8 Food Landmarks in Montreal You Need to Visit
8 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Griffintown
Rue Wellington, Griffintown, Montréal, H3C 0M1, Canada
Griffintown is Montreal's newest restaurant district — a formerly industrial neighbourhood south of the Lachine Canal that has transformed over the past decade from abandoned factories and parking lots into one of the most dynamic dining and nightlife destinations in the city.
Jean-Talon Market
7070 Avenue Henri-Julien, Montreal
Jean-Talon Market is the largest outdoor market in North America — a year-round covered market in the Little Italy neighbourhood that has been the centre of Montreal's food culture since 1933.
La Banquise
994 Rue Rachel, Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, H2J 2J3, Canada
La Banquise is Montreal's poutine cathedral — a 24-hour restaurant on Rachel Street in the Plateau that has been serving Quebec's national dish in over 30 variations since 1968.
Marché Atwater
138 Av Atwater, Atwater Market, Montréal, H4C 2G3, Canada
Marché Atwater is Montreal's most beautiful market — an Art Deco brick building on the Lachine Canal that has been the southwest neighbourhood's food hub since 1933.
Mile End
Boul St-Laurent, Mile-End, Montréal, H2T 1S6, Canada
Mile End is Montreal's creative nucleus — a neighbourhood of converted factories, independent studios, and the two bagel shops that anchor the most passionately contested food debate in the city.
Plateau Mont-Royal
Boul St-Laurent, Quartier Latin, Montréal, H2X 2V1, Canada
The Plateau is Montreal's most characterful neighbourhood — a dense grid of tree-lined streets, colourful row houses with exterior staircases, independent shops, and a café culture that rivals any European city.
Saint-Henri
Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, St-Henri, Montréal, H4C 2H9, Canada
Saint-Henri is Montreal's working-class neighbourhood turned culinary destination — a district south of Westmount whose industrial heritage (it was the centre of Montreal's manufacturing economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries) is visible in the converted factories, the railway viaducts, and the gritty-turned-trendy Rue Notre-Dame that has become one of the best restaurant streets in the city.
Schwartz's Deli
3895 Boul St-Laurent, Little Portugal, Montréal, H2W 1K4, Canada
Schwartz's is the most famous deli in Canada — a narrow, no-frills smoked meat shop on The Main that has been hand-smoking, hand-cutting, and hand-serving Montreal's signature sandwich since 1928.
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