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7 Bucket List Montreal Restaurants That Provide A Perfect Picnic Feast

Spring has sprung and you know what that means y'all: it's time to have a picnic feast! With tons of parks and many incredible Montreal restaurants to choose from, a picnic in the city is probably one of the best ways to spend a perfect sunny day. 

Here are the seven best bucket list restaurants in Montreal for you to have the perfect picnic feast. 

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8 Spots In Montreal That We Desperately Want To Sit And Eat Brunch At Again

Brunch is honestly the best meal of the day. And brunch places in Montreal are simply the best of the best.

Not only is it delicious, but the restaurants themselves put the biggest smiles on our faces, even when we're dreaming about them.

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11 Montreal Restaurants That Deserve To Be On Your 2021 Food Bucket List

2021 means a new year filled with opportunities. And that includes food, too! With so many amazing Montreal restaurants, if you're going to make a list of things to try and do this year, why not include some of the city's most delicious spots?

Offering cuisine from all over the world, Montreal restaurants have something for those looking for lesser-known spots that make their favourite dishes and spots that offer a brand new cuisine if your New Year's resolution is to try new things.

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Community Groups Are 'Shocked' By The SPVM's Actions At Camp Notre-Dame

Community groups say they're "shocked" by how Montreal police handled the dismantling of Camp Notre-Dame, where homeless Montrealers have been living in tents.

On Monday, members of the SPVM and Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal went to the campsite to evacuate the campers, a spokesperson for the City of Montreal told MTL Blog. 

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7 Of Montreal’s Most Instagrammed Spots To Have Your Next Winter Photoshoot

No one wants to talk about it, but we all know it's true: winter in Montreal is here. And besides the fact that winter on the island can be insanely cold, it can also be insanely beautiful. So much so that you're definitely gonna want to snap a few pics.

We know we're biased, but Montreal is definitely easy on the eyes at any time of the year.

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A Group Wants Montreal To Have Its Very Own 'High Line' Along The River (VIDEO)

A group that advocates for residents' access to their river is proposing a High Line-like structure in Montreal to better connect the Centre-Sud area and give Montrealers sweeping views of the city, heritage sites, river, and islands.

Les AmiEs du courant Sainte-Marie, which has also called for the creation of a huge urban beach in the Old Port, says that such an elevated pathway would provide a "wonderful window on the river in the east end of Ville-Marie" and become a destination like New York's popular hanging park and the Promenade Plantée in Paris.

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8 Montreal Brunch & Breakfast Spots Where You Can Get A Lot Of Food For Under $25

There are so many Montreal brunch and breakfast spots that honestly, it's tough to choose which ones to include on one of these lists. Montreal's breakfast professionals know which ones are the best and which ones are the worst, no doubt, but trying to narrow down spots where you can eat a lot for under $25 remains a challenge. Though breakfast is often a group activity, sometimes, you want to bring just a date or even take yourself out to brunch. 

As much as I love brunch, some places have the tendency to be on the pricey side. That's not a knock on those places by any means, but sometimes, the plan of action is to load up on the mimosas and get a plate of bacon and eggs for under $10 bucks, ya know? 

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8 Montreal Restaurants With Some Serious Comfort Food To Warm Your Soul This Fall

The colder weather is slowly creepin' in on us here in Montreal and you know what that means. No, not just sweater weather. No, not cuddle weather, either. It's the season to seek out some good ol' fashioned comfort food in Montreal.

Being a foodie city, we've definitely got some great food.

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