Market Cuisine

In theory, the market cuisine means (for the chef) going to the market every morning to purchase only the freshest produce and constructing the evening menu based on the morning purchases. In reality, that's too risky, so there's usually some sort of a menu, but one allowing a healthy dose of ingredient-based improvisation and seasonal variations.

Select Market Cuisine Restaurants

• Brontë
  1800 rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Shaughnessy Village), (514) 934-1801
  Modern food in a thoroughly modern setting. The menu is in constant flux and is based on fresh market ingredients.


• Joe Beef
  2491 rue Notre-Dame Ouest (Little Burgundy), (514) 935-6504
  Don't let the somewhat simplistic decor and setup fool you: this is a high-end (and fairly expensive) establishment. Joe Beef has a menu highlighting fresh ingredients with a focus on fish and seafood, although first-class meat dishes (as the name would suggest) are offered as well. The wine lists starts at around $60/bottle. Small summer terrace (7 tables) is available.


• La Chronique
  99 rue Laurier Ouest (Mile End), (514) 271-3095
  Eclectic "market cuisine" restaurant; winner of many gastronomical awards.

Please keep in mind that our site does not attempt to provide comprehensive restaurant listings. These are simply the restaurants picked by our editors and contributors - subject to all the subjectivity such a method implies.