possible that I have never been here before?” Such is precisely the case for the iconic Duc d...
Mikado Monkland Restaurant in NDG rebranded as Kiku Montreal mikecohen July 22, 2021 4159 Resto Notes: My “go to” sushi restaurant has changed its name! Thy “Liem” Tran and Thinh Pham, better known simply as “Sushiman,” have rebranded their popular Mikado Monkland sushi restaurant as Kiku Mont...
Arahova Souvlaki celebrates its 50th Anniversary with plans for more expansion mikecohen July 19, 2021 3460 RestoRap Back in 1966 Christos Kalogrias came to Canada, leaving his native Greek village of Arahova. He was only 26 years of age and had some family here. His first job was in manufacturing, earning 95 cent...
La Croquetería Montréal offers a totally unique food experience mikecohen June 14, 2021 2678 Resto Notes: And now for something completely different… La Croquetería Montréal is a production kitchen that produces frozen, or prêt-à-manger, traditional Spanish Croquetas with deep European roots, a r...