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Toronto · Chinatown · Contemporary French
Alo
A contemporary tasting menu above Spadina Avenue, for an evening built around seasonal cooking.
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New York · Seafood
Le Bernardin
Seafood-focused French cooking in Midtown, with both tasting and à la carte dining.
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Chicago · Contemporary
Smyth
An ingredient-led tasting menu in the West Loop, with seasonal produce at the centre of the meal.
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MICHELIN ★★
Vancouver · Contemporary Canadian
AnnaLena
A changing seasonal tasting menu in Kitsilano, newly awarded two Michelin stars in October 2026.
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Los Angeles · Hollywood · Seafood
Providence
A seafood tasting menu on Melrose Avenue, with California ingredients and optional signature additions.
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Miami · Contemporary Italian
Boia De
Italian-inspired cooking and house-made pasta behind the pink exclamation mark in Buena Vista.
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MICHELIN ★★★
San Francisco · Contemporary French
Atelier Crenn
A seafood-and-produce tasting menu on Fillmore Street, combining French technique with California ingredients.
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8 Best Burgers in Montreal
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TULA - Les repas végétaliens équilibrés
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Schwartz's Deli
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B12 Burger St Catherine Ouest
B12 Burger St Catherine Ouest in Downtown is a first-choice stop for burgers. It is a natural choice when you are planning around Downtown.
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Montreal · Plateau · Contemporary · moderate
TULA - Les repas végétaliens équilibrés
Montreal has no shortage of vegetarian restaurants, but plant-based Indian cooking done with genuine culinary ambition is a different category — and Tula is essentially the only room in the city occupying it.
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Montreal · Ethiopian · moderate
TESFA
Ethiopian cooking is architecturally communal — everything arrives on a shared spread of injera, the soft, tangy flatbread that functions as both plate and utensil, and the meal only works when the whole table leans in.
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Montreal · Cote-des-Neiges · Burgers · value
Mekan & Beyond- Burger Authentique
Mekan & Beyond- Burger Authentique in Cote-des-Neiges is a strong choice for burgers. It is a natural choice when you are planning around Cote-des-Neiges.
Montreal · Verdun · Contemporary · value
Le Petit Wellington
Le Petit Wellington is the kind of place Verdun does quietly and well: a tiny canteen on the Wellington strip run by an owner named Alveera, who frames the whole project around the idea of a "gastro canteen" — meaning real cooking, genui…
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Rose Ross Restaurant
Rose Ross sits on rue Masson in Rosemont with the quiet assurance of a room that has figured out precisely what it wants to be.
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Montreal · Little Italy · Italian · moderate
Jean Talon Market
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Schwartz's Deli
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Montreal · Plateau · Global · value
La Banquise
La Banquise has a thesis, and it doesn't hedge: poutine is the thing, dozens of variations of the thing exist, and your only job is figuring out which one you're in the mood for tonight.
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Montreal · Plateau · Portuguese · value
Ma Poule Mouillée
Ma Poule Mouillée is one of the better-known portuguese spots in Plateau in Montreal, which makes it a practical place to start.
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Montreal · Old Montreal · Quebecois · value
3 Brasseurs Saint-Paul
3 Brasseurs Saint-Paul keeps showing up in the right conversations in Old Montreal when people want a reliable quebecois plan.
