10/17/2026
An ongoing series by S&P founder, tour guide and MTL ambassador Danny. OQLF most wanted 🎯 5 hidden gems in Montréal!
$10 glasses of w**e on Thursdays while listening to Rock the Casbah in Arabic warms my ♥️. Darna Bistroquet is a quaint neo-Maroccan joint that makes a solid cauliflower zaalouk and a halloumi worth the schlep; great merguez and falafel that could maybe drop the fancy sauce as they been ”bnin" on their own!
Patience is a virtue and Ivorian chicken with attiéké and alloco from Mam Grillades is worth testing that patience of yours. My comfort food spot from my Parc Ex days; I’d order OMW home, take the dog out, hit up the SAQ and head back in time to take this charcoaled food of the West African gods home. Wait times are real. Pro tip, get extra piment sauce (like what I wish pico de gallo could be… better).
In a city where Nguyen is the most common last name after a francophone surname, you bet we have good pho game. The Dac Biet Pho Bep Cuisine - Vietnamese Food slaps. Michelle runs the FOH with a smile and the energy of a ca phe sua da. The dark broth here brings me back to Ho Chi Minh City breakfast. All I do is Nguyen (🏆).
The best Peruvian food is in Peru. Fresh is everything. But…my primo got me loving the tiny Resturant De-ceos, serving solid ceviche and amazing anticuchos. No booze means it’s gotta be good for me since I normally drink Pisco sours like endorsed to. Get the chicha morada, what I call “Peru purple drank”.
A sandwich board and bouquet outdoors lured me into this cute as hell bistro that feels like you’re in someone’s living room. Being new to Villeray, this seasonal menu bistro with kick ass w**e will not be gate-kept by myself because everyone deserves a date night at Haute Saison évènement as special as it feels, just lovely.