Food / Alimentation
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A Taste for Montreal: A City Built of Stories
The idea of using food as a lens to explore and understand the city is something that Avenue 8 has held dear for a long time. We were initially inspired...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le Food future de Montréal: foodies and urbanists find common ground at the CCA
I was overwhelmed (and exhausted) by the outpouring of interest for A Taste for Montreal / Le goût de la ville at the CCA last Thursday April 5th. Nearly...
By Alanah Heffez -
“A Taste for Montreal” Tomorrow at the CCA!
The Spacing Montreal team is getting excited for A Tate for Montréal / Le goût de Montréal this Thursday April 5th from 4pm-9pm at the CCA. The...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le goût de Montréal: fine cuisine et noms communs
L’orchidée de Chine devant la maison chinoise, ses propriétaires à l’ombre du parasol chinois; ce billet est un clin d’œil à la recette nom...
By Jean Desjardins -
OCPM Announces Urban Agriculture Consultation
Montrealers asked for it, and the City of Montreal is delivering: the OCPM has announced a public consultation about Urban Agriculture from May 12th...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le goût de Montréal: chronique alimentaire d’un baby-boomer
Mon père est né en 1944, il n’est donc pas techniquement un baby-boomer. Mais alimentairement parlant, c’est tout comme: il a vécu, avec les Québécois et...
By Joel Thibert -
A Taste for Montreal: Anticipation
Most Montrealers are so accustomed to he lineup on the sidewalk outside of Schwartz’s deli it may as well be part of the street furniture.  Just...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le goût de Montréal // Bouffe de rue : pour une approche systémique | Partie 2 – Plaidoyer et appel à tous
Vous n’avez pas lu la première partie de ce texte ? Cliquez ici. Vous y trouverez le contexte général de la cuisine de rue, autant ici qu’Ã...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
Le goût de Montréal // Bouffe de rue : pour une approche systémique | Partie 1 – Contexte et « adversaires »
Fish and chips, satay, curry, Laksa, Mee rebus, burritos, marrons chauds, poutine; tous des plats que j’aimerais bien déguster dans la rue avec vous...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
A Taste for Montreal: Hot Dogs for Humanity
For three years I volunteered with Dans la Rue van, handing out hot dogs to Montreal’s homeless on Monday evenings. The first thing volunteers learn...
By Alanah Heffez -
A Taste for Montreal: How Santropol May Have Saved St-Urbain & Duluth
Garth Gilker moved in to the third floor of the triplex on the corner of Duluth and St-Urbain street around 1970. An anglo Gaspésien, Gilker says that he...
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Why the demise of big box stores is not necessarily good news for main street shops
Considering that the SAQ announced last June that it would close two of its smaller outlets in the Southwest borough of Montreal (presumably to open up...
By Joel Thibert