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. The market hall, with its distinctive clock tower and clean Deco lines, houses butchers, cheese shops, bakeries, and specialty vendors that supply both professional chefs and the neighbourhood's home cooks, while the outdoor stalls (May to October) overflow with Quebec produce in a display of seasonal abundance.
The market's anchor tenants are legends in Montreal's food world. Première Moisson bakery sells the bread and pastries that many Montrealers consider the best in the city. The Boucherie de Tours butcher shop and the Fromagerie Atwater cheese counter draw lines on Saturday mornings. The maple syrup vendors in spring (sugaring-off season, typically March-April) sell the year's fresh crop directly from Quebec farms.
The Lachine Canal, running directly behind the market, has been transformed from an industrial waterway into a linear park with a cycling and walking path that extends 14.5 kilometres to Lac Saint-Louis. The combination of market shopping and canal-side walking makes Atwater a destination that fills a pleasant half-day — buy a baguette, some cheese, and a bottle of Quebec cider at the market, then picnic on the canal bank watching the cyclists and kayakers pass.
Verified Facts
Marché Atwater opened in 1933
The building features an Art Deco design with a clock tower
The Lachine Canal path extends 14.5 kilometres
Première Moisson bakery is one of the market's anchor tenants
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138 Av Atwater, Atwater Market, Montréal, H4C 2G3, Canada
