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All the drama in one convenient place
From bureaucracy to pay complaints, there’s not exactly a shortage of drama in Montreal’s restaurant scene. As such, Eater presents the 2019 drama stream, where we’ll gather every story about legal issues, distasteful advertisements, grumpy chefs, and much more.
Looking for any controversies from 2018? They’re over here.
Restaurants like Les 400 Coups and Tapas 24 may have disappeared, but a new report suggests they left behind a host of unpaid staff, suppliers, and business partners.
Meanwhile, the restaurateur says the tenants above his restaurant were "junkies", and said they fabricated their own counterfeit eviction notices.
New information shows that the restaurant is operating partially under a business name registered in Luxembourg, a tax haven
The restaurant lobby took a Montreal borough to court over an attempt to ban fast food chains, and lost
Nope nope NOPE nope nope nope nooooope
The diner trademarked its Mish-Mash omelette back in 1989, but has rarely (if ever) enforced the name
A small student group was threatened with a fine for serving the snacks at room temperature
Just what François Legault and the CAQ ordered!
The pop-up bar never asked permission to use the Pokémon brand, and may now have to create an awkward "Japanese monsters" themed knock-off if it wants to proceed.
The owner of a downtown creperie is notoriously supportive of Syria’s authoritarian president, Bashar al-Assad
The owner says that her identity as a transgender woman also may have made her a target.
During an undercover investigation, Montreal police found a lot of issues with Hochelaga’s Bar Chez Francoise.
A Joe Beef-Liverpool House owner did file one complaint about fast-moving stray balls, but says the city overreacted.
The restaurant says it kicked out a table because some customers were harassing a server — but a customer now claims the restaurant is homophobic.
A vegan restaurant was apparently targeted due to its location at the heart of the city’s non-existent "Antifa neighbourhood".
A patisserie on St-Viateur was slapped with a 55 percent rent increase that it can’t absorb.
Maybe restaurants shouldn’t fly in fish from across the Atlantic Ocean every day, says La Presse’s critic.
A post about several Jean-Talon E cafés has gone viral
Possibly illegal "standby shifts" are in the news again
A night that won’t easily be forgotten at Chez Ann
But the catch is that you’ll have to go eat at the Casino to get your share of the money
Bar Playground was never meant to have a bar permit, and closed last year