September 2009
2 posts
A good review for Newtown →
Marie-Claude Lortie, in La Presse this week, writes that, while the ambience of Newtown is nothing like their old digs at Laloux, Patrice Demers and Marc-André Jetté are back in the business of…
Cafe Myriade rocks →
So if I’ve tweeted this, should I blog it? What if I also Facebooked it? Well, here’s my Social Media strategy: at this moment, I don’t give a rat’s ass.
I’m proud of Montreal’s Cafe…
August 2009
3 posts
2009 holiday plans, v. 1.0 →
Well, with only(!) 110 days left before the next trip to Montreal, and our sixth holiday spent in the city, our restaurant plan is beginning to take shape.
Readers of this blog know that food…
New Reviews of Laloux and Newtown →
Let me pass on a couple reviews of note about two restaurants we’ve been watching closely over the past several months.
Laloux
In the Montreal Gazette, Lesley Chesterman visits and finds much…
Patrice Demers live in action →
Thinking of Laloux again, and Newtown and Patrice Demers, here the video that gave us our first look at Demers in action. From the Something’s Cooking series (now defunct), here he is making the…
June 2009
1 post
MüvBox →
The video is amazingly cool, the concept is forward-thinking and super-trendy, perhaps a bit too trendy even for the most over-touristed sections of Old Montreal. But here it is, MüvBox, now at…
May 2009
1 post
Laloux Update →
More chef musical chairs:
Mari-Claude Lortie of La Presse blogs that Éric Gonzalez will be the new chef at Laloux, replacing Marc André Jetté, who has departed for Newtown with Patrice Demers, as…
April 2009
1 post
Demers and Jetté leave Laloux →
Patrice Demers and Marc-André Jetté put Laloux on the map of great Montreal restaurants, and now comes news of their imminent departure.
Demers and Jetté will move to the kitchen at …
March 2009
1 post
Montreal Restaurant Reviews and Food Discussion -... →
Cabane a Sucre Au Pied de Cochon has taken more risks than it needed to in creating a menu that doesn’t just attempt to do the classics right but completely turns them on their head. And the results…
January 2009
5 posts
The art of coffee heads downtown →
And since late October, coffee geeks have a watering hole downtown. Café Myriade, which also serves fine teas and molten hot chocolate, is run by Scott Rao, author of the Professional Baristaâs…
Cafe Myriade makes the paper →
A nice piece on Cafe Myriade in the Montreal Gazette, which bills the cafe as the spread of good coffee to the downtown area, as well as the home of the best price for 49th Parallel…
Montreal Notebook " Blog Archive " Montreal 2008:... →
Montreal is in the midst of a coffee renaissance. Cafe Myriade is the youngest offspring, but I think itâs the new leader.
Montreal 2008: About Cafe Myriade →
Without a doubt, one of the highlights of our time in Montreal this holiday was the series of three visits to Cafe Myriade. It’s new, but it’s clearly established itself as one of the…
To Montreal and back: 2008 →
I’m going to write a number of posts over the next few weeks about our 2008 trip to Montreal. I think it’s worth taking some time to consider the changes that are taking place in the Old…
December 2008
74 posts
McGill Immobilier →
MTL →
As in past years, the number of posts about this trip - before and after - will greatly outnumber the posts during, but I want to drop at least one quick note to mention: first, all the snow we’re…
