Controversies

New Team Aims to Bring Back Montreal Legend Laurier BBQ, But to St-Viateur Street

By Valerie Silva March 31

Latest Shiller Lavy Listing Reignites Discussions of Mile End Gentrification

By Valerie Silva February 26

Vegan Chef and Cheesemaker Says Competitor Stole Her Packaging Design

By Valerie Silva October 20, 2020

Pho King Bon Will Revise Menu After Accusations of ‘Vulgar and Degrading’ Wordplay

By Valerie Silva September 8, 2020

Montreal Plaza Chef Mocks Culinary Appropriation in Now-Deleted Instagram Video

By Valerie Silva September 4, 2020

One of Montreal’s Most Expensive Restaurants Allegedly Used Staff Tips and Wages to Pay Its Bills

By Tim Forster April 24, 2020

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Quebec City Man Loses Job For Videoing Himself Coughing on Restaurant Equipment

By Tim Forster April 6, 2020

Montreal Police Shut Down St-Henri Bar For Selling Take-Out Burgers

By Tim Forster March 30, 2020

Old Montreal Restaurant Faces Criticism For Callous Coronavirus ‘Joke’ on Passerby

By Tim Forster March 10, 2020

Montreal City Councillor Stages an Unnecessary Vote to Condemn ‘Militant Vegans’

By Tim Forster February 13, 2020

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Suburban Montreal Party Hub Beachclub Might Be About to Lose Its Alcohol License

By Tim Forster February 10, 2020

A Restaurant That Allegedly Didn’t Pay Employees is Now Threatening to Sue an Ex-Server

By Tim Forster January 20, 2020

Animal Rights Protesters Crash Saturday Night Dinner at Joe Beef

By Tim Forster January 13, 2020

Crescent Street Icon Thursday’s Shuts Down, Laying Off Dozens With No Notice [Updated]

By Tim Forster January 2, 2020

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New Exposé Alleges a Prominent Old Montreal Restaurateur Left Dozens of Staff, Suppliers Unpaid

By Tim Forster December 23, 2019

Low-Income St-Henri Residents Accuse Montreal Restaurateur of ‘Renovictions’

By Tim Forster November 20, 2019

Joël Robuchon’s Montreal Restaurant May Be Using a Foreign Company to Avoid Taxes

By Tim Forster November 18, 2019

Court Declares That One Montreal Borough Can Restrict Fast Food Restaurants

By Tim Forster November 7, 2019

Toronto’s ‘Unicorn Poutine’ Gives Quebec a Great New Reason to Separate

By Tim Forster November 4, 2019

Beautys Sends Cease and Desist Letters to Montreal Diners Over Breakfast Dish Name

By Tim Forster October 31, 2019

Health Inspectors Crack Down on McGill University’s Beloved Samosa Sales

By Tim Forster October 30, 2019

Eater

Toronto Syrian Restaurant Closes Permanently Amid Death Threats by Racist Trolls

By Jaya Saxena October 8, 2019

Peter Sergakis Says He Doesn’t Want to Supply His Kitchen Staff With Protective Footwear

By Tim Forster October 8, 2019

A New Café Named ‘Bonjour/Hi’ Will Caffeinate And Infuriate Language Purists

By Tim Forster October 7, 2019

Syrian Regime Appoints Montreal Restaurateur As Honorary Consul to Canada [Updated]

By Tim Forster September 24, 2019

Alleged Alt-Right Vandalism Forces a Laurentian Vegan Restaurant Out of Business

By Tim Forster September 10, 2019

East End Bar Faces Suspension Over Drug-Dealing Bartenders and Customer Sex in Bathrooms

By Tim Forster August 26, 2019

City Closes Little Burgundy Baseball Field After Stray Balls Land on Liverpool House Terrasse

By Tim Forster August 9, 2019

Old Montreal Restaurant Faces Online Rage After Kicking Table Out for Alleged Sexual Harassment

By Tim Forster July 18, 2019

Trois-Rivières Restaurant Targeted With Strange Far-Right Wing Threats

By Tim Forster July 9, 2019

Over Two Years After Closing, Hôtel Herman’s Space Is Still Totally Vacant

By Tim Forster May 28, 2019

Anti-Islam Social Media Post Falsely Claims Jean-Talon Cafés Banned Women

By Tim Forster April 15, 2019