Montréal’s multiculturalism is vividly reflected in the city’s diverse restaurant scene. Add a pinch of this, a dash of that—and voilà, there you have it: the perfect Montréal dining experience. For starters, let’s begin in Old Montréal, where the city was founded in 1642.
Chez l’Epicier Restaurant Bar a Vin (l’épicier is French for “the grocery”). This casually elegant eatery, wine bar and grocery—where the menus are printed on paper bags and water is served from milk bottles—faces the historic Bonsecours Market.
The restaurant’s fine cuisine may include selections such as arctic char, milk-fed veal carpaccio, snail shepherd’s pie and parmesan oil raviolis. Specialty gourmet items, including cheeses, sauces, oils and sorbets, are available for takeout, and guests can sip wines by the glass or bottle in the adjacent wine bar. The restaurant’s 2,000-bottle wine cellar includes many private imports and specialty wines, the majority of which are from France, with impressive selections from Burgundy and the Loire and
Rhone valleys.
Diners exchange the Gallic ambience of Old Montréal for the atmosphere of a Moroccan oasis when they enter La Menara. Opulent red fabric drapings create the feeling of being in a desert tent, and belly dancers entertain as guests partake of dishes such as pastilla, a chicken and almond pie; various versions of couscous; and fragrant tajines, stews typically created from chicken, fish or lamb.
Other ethnic fare can be found in restaurants in Montréal’s downtown area. What first catches your eye inside Cavalli Ristorante-Bar is the lively front-to-back bar area with its stylish hot pink illuminated backdrop and the establishment’s chic, professional patrons. The restaurant’s fusion-style cuisine, Italian with a Mediterranean flair, places an emphasis
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