The counter at Cafe Humble Lion with a hand chalked menu board, shelves of house roasted bags, plants, and a pastry case up front

Montreal

45.5017,-73.5673

A bilingual coffee culture where old school Italian espresso bars and new wave roasters share the same blocks, unbothered by six months of winter.

The counter at Cafe Humble Lion with a hand chalked menu board, shelves of house roasted bags, plants, and a pastry case up front

Café Humble Lion

Downtown · Montreal

compact and cozyBeans to go

Inside Café Larue et Fils with a barista at the espresso machine, a pastry case on the marble counter, bags of house roasted coffee, and guests working at wooden tables

Café Larue et Fils Castelnau

Villeray · Montreal

Villeray social clubBeans to go

Behind the marble counter, a barista works between two La Cimbali espresso machines under an ornate pressed tin ceiling, with chalkboard menus listing espresso and cappuccino prices

Café Olimpico

Mile End · Montreal

old school ItalianBeans to go

Interior of Café Pista Beaubien with a green leather banquette, wooden tables, a palm by the window, and two large framed red and white prints on pale green paneling

Café Pista Beaubien

La Petite-Patrie · Montreal

pedal powered rootsBeans to go

The brick facade of Café Saint-Henri's Mile-Ex headquarters, with the Saint-Henri Micro-Torréfacteur sign above the entrance and colorful patio chairs set out on artificial turf

Café Saint-Henri Micro-Torréfacteur

Mile-Ex · Montreal

roastery headquartersBeans to go

Close-up of the raised white Dispatch lettering on the storefront's dark awning, brick facade and a green traffic light visible above

Dispatch Coffee

Plateau-Mont-Royal · Montreal

sunlit and openBeans to go

The grey corrugated steel front of Dreamy with a large black CAFE sign, a warm wall lantern and glass double doors lettered Dreamy Dreamy Dreamy

Dreamy

Saint-Henri · Montreal

roastery with a cafeBeans to go

The Le brûloir Café sign mounted on the brick corner of the building, with festive bunting strung across the storefront windows below

Le Brûloir

Ahuntsic · Montreal

neighborhood cafeBeans to go

Inside Micro Espresso NDG with a letter board menu, shelves of coffee bags, filament bulbs, and a blond wood slat counter with the espresso grinder behind it

Micro Espresso NDG

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce · Montreal

neighborhood roaster barBeans to go

Pikolo Espresso Bar's brick corner storefront on Rue Clark with the black PIKOLO sign, an open entrance, a sidewalk chalkboard, and a wrought iron bench out front

Pikolo Espresso Bar

Quartier des Spectacles · Montreal

Australian inspiredfast friendly downtown stop

Shaughnessy Café

Shaughnessy Village · Montreal

multi roaster barBeans to go

Structure Coffee Roasters

Old Montreal · Montreal

minimalistBeans to go