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Both studenty (thanks to two major campuses - Concordia and McGill) and business-oriented, Downtown Montreal is actually a rather sparse neighborhood for good dining, but it has its pockets of
activity - for example, Peel Street above St-Catherine
and Crescent Street.
The following are restaurants and cafés in Downtown Montreal that we profiled:
- Café Myriad
1432 Rue Mackay (Downtown Montreal), (514) 939-1717
Opened in late 2008, this tiny café was immediately colonized by students of nearby
Concordia Univerisity. Expertly brewed "third wave" coffee, friendly ambience.
- Café Trattoria Ferreira
1446 rue Peel (Downtown Montreal), (514) 848-0988
An upscale Portuguese restaurant with a focus on seafood.
The clientele seems to consist primarily of business folk
who appreciate upscale Portuguese grub. Single diners can
enjoy food at the bar.
- Holt Renfrew Café
1300 rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Downtown Montreal), (514) 282-3749
Hungry shoppers enjoying the famous sandwiches in a minimalist décor.
- L'Entrecôte St-Jean
2022 rue Peel (Downtown Montreal), (514) 281-6492
L'Entrecôte St-Jean's menu may be short (essentially containing
just one main dish - its signature steak)
but the execution is flawless and the restaurant's success
is a proof that the strategy worked. "Aucune surprise" indeed.
- Nocochi
2156 rue Mackay (Downtown Montreal), (514) 989-7514
Nocochi is a café-tea house specializing in light fare and offering
something unique in addition to its relatively typical menu
of omelettes, sandwiches and salads: the distinctive Persian cookies.
These tiny multi-coloured Persian treats can be bought "to go" (by the
box) or consumed on the spot.
The cookies, the food, the tea, to a lesser extent the coffee,
as well as Nocochi's clean and airy light-toned interior design
attract an appropriately mixed crowd: museum goers,
old ladies chatting after shopping, visiting Europeans and Concordia
students.
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