Sifting through my dining notebook: Arahova expands, Chez Greenberg, Pizzeria Angry Paesano & Red Chopstix mikecohen March 18, 2025 365 MtlRestoRap For this month’s column I thought I’d share my experiences recently at four dining establishments. Kirkland Souvlaki: The Arahova brand has been around since 1971, originally established by Christ...
Quebec’s largest health and nutrition event – Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert LiveEvents March 14, 2025 322 SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH WHAT WE EAT AND BUY The Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert, Quebec’s largest health and nutrition event, is almost here! The 28th edition runs from March 21 to 23 at the Palais des congr...
Cabane Panache Festival – 4 days of mouth-watering festivities! LiveEvents March 11, 2025 522 From March 20 to 23, 2025, Cabane Panache festival returns to Promenade Wellington for the 13th edition of the biggest cabane à sucre party in town, as part of Verdun’s 150th anniversary celebrations. This yea...
It’s time to go sugaring off at Parc Jean-Drapeau’s urban cabane à sucre LiveEvents March 9, 2025 346 Every year, the beginning of spring heralds sugaring-off time. To mark the occasion, the Ste-Hélène Bistro-Terrasse restaurant, in Parc Jean-Drapeau, will be turned into an urban sugar shack to offer a traditio...
Mike’s Resto Notes: Tommy Café + Apéro, Le Fou Fou and a new Lulu’s mikecohen March 1, 2025 502 It has been nine years now since major restaurant franchisor Foodtastic opened its first Tommy Café + Apéro on Notre Dame Street in Old Montreal. There are now 10 locations and more on the way. My friend Tony a...
Upstart Nöam Restaurant has gained a loyal following on Decarie mikecohen February 27, 2025 579 MtlRestoRap In 1987 Howard Szalavetz and his late father Dave purchased a property at the corner of Decarie and Vezina which housed an auto mechanics garage and a car wash. Over the years, Howard tried to add...
Alain Creton – 48 years of welcoming ‘friends’ to Chez Alexandre et Fils on Peel Street Peter Kerr February 18, 2025 485 Alain Creton is one of those larger-than-life people that can dominate their profession or neighbourhood. In his case, Alain is by far the dominant personality on Montreal’s downtown Peel Street, where he has ...
Montréal en Lumière 2025- Delicious Food, Great Shows and Winter Fun! LiveEvents February 18, 2025 687 This fun festival, to be held in its fully redesigned site at the heart of the vibrant Place des Festivals. From February 27 to March 9, gastronomy, music and skating take centre stage in an entirely free outdo...
Montréal Boréal returns to Les Quartiers du Canal – February 7-16, 2025 LiveEvents January 29, 2025 989 MONTRÉAL BORÉAL - Le Jam du Nord A festive and free event in Saint-Henri! Montréal Boréal, a winter street festival, now in its third edition, will span ten days along Notre-Dame Ouest street, between Lacasse a...
Mike’s Ottawa Resto Notes: Ember, Red Lobster, Cindy’s and Dinty’s in Aylmer mikecohen January 27, 2025 933 One of Ottawa’s newest restaurants is Ember, which opened at 92 Clarence Street in the Byward Market last June. It can accommodate 105 people in the multi-level dining room, with a front patio for 44 and anothe...
