Manger Montréal
Discover the cultural influences on Montréal’s culinary scene, including French, Polish, Italian, and Jewish, and the fresh ingredients used by them.
- Theme
- Food & Drink
- Location
- Mile End, Montréal
- Duration
- 2 hours 45 minutes
- Designer
- Barry Pickard
Experience
Route
Jean-Talon Market
One of the largest open-air markets in North Amercia, the Jean-Talon market is brimming full of local fruit and vegetable producers, butchers, bakers, fishmongers, grocers, as well as restaurateurs.
Les Épices Anatol
Les Épices Anatol offers a full range of bulk foods to accompany and prepare your favorite dishes, including 600 varieties of spices.
État de choc
A luxury chocolate shop where good taste and great flavours go hand in hand in every way: traceable cocoa, industry transparency and the ultimate in chocolate.
Café Olimpico - Mile End
Nestled in the heart of the vibrant Mile-End district lies one of Montreal’s greatest coffee shops, Café Olimpico. In a city known for its multiculturalism and European flavor, Café Olimpico really fits the bill.
St-Viateur Bagel
St-Viateur are Montréal’s longest running bagel shop. Made in an artisanal fashion, every Montréal bagel is hand rolled and boiled in a honey water mixture, then baked to perfection in their wood-burning oven.
Drogheria Fine
Mom and pop shop specializing in homemade Italian tomato sauce and olive oil, as well as serving Italian delicacies to takeaway.
Wilensky’s Light Lunch Inc
Classic, family-operated soda fountain & Jewish deli whipping up grilled sandwiches since 1932.
Kem CoBa
Vibrant counter spot for sorbet, ice cream & soft serve in inventive flavors, plus baked goods.
Practicalities
- Arrive hungry and make sure to bring a bag for all the treats that you will end up buying
About
This route was designed by Barry Pickard in collaboration with Uptaste.
Barry Pickard
Specialising in European and North American destinations, as well as a number of other countries around the world, I have designed self-guided tours for city based visits; multi-stop road trips; family, group and couples vacations; as well as themed excursions. Experienced in designing walking tours, driving tours and robotaxi experiences. A history graduate, with a great eye for detail, my passion for travel and research has found its apogee in designing fun, interesting and thoughtful trips
Uptaste
What is Uptaste? We’re something like a travel agency business (although we don’t sell flights or hotels). Instead, we specialise in finding the right place to eat, wherever and whenever you are, using location intelligence combined with expert and community curation. Uptaste destinations will rarely be restaurants; they’ll be shops, they’ll be street traders, they’ll be local markets, or some other easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget place.