Where the buzz at? Where, in other words, do I eat today? It's the one constant query when it comes to Montreal's food scene. This is where the ever-changing Eater Heatmap comes in; shining the spot on restaurants that are front of mind with ahead-of-the-curve critics and diners.

And, like Montréal, it's a hodgepodge. A wine bar in Little Burgundy, an Asian snack bar in Côte-des-Neiges, a butcher shop with serious sangwiches. But what a lot of these restaurants have in common - and this is what's so compelling about Montreal right now - is that they've popped up in the most unexpected of places.