Restaurants in the Area

If you'll be in the city for a night or two before or after the conference, you'll certainly want to try some of Montreal's restaurants. The spots listed below are just scratching the surface-for more reviews and recommendations, check out MontrealFood.

Breakfast

Place Milton (224 Milton) $ [A]
All-day breakfast and diner-style lunch menu.

Chez Cora (3465 Ave du Parc) $ [A]
Slightly closer to campus, slightly more expensive, and a bigger breakfast menu.

Café Republique (3563 St-Laurent) $$ [B]
More fashionable place for weekend brunch.

Lunch

Grano (3647 St-Laurent) $ [B]
Sandwiches, 2-for-1 cake, board-games.

Patati-Patata (4177 St-Laurent) $ [B]
Delicious burgers in a teeny-tiny restaurant.

Mondo Fritz (3899 St-Laurent) $ [B]
Serves poutine and vegetarian poutine.

Chinese and Japanese

La Maison VIP (1077 Clark) $ [C]
The best restaurant in Chinatown, according to our undergraduate students.

The New Maison Kam Fung (1071 St-Urbain) $$ [C]
Extremely popular spot for dim-sum.

Ginger (16 des Pins East) $$$ [B]
Stylish Asian fusion.

Osaka (2137 Bleury) $$ [B]
Homestyle Japanese.

Katsura (2170 Mountain) $$$ [A]
Quite fancy.

French and Italian

L'Express (3927 St-Denis, 845-5333) $$$ [C]

L'Academie (4051 St-Denis, 849-2249) $$ [C]

Maestro S.V.P. (3615 St-Laurent, 842-6447) $$$ [B]
Oysters!

Amelio's (201 Milton, 845-8396) $$ [A]

Indian

Bombay Palace (2201 Ste-Catherine West, 932-7141) $$ [C]

Om (4382 St-Laurent) $$ Indian and Tibetan. [C]

Vegetarian

Lola Rosa (545 Milton) $ [A]
Just steps away from the Birks Building.

Le Commensal (1204 McGill College, second floor) $-$$ [A]
Vegetarian buffet-priced according to the weight of your plate.

Chu Chai (4088 St-Denis) $$ [C]
Wildly popular vegetarian Thai.

Montreal Institutions

Schwartz's (3895 St-Laurent) $ For smoked meat. [B]

Santropol (3990 St-Urbain) $ For giant sandwiches. [B]