What's the Story With Ludger?

The status of Ludger is up in the air. The buvette gourmande seems to be in reboot mode but particulars are hazy at the moment. The Saint-Henri restaurant was not open last weekend for brunch and tipsters hint at a management shakeup and staff walkout. Principals in the restaurant refused to comment or elaborate this past week.

Ludger was a hit with Montreal critics in 2014. Thierry Daraize called it a "petit chez-soi chez les autres" and deemed it "très bien" a year ago. "Good bet" was the verdict from Sarah Musgrave in the Gazette. And La Presse critic Marie-Claude Lortie was a fan too: "Rien de gastronomique, rien de néo-créatif. Rien de post-moderne non plus. Juste de la bonne bière, de bonnes huîtres, des bons plats. Mais surtout, surtout, une atmosphère sympathique." Fingers crossed that all is well on Notre-Dame Ouest.

Update: Ludger is open. No word yet on shuffles in management and staff, however. Stay tuned.