Lauren Jones

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Jul 9, 2014

24 things that Montrealers love

You can be sure that any city responsible for the planet's best bagels, and the planet's best smoked meat to go with them (NOT pastrami) has a lot of love to give to the world, yes -- but that's just the tip of the non-ship-sinking iceberg that makes up the things that Montrealers love...

Montreal Commandments

Jun 25, 2014

The 20 Montreal Commandments

And lo, de Maisonneuve climbed the royal mountain and erected a sweet 30-meter-tall, illuminated iron cross and returned with two tablets.

L'Auberge Saint-Gabriel

Jun 11, 2014

Montreal's oldest bars (with the best stories)

Montreal may be known as the land of the young and restless -- but historically speaking, this city’s been around the block a few times.

Jun 4, 2014

Montreal’s 8 best (mostly) hidden bars

We all know that the Montreal drinking & dining scene has some great hidden gems, but not everyone knows that some of them are literally hidden.

May 28, 2014

Montreal’s 8 hottest new restaurant openings

Ah, Springtime in Montreal.

Montreal Metro Bar Map

May 21, 2014

Introducing Montreal's first Metro bar map

For all its greatness, using the Montreal Metro can occasionally be an experience that leaves you needing a stiff drink, so we’ve put together a guide to help you do just that -- by plotting out the best bar within a 5-10 minute walk of every one of the most popular stops on the map (and therefore excluding the industrial bar-wasteland of the Orange Line’s Northwest corner, the drinkery-free parks & suburbia tagged onto the ends of the Green Line, and the Yellow Line’s teetotal island layover).

May 14, 2014

The 8 best sushi spots in Montreal

As anyone who's been desperately hungry at a gas station knows, good sushi is actually quite difficult to find.

Montreal mac and cheese

May 7, 2014

Montreal’s 8 best mac and cheese dishes

Everybody know that some of the best mac and cheese in Montreal comes from the dep, and out of a blue box -- but what if we told you that there are restaurants here that make their own, amazing versions of the stuff?

Boozy Brunch Montreal

Apr 30, 2014

Where to Boozy Brunch in Montreal: A hood-by-hood guide

Brunch is like, kiiiiind of a really big deal in Montreal -- but boozy brunches are (sadly) more difficult to come by.

Montreal tourists

Apr 23, 2014

Don’t be these 15 Montreal tourists

Montreal sees tourists numbering approximately twice the population of planet Earth coming through it each year -- and most of them are pretty cool.

Mount Royal Montreal

Apr 16, 2014

21 things you have to explain to out-of-towners about Montreal

You live in Montreal, so it’s inevitable that everybody and their under-aged sister is going to want to crash your apartment-sized-and-shaped palace at some point.

Apr 9, 2014

Montreal's most underrated restaurants

Understatement alert!