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LITTLE ITALY — Big, sad news for Montreal’s Italian food world: St-Zotique Street restaurant Hostaria has announced that this Saturday (August 18) will be the end of the road. Hostaria opened up in 2009, as a sort-of spiritual successor to refined Italian dining destination Il Mulino after chef-owner Tony de Rose decided to retire. (Il Mulino was one of very few restaurants in the city to score an elusive four-star review from critic Lesley Chesterman). De Rose’s co-owner Aniello Covone crafted a new ownership team and came back with the the more modern Hostaria, which developed a following courtesy of dishes like its boar ragu pappardelle, baked and roasted meats, and more. The announcement went up on Instagram over the weekend, although there was no clear reason given for the shutter. There’s also a hint that the La Bottega group behind Hostaria have some sort of future project in the works to take its place.
VILLAGE — In a long post on Facebook, upstart curry house Bighi Curry revealed that it will be closing its doors sometime around the end of August or beginning of September, after about one year in business. Owners Gabrielle Camiré and Huriel Pitre cited that a series of events were “bad luck” for the fledgling restaurant, forcing them to consider selling off their assets while the going was good. Turns out that talks to dissolve it were in motion for some time.
Salut Guys! Y’a pas de bonne façon de faire une annonce du genre puisqu’inévitablement elle est de nature un peu...
Posted by Bighi Curry on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
SAINT-HENRI — Julien René Aubin, Marilyn Surprenant, and Hayley Smirnow’s artisanal grocer and sandwich shop Marché La Pantry is no more as of last week. The business announced that Monday this week would be its last day. The only clue as to the reason for this closure was “for personal reasons”, given in response to a Facebook commenter.
Salut, il ne reste plus que 4 jours et ensuite la Pantry ferme définitivement. Passez nous voir pour un dernier beu-bye!
Posted by Marché La Pantry on Thursday, August 2, 2018
HOCHELAGA — Some good “closure” news: Hochelaga Street multi-purpose diner Jimmy’s now has a guaranteed future. After the death of eponymous owner Jimmy and an impending sale, his kids stepped in to save the nearly four-decade-old purveyor of everything from Chinese food to pasta.
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- Fine Dining: Hostaria [Montreal Gazette]