Quebec

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Featured Restaurants

Brasserie T!, Montreal

From Normand Laprise and Christine Lamarche, the creators behind fellow Food Day restaurant Toque!, and also in Montreal, come two sleek, urbane restaurants, Brasserie T! Quartier des spectacles in Montreal and Brasserie T! Quartier DIX30 in Brossard on the south shore of the city that’s split by the St. Lawrence River.  Each has a similarly enthusiastic […]

Candide, Montreal

Way back in 1825 cultural commentator Brillat-Savarin wrote: “The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.”   Chef John Winter Russell is one of those culinary creators who is intentionally building a bright and vital culinary scene in  Montreal, creating new flavour combinations with great flare. […]

Fairmont Le Château Montebello, Montebello, Quebec

Located in the heart of the beautiful Outaouais region in Quebec is a truly unique property, Fairmont Le Château Montebello. Surrounded by forests, farms and gardens, it is a chefs dream. Executive Chef Yann Gauthier and Executive Sous-Chef Maxime Delmont are constantly inspired by the fresh ingredients available to them by local producers. They showcase […]

Le Champlain @ Le Château Frontenac, Québec City

Le Château Frontenac has been one of the jewels of the Fairmont Hotel family (formerly Canadian Pacific)  since it was first opened in 1893. It was designed to be, in founder Sir William Van Horne’s words, “the most talked about hotel on this continent”. Sitting on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, its majestic […]

Les Fougères, Chelsea, Quebec

If you’re in the Ottawa Valley or the Outaouais and you mention the concept of regional cooking in Quebec, Les Fougères will be named. Chefs Charles Part and Jennifer Warren Part are completely and utterly dedicated to serving forth the best food and wine to their clientele. Aside from the impeccable dinners, their Sunday brunch […]

Blue poppies

Les Jardins de Métis, Grand Métis, Quebec

Les Jardins de Métis is a magical place and a testament to a dream that has spanned generations of the Reford family. In the summer of 1926, Elsie Reford began transforming her fishing camp on the Metis River into a garden. Located 220 miles north-east of Quebec City, at 48.51º N. latitude, the gardens she created […]

Les Jardins Sauvages, Quebec food

Les Jardins Sauvages, Saint-Roch de L’Achigan, Quebec

One of the neatest restaurants in Quebec, Les Jardins Sauvages, is owned and operated by Chef Nancy Hinton and forager/farmer François Brouillard. Aside from being a country eatery, they create and sell a line of products derived from wild plants and mushrooms at a farmer’s market stall at Marché Jean Talon in Montreal. Chef Nancy […]

Les Jardins Sauvages, Quebec food

Les Jardins Sauvages, Saint-Roch de L’Achigan, Quebec

One of the neatest restaurants in Quebec, Les Jardins Sauvages, is owned and operated by Chef Nancy Hinton and forager/farmer François Brouillard. Aside from being a country eatery, they create and sell a line of products derived from wild plants and mushrooms at a farmer’s market stall at Marché Jean Talon in Montreal. Chef Nancy […]

Wall Menu, Canada food

Maison Publique, Montréal

Derek Dammann has created the sort of restaurant he is all about…democratic and fun, delicious and fresh, thoughtful and sustainable. Maison Publique Chef Dammann, seen here at the left with his U of Guelph Innovation Award,  is revisiting the past, but as usual, his eye is on the horizon.  He might laugh, with a finger […]

Summer at Manoir Hovey

Manoir Hovey, North Hatley, Quebec

On the banks of Lake Massawippi, near North Hatley in Quebec’s Eastern Townships (L’Estrie), this inn and the chefs have been harvesting the region and serving it forth for as long as I’ve been writing about it. I published then-Chef Roland Ménard’s recipe in 1990 for lamb tenderloin baked in phyllo pastry and served with […]

Soif: Bar à vin, Gatineau, Québec

SOIF Bar à Vin is a true wine bar, where wine is their focus. Champion sommelier Veronique Rivest has curated a concise but ever-changing list offering authentic wines, wines that speak of a place, with an emphasis on organic and biodynamic growing practices…natural and real wines made by passionate people!   But wine wouldn’t be […]

Taverne Monkland, Montréal

“This is what a ‘local’ looks like in Montreal.  Stylish, great food and very, very comfortable! Monkland Taverne has been an institution in Notre Dame de Grace (NDG) since 1995 and the team of owners –  Josh Crowe, Barbara Irwin, Stephen Leslie, Boris Schweers and Donald Lovell  – have been focused on the great ingredients of […]