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Long considered somewhat of a poor cousin of the much more successful Plateau, Mile End over the past several decades has developed its own personality and culture. Traditionally a Jewish and Greek neighborhood, Mile End has always attracted a fairly heterogeneous crowd - it's visibly more "ethnic" and audibly more anglophone than Plateau Mont Royal. Artists and bohemians started migrating here in the mid-1990's, escaping the Plateau's gentrification and rising rents. One drawback that continues to detract from Mile End's qualities is that the neighborhood lacks a métro stop. Sure, one can walk from the Laurier or even the Mont Royal stop (both on the orange line), but it will take you between 10 and 20 minutes to reach the heart of the neighborhood on foot. Imagine doing that during winter! If you're comfortable using buses, however, you can catch bus #80 from several more centrally located points served by the métro, such as Rue Guy (Downtown Montreal), Square Victoria (Quartier International), or Place des Arts (Quartier des Spectacles). Places to Eat, etcMile End's restaurants reflect its diversity. French cuisine is no longer the king here, replaced by a pan-European mix. In some areas, for example on Avenue du Parc (on the border with the borough of Outremont), one cuisine (in this particular case, Greek cuisine) prevails, but overall it's pretty heterogeneous. Montreal's bagel culture is on display on Rue St-Viateur and Rue Fairmount where two eponymous bagel institutions are found. Rue St-Viateur is also home to Café Olimpico (124, rue St-Viateur Ouest) which despite not making it to our very selective list of cafés, remains a local coffee institution. » Our list of selected Mile End Cafés and Restaurants (3) Related Articles |
The voting process for the name of Montreal's citywide bike rental program is over and the winner is chosen. The system is going to be called "BIXI".
With few exceptions, I never order anything that I can cook well myself. Thai is one cuisine that I would love to wow guests with. Its distinguishing feature is the use of coconut milk, lemon grass, peanuts and chilli peppers in harmonious constellations for consumption. But sadly, I've never actually done anything about studying it, maybe because I am a regular at Restaurant Thaïlande. Let's face it, we're a lazy species, and if others can do it better, why not go to them?
“MMMMMM!" was the exclamation of pleasure from a life-long New Yorker
when first sampling Montreal bagels. This was high praise indeed. This Long-Islander went on to concede that these bagels even rivaled New York's otherwise unrivaled bagels. Montrealers have known for some time that
their bagels were world class. In fact, beyond smoked meat and poutine,
perhaps no food characterizes Montreal more than its bagels. Like their
smoked meat brethren, Montreal bagels are originally a contribution of
the city's sizeable Jewish community. And just as debate might wage
between smoked meat at Shwartz's or The Main, a similar competition
exists between Montreal's top bagel bakeries, Fairmount and St Viateur...
I awoke one morning after a night on the town with a desperate craving for a fast, filling, delicious breakfast to indulge my palate and soothe my aching stomach. Fortunately, the decision of where to go was easy: Dusty's, on the corner of du Parc and Mont Royal...
