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A long Thanksgiving weekend: smoked meat, bagels, a rotisserie and an eighteen-stop coffee walk. Start with these three.

5days in 2026

18coffee stops

4big dinners

2bagel ovens

Visited Montreal 5 DAYS · 2026 Québec · Canada

Start with these

Three meals we keep coming back to

First night Schwartz's Deli Smoked meat since 1928 OrderSmoked meat, medium fat, with a black cherry soda $$Cash only

Canada's #1 Best New Restaurant 2026 The big dinner Rôtisserie La Lune Spit-roasted birds OrderThe rotisserie chicken and the frites $$$Canada's best new restaurant 2026

World's 100 Best Coffee Shops Best coffee Café Pista One of the world's 100 best coffee shops OrderColis Resistencia Guatemala / Bookkisa Naturel Ethiopia $Stop 15 on the walk

The coffee walk

18 stops in four days, in order

1Côté Bar à CaféDrink Silky tulip latteFriday

2Boulangerie GuillaumeDrink Fresh pearl-sugar chouquettesFriday

3Dispatch CoffeeDrink Mujeres Norte Huila single-origin pour-overFriday

4Micro EspressoDrink Easy Decaf (Colombia Caldas) & Dark Mode (Brazil)Friday

5Bernie BeigneDrink Fresh glazed honey crullersFriday

6Les Alchimistes CaféDrink Butterscotch AffogatoFriday

7Café In GambaDrink Phil & Sebastian 'Lights Out Decaf'Saturday

8Fine Fine Fine CaféDrink Flat White / PiccoloSaturday

9Tordu Café et CrèmerieDrink Afternoon cortadoSaturday

10Froidôchaud Café & CrêperieDrink Made-to-order sweet & savory crêpesSaturday

11Café BravoDrink Filter coffeeSaturday

12Café CAMSDrink CAMS x Jungle espressoSunday

13ZAB CaféDrink Allan Melgar Guatemala pour-over carafe flightSunday

14Café ÉclairDrink Wilder Lazo Geisha pour-overSunday

15Café PistaDrink Colis Resistencia Guatemala / Bookkisa Naturel EthiopiaSunday

16Columbus Café & CoDrink Dirty Chaï à la CitrouilleSunday

17Pikolo Espresso BarDrink Altura (Mexico) or Macarena (Colombia) espressoSunday

18Krema CaféDrink Krema x Jungle (Recinos Family, Guatemala) cortadoMonday

What are you craving?

Every place, by kind

Restaurants4 dinners

Bagels & poutine3 places

Coffee18 stops

Things to do6 ideas

Restaurants, bagels and poutine

Schwartz's DeliSmoked meat since 1928Order Smoked meat brisketMontrealOur first night

Rôtisserie La LuneSpit-roasted birdsCanada's #1 Best New Restaurant 2026Order Spit-roasted chicken and guinea fowlMontrealSaturday

GibbysSteakhouse in an 18th-century stableOrder Prime rib, warm sourdough and dillsMontrealSunday

Les Enfants Terribles (Place Ville Marie)French brasserieOrder Brasserie classics: the tartare and the shepherd’s pie are the ones people nameMontrealFriday

Fairmount BagelWood-fired bagels since 1919Order Hot sesame bagel from the wood ovenMontrealOpen 24/7

St-Viateur BagelHand-rolled bagelsOrder Sesame bagelMontrealThe other bagel

La BanquisePoutine, open 24/7Order Poutine (30Montreal30+ toppings

Things to do

Bateau-Mouche cruiseAn hour on the St. Lawrence

Combat d'Archers & kartingArchery tag and drift karts

Mount Royal lookoutThe skyline from the Kondiaronk Belvedere

Jean-Talon MarketOpen-air market; maple everything

BiodomeFive ecosystems, penguins and lynx

Old Montreal & Notre-DameCobblestones and the basilica

Still on the list

Next time

Le Petit Alep Bib Gourmand, Syrian-ArmenianAu Pied de Cochon Martin PicardL'Express French bistroDamas Syrian feastCloakroom Bar speakeasyJuliette & Chocolat chocolateDrogheria Fine gnocchi window