Mehdi Brunet at Hôtel Herman, Marché Sous Chef Opens, and Other A.M. Intel

— Hôtel Herman fans take note: the restaurant will host two events on Tuesday, December 22, and Tuesday, December 29 with special guest chefs. Next week chef Marc-Alexandre Mercier will welcome Mehdi Brunet-Benkritly, formerly of Au Pied de Cochon, and back in the city after stints at New York's Bar Sardine and Fedora, into his Mile End kitchen to collaborate on a $60 prix fixe menu (with a $40 supplement for liquid pairings). Call Hôtel Herman at (514) 278-7000 to reserve your spot—this event is likely to book up fast.

— Marché Sous Chef, the reboot of Antonio Park's Park Market, is now open for business in new Westmount digs at 370 Victoria. Manager Pier-Luc Dallaire, long a fixture at Joe Beef and Liverpool House, recently told Eater that the store's focus will be on prepared meals for takeout, and local, chef-driven products, such as these baguettes from La Bête à Pain. ICYMI, the original Park Market is about to get a pastry shop makeover.

Sous Chef is finally Open! The new @marchepark Come by and say hello to Pierre Luc @poireluke #exciting #newbeginning #souschef #family #comeandcheckusout

A photo posted by Antonio Park (@chefantoniopark) on Dec 14, 2015 at 9:50am PST

— Hot on the heels of this Shaughnessy Village ramen announcement comes word that Schlouppe Bistrot Nakamichi will soft open a week from today, on December 22. Let the downtown Montreal ramen wars begin.

— Chez Tousignant, the Little Italy casse-croûte from Impasto/Pizzeria GEMA, is now open, officially, after a considerable soft launch. The restaurant will be closed for the holidays, however, from December 21 to January 4.

— Bar Henrietta, the Portuguese tavern remake of Baldwin Barmacie in Mile End, opens tomorrow.

—Rémy Couture, the man behind the Plateau's popular Crémy Pâtisserie, has a new online video recipe project, entitled Saint Crème.

— Cocktail event Made With Love took place at the Société des Arts Technologiques yesterday, with a number of Montreal bars and restaurants in attendance. Alambika, Montreal barware store par excellence, has a photo gallery here.