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DINING: A delicious escape from the city at Auberge des Gallant’s Restaurant 1171

The family-run Auberge des Gallant, located about an hour outside Montreal in Sainte-Marthe, has been in business since Gaspé native Gerard Gallant first opened the small inn and restaurant in 1972. Today, the site has expanded and grown, and is now a popular destination for weekend getaways, summer weddings, and extravagant Sunday brunches surrounded by […]

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LA RECOLTE

It is real treat to find a restaurant that is unabashedly  without pretension, small and without fancy designer flourishes. A restaurant where the focus is solely on the food and the service. Such a restaurant is La Recolte, neatly tucked away on a non descript block of Belanger St in the La Petite-Patrie neighborhood, just […]

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Music & Menu Magic at Maddie’s

By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up The word ‘convenient’ isn’t how most restaurateurs would describe their establishments.  But at Maddie’s Place, ‘convenient’ is sexier than Channing Tatum in a thin cotton t-shirt on a humid day. Taking the 20 to the Mercier Bridge after rush hour took about 13-14 minutes, and Maddie’s Place is 2 […]