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Montreal · Old Montreal · Steakhouse · splurge
Vieux-Port Steakhouse
Vieux-Port Steakhouse suits a night out in Old Montreal when you want steakhouse that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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B12 Burger St Catherine Ouest
B12 Burger is a homegrown Quebec chain — a dozen locations and counting — built on a premise that's harder to pull off than it sounds: halal, fresh-never-frozen patties, kept honest and kept cheap. The Ste-Catherine West location is the downtown anchor, and its most meaningful attribute is the hours. When the rest of the neighbourhood has called it a night, B12 is still running, reportedly staying open until 2 or 3 a.m. — which, in a city that somehow undersupplies late-night food worth eating, is not a small thing. The room isn't the draw; this is fast-casual counter service, bright lighting, the kind of place that prioritises throughput over atmosphere. That's fine. That's the deal. The menu centres on burgers — the house signature and a classic rendition are the two benchmarks most frequently cited by regulars — alongside poutine that diners consistently flag as the smart split order. A buffalo-chicken poutine variant has developed a following for people who want something with a little more going on. The chain's reputation rests on the halal credential and the fresh-patty commitment, which together carve out a real lane in a market where neither is guaranteed at this price point. Montreal's more serious burger discourse tends to point elsewhere for the smash-purist or the craft-everything crowd, and B12 doesn't appear to be lobbying for that conversation. What it is lobbying for — and reportedly delivering — is a reliable burger at a price that doesn't require justification, available at an hour when your options have mostly evaporated. If you're downtown late and want something real rather than something reheated, the Ste-Catherine West location is worth knowing about. Go for the signature, add the poutine, and get there before last call anywhere else even matters.
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TULA - Les repas végétaliens équilibrés
Montreal has no shortage of vegetarian restaurants, but plant-based Indian cooking done with genuine culinary ambition is a different category — and Tula is essentially the only room in the city occupying it. The name translates to "balance" in Sanskrit, which turns out to be a precise description of the kitchen's philosophy: chef-owner Abhishek Arun, who ran two plant-based Indian concepts in Toronto before bringing this one to the Plateau, treats vegan Indian food as a cuisine with its own logic rather than a version of something with the protein removed. That framing matters. Tastet has given the restaurant a proper look, and the attention appears warranted. No verified dish list exists on record for this space, but the menu's reputation centers on the kind of cooking where legumes, vegetables, and spices do the structural and flavour work that meat typically handles in a North American context. Diners and local press have noted the kitchen's seriousness with spice and technique — this is not a room trading on novelty. The format reportedly holds across both the main plates and the sides, where the kitchen's care is said to be especially evident. For a mid-range price point, the ambition-to-cost ratio comes up consistently in early coverage. The room itself is small, green-walled, and hung with plants — a calm, intentional space that works better for a focused weeknight dinner than a large group. Floor cushions set an unhurried tone. The Plateau location puts it in a neighbourhood that already takes food seriously, and Tula sits comfortably in that context without performing for it. Reservations are advisable given the size; walk-ins on quieter weeknights are reportedly possible but not guaranteed.
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TESFA
Ethiopian cooking is architecturally communal — everything arrives on a shared spread of injera, the soft, tangy flatbread that functions as both plate and utensil, and the meal only works when the whole table leans in. Tesfa, on Papineau in the Plateau, has built a reputation around exactly that dynamic. The room attracts groups, the format demands participation, and from what diners and critics consistently report, it delivers the kind of dinner that actually changes how a table talks to each other. The menu centers on the East African canon, with doro wot — chicken long-cooked in berbere — and tibs, a sautéed preparation of beef or lamb, among the dishes most frequently cited by returning guests. A vegetarian combo rounds out the table in the way Ethiopian veggie plates do best: multiple preparations, generous portioning, and enough variety that it holds its own rather than playing second fiddle to the meat. Notably, Tesfa also carries a Mediterranean thread — falafel and pita reportedly appear alongside the East African spicing — which is an unusual move and one that seems to read as an asset rather than a distraction, broadening the table's options without diluting the kitchen's identity. The Infatuation has flagged the spot approvingly, which tracks with its standing among Montreal's more reliably recommended spots for this style of cooking. Practically speaking: this is a restaurant that performs best at scale. Six people is reportedly the sweet spot — enough to order broadly across the menu and make the communal format feel intentional rather than incidental. The Plateau location on Papineau puts it squarely in a neighbourhood comfortable with this kind of unpretentious, high-flavour cooking. Book for a group, resist the urge to keep things tidy, and plan to stay longer than you intended.
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