Café restaurants in Montréal
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Café Santropol
This is an iconic Montréal eatery known for its towering and creative sandwiches, its colorful digs, and lush outdoor garden patio. Its creations range from the sweet root (carrots, raisins, coriander, nuts, mayo and fresh apple) to pepper island with ham (which comes with jalapeño pepper jelly, pesto and cream cheese spread).
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Titanic
The sandwiches here have office workers scurrying to these cramped basement quarters from all over Old Montréal on their lunch breaks. The varieties are endless and can include pepper pâté, smoked mackerel or spicy Calabrese sausage. Excellent salads, pastas, quiche and antipasto misto are popular takeouts that round out the mix.
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Caffè Italia
This old-time Italian café has a loyal neighborhood following for its unpretentious charm. Plain Formica counters and faded Italian soccer posters set the stage for lingering over excellent espresso and unfussy sandwiches. Depending on how things are going (with AC Milan football club), staff can be grumpy and terse or enthusiastically welcoming.
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Juliette et Chocolat
When the urge to devour something chocolaty arrives, make straight for Juliette et Chocolat, a bustling little café where chocolate is served in every shape and form –drizzled over crepes, blended into creamy milkshakes and coffees, or straight up in a blood-sugar-boosting chocolate ‘shot.’ The setting is charming but small and busy. For less hustle and bustle, visit the Laurier location.
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Chez Cora
With locations across Canada, Chez Cora is the trusted breakfast standard. Like all others, the Mont-Royal outpost has cheerful decor and generous portions. To start the day with a bang, try ‘Récolte 90,‘ featuring French toast with raisins served with bacon, an egg and an avalanche of fruit. There are several other branches around town including one in The Village.
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Café Méliès
This chic, modern restaurant and wine bar located in the Ex-Centris cinema and multimedia complex is tailor-made for Montréal’s flashy showbiz types. It’s an excellent place to be seen over lunch, dinner or afternoon coffee in front of the windows on the Main. The brunch is particularly upscale and popular. At night, movie-goers and politicians rub shouldersover plates of marinated salmon or roasted scallops.
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Juliette et Chocolat
Montréal’s chocolate lovers unite at this sweet two-level café on Laurier. The menu is built around chocolate, from decadent piping-hot crepes to milkshakes, smoothies and chocolate ‘shots, ’ not to mention cups of creamy hot chocolate. The varieties (rated by bitterness, country of origin, percentage of cocoa levels etc) are endless. Black-and-white tile floors and an inviting ambience seduce lingerers. There’s another location in the Quartier Latin.
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Brûlerie St-Denis
This is coffee heaven: iced coffees, frappés, special blends like Café Dante (mocca espresso with whipped cream, cinnamon, chocolate and grated orange peel), made from beans fresh out of the big roaster. The front terrace is a great place to nurse a cup with a hot veggie sandwich or slice of cake.
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Café Cherrier
Locals flock to the shady, wraparound terrace of this comfy café with the long marble serving counter that wouldn’t be out of place in Paris. This is an especially lively place after a performance at the nearby L’Agora de la Danse. A huge percentage of the audience usually swings by here for dinner or a drink, setting the whole place abuzz. Breakfast is popular as is classic French bistro fare like steak frites.
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Café Fruits Folie
This agreeable café has a long list of crepes, bagels, burgers and sandwiches, plus good vegetarian choices. The front terrace (one of many in this neighborhood) has a great view of the happenings on Rue St-Denis, and people love to linger here over breakfast while watching the world go by.
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Café Santropol
This is an iconic Montréal eatery known for its towering and creative sandwiches, its colorful digs, and lush outdoor garden patio. Its creations range from the sweet root (carrots, raisins, coriander, nuts, mayo and fresh apple) to pepper island with ham (which comes with jalapeño pepper jelly, pesto and cream cheese spread).
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