Montreal/Mile-End

Mile End, the last Mile, is a small neighborhood between Outremont, Le Plateau, Rosemont and Little Italy. The main commercial streets are parts of St-Viateur, Fairmount, Bernard, Villeneuve, Parc Ave & St-Laurent.

It has bagel shops (2 on Fairmount and 2 on St-Viateur), plenty of little restaurants and shops and is best known for its lively Italian coffee shops.

Get in

The nearest metro station is outside the Mile-End: Laurier on the orange line. It is about 15 minutes walk. Alternatively, take the 80 bus from metro stations Place-des-Arts (green line) or Du Parc (blue line).

See

• 🌍 Church of St. Michael and St. Anthony, 5580 rue St-Urbain. (updated Sep 2018)

Do

• 🌍 Rialto Theatre, 5723, avenue du Parc. (updated Sep 2018)

Buy

The two main commercial streets in the Mile-End are Bernard and St-Viateur. Stroll your way through fine food shops, independent book shops and independent clothing shops featuring local designers as well as kitschy vintage second-hand clothing.

Eat

Bagels

The Mile-End is home to the two most renowned bagel shops of Montreal: St-Viateur Bagel and Fairmount Bagel. These shops do not offer seating, but you can sit in a nearby park to eat your bagels while they are hot. For the complete experience, do a picnic with fresh bagels, smoked salmon and cream cheese.

• 🌍 St-Viateur Bagel, 263 St. Viateur West, ☎ [phone]. 24/7. The flagship bakery of St-Viateur Bagel. 
• 🌍 Fairmount Bagel, 74 Fairmount West, ☎ [phone]. 24/7. 

Specialized food stores

The Mile-End is home to many fine food shops and organic markets, including :

• 🌍 Latina, 185 St-Viateur West, ☎ [phone]. Fine food shops boasting an excellent olive bar and many European importations. It is one of the rare places to buy truffles in Montreal. 

Restaurants

• 🌍 Le Cagibi, 5490 St. Laurent (corner St-Viateur), ☎ [phone]. A nice vegetarian café and bistro, Le Cagibi is also a hot spot of the emerging experimental music scene with live shows most nights of the week. 
• La Poule (Bernard between Waverly and de l'Esplanade). open till 22:00. One of the best Portuguese-style chicken restaurants in the entire city (and there are quite a few.) It's owned by an Italian woman and the head chef is a Moroccan man, but no matter. Their chicken is grilled, not rotisserie. Served with piri-piri hot sauce, choice of salads and a huge pile of fresh fries. Lots of other things on the menu but don't bother. It's all about la poule (the chicken). 
• Arahova (on St-Viateur near du Parc). A Greek restaurant specialized souvlaki and doner. A chain, and not a great one at that. 
• Plus que Parfait, 60 rue Fairmount ouest. Gelato 
• Café Olympico. Coffee shop. 
• 🌍 Café Club Social, 180 rue Saint-Viateur Ouest, ☎ [phone]. Coffee shop. 
• B&M. A restaurant with questionable service. Known for good North American style pizza. Brunches are only fair. 
• Nouveau Navarino. 
• 🌍 Comptoir 21, 21 rue St-Viateur Ouest, ☎ [phone]. Awesome fish and chips. (updated Jun 2017)
• 🌍 Les Deux Singes de Montarvie, 176 rue St-Viateur Ouest, ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

• 🌍 Helm brasseur gourmand, 273 rue Bernard Ouest (bus 80), ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 15:00-03:00. A unique bar with emphasis on local products including homemade beers, ciders, and North American wines. On the food side, you will find tapas like platters prepared with fresh ingredients: fish and meat tartares, duck magret, Québec cheeses, rillete, foie-gras, the famous veal mini-burgers, and also vegetable dishes. Food is not necessarily of the quality one would expect for the price, however. $4 draft beer ($5.50 for pint), 5 to 8 prices on tap. 
• Sparrow (Le Moineau), 5322 boulevard Saint-Laurent, ☎ [phone]. 
• Waverly
• Chez Serge
• Bond

Sleep

• 🌍 Pensione Popolo, 4871 St Laurent Blvd, ☎ [phone]. (updated Sep 2018)

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