Eater Montreal - Every Notable 2019 Montreal Restaurant and Bar Closure The Montreal Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52682/favicon-32x32.png2019-12-18T15:57:59-05:00http://montreal.eater.com/rss/stream/179499502019-12-18T15:57:59-05:002019-12-18T15:57:59-05:00Café Ferreira Owners Will Close Their Casual Place-des-Arts Restaurant — and Other Closures
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<p>Also closed: a charming Little Italy taco-and-guédille spot</p> <p id="mp7K2t"><em>QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES — </em>The Ferreira restaurant group (Café Ferreira, Café Vasco de Gama) is set to close down its Place-des-Arts restaurant <strong>Taverne F </strong>early in the New Year. <a href="https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=b08d8a910a449cf7d31481d98&id=d4880617ca&fbclid=IwAR0NqF0GJLkmH1J5hldo2ArIs9UAmNE9vpvuPE6KT3ofkCDdUJuu6OxMh4A">The group announced the impending shutter on social media</a>, with father-daughter pair Carlos and Sandra Ferreira noting that they opted not to renew their lease on the space for the casual Portuguese eatery. Taverne F occupies a particularly prime spot in Place-des-Arts — it sits on Jeanne-Mance Street alongside the Contemporary Art Museum, with large windows facing out to Place des Festivals. One other restaurant, Brasserie T (owned by the Toqué group) is located in a similar space, right alongside Taverne F. Its final day of service will be January 15, 2020 — given that the space is specifically designed for a restaurant, it the Quartier des Spectacles administration will lease it out to a new (and possibly notable) tenant. In a statement to Eater, a representative noted that they are open to a wide range of restaurants (but not franchises or chains), and that interested restaurateurs are invited to contact them <a href="https://www.quartierdesspectacles.com/en/about/contact/">for more information</a>.</p>
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</div></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B56FRWqngRW/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Fortune a eu cinq merveilleuse années, mais il est venu le temps pour nous de vous dire au revoir. Samedi le 14 décembre sera le dernier service de Fortune. Veuillez trouver le lien dans notre bio pour rester en contact avec nos projets dans le future. ••••••••••••••••••••• Fortune has had 5 amazing years, but it’s time to say good bye. Saturday December 14th will be Fortune’s last service. Link in the bio to keep up with what comes next.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fortunemtl/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> FORTUNE</a> (@fortunemtl) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2019-12-10T21:47:43+00:00">Dec 10, 2019 at 1:47pm PST</time></p>
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<p id="QkmIG2"><em>LITTLE ITALY — </em>Not one, but two modern north-side taco restaurants are departing Montreal’s food scene — after Mile End’s Maïs announced its closure last week, now <strong>Fortune </strong>has checked out. Known for the interesting combo of tacos and guédilles (lobster rolls), it’s occupied its St-Laurent space by the corner of Beaubien <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2014/10/24/7058509/fortune-taco-stand-opens-in-little-italy-montreal-saint-laurent">for five years</a>, and plated its last tortillas on December 14. It seems that its owners are planning something new for the space — the restaurant’s closure announcement linked to a page where customers can sign up to a mailing list to find out what’s coming <a href="https://mailchi.mp/83b497fab347/afterfortune">“après Fortune”.</a> </p>
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<p id="UsksMi"><em>PLATEAU — </em>Well, that didn’t last long: After comfortably less than a year, NDG pizzeria Melrose has closed down its Plateau location, which opened <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/3/8/18256389/pizzeria-melrose-plateau-spirits-wine-portuguese">in the former Laika space</a> on St-Laurent in March this year. The original, on Sherbrooke West, is very much still open.</p>
<p id="wrkO2n"><em>LITTLE ITALY — </em>The future of reputable gastronomic spot Salmigondis seems to be up in the air. The restaurant closed in late September with a promise to reopen after a short break for renovations, according to a message on the restaurant’s voicemail at the time. However, that message, which suggested that the closure would last just a few weeks, has disappeared from the restaurant’s phone line. That said, its phone line is still connected, and its website and social media pages are still online, suggesting that it may still be a temporary closure; we’ve reached out for an update but have not yet heard back. </p>
<p id="cEsvbf"><em>Seen any bankruptcy notices or papered-over windows in your neighbourhood? </em><a href="http://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/22/8469895/dont-forget-to-tip-your-eater"><em>Tell us about it.</em></a></p>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/12/18/21028607/montreal-restaurant-closures-taverne-f-pizzeria-melrose-fortune-salmigondisTim Forster2019-12-12T09:00:00-05:002019-12-12T09:00:00-05:00A Creative Mile End Taco Spot Will Close This Month After 7 Years
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<p>But unlike other closures in the neighbourhood, there’s a happy ending, with the owners promising a new project</p> <p id="oldO6b">Mile End taqueria <strong>Maïs </strong>will close its doors by the end of the year.</p>
<p id="o3OwsA">The restaurant made the announcement on social media this week — but mercifully, its space on St-Laurent won’t become yet another empty, for-rent storefront in the neighbourhood. Some of the restaurant’s owners are retaining the space, and planning something new.</p>
<p id="bIQIOv">Maïs’ final day of service will be December 28 (and in the lead-up to that date, tequila and mezcal will be discounted). It opened in 2012 and served a respectable seven years on the Main, serving a mix of classics like carnitas and Baja-style fish tacos alongside creative other tacos such as a carrot-almond option.</p>
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<p id="d8UkIa">The restaurant also made a name of-sorts for itself with pop-up restaurant Parasol, which opened for a few months each year in a space at the back of the restaurant. Starting in 2016, Parasol <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/6/22/17490758/parasol-bar-a-vin-opening-montreal-2018-summer">opened each summer</a> in a garage-like space opening out to Maïs’ back alleyway. It focused more on vegetable and seafood dishes, as well as natural wine, and drew solid write-ups, courtesy of the work of chef William Cody and sommelier William Saulnier.</p>
<p id="eTCtJV">That’s where the future plans for Maïs’ space come in: Cody, Saulnier, and associates Peter and Susan Popovic will open a new restaurant based off the fresh style that Parasol put forward.</p>
<p id="fWLzMz">To be clear, Parasol is <em>not </em>being upgraded to a full-scale, permanent restaurant — it’s serving as the inspiration for the new entity, which is yet to be named. Cody tells Eater that Parasol will return as a pop-up in the warmer months, with its breezy back alley space. </p>
<p id="r3rlzF">Expect the new project to open sometime around March next year.</p>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/12/12/21011700/mais-restaurant-closure-st-laurent-montreal-parasol-projectTim Forster2019-12-03T09:00:00-05:002019-12-03T09:00:00-05:00A 4-Decades-Old East End Japanese Restaurant Has Shut Down — and Other Closures
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<p>Including the departure of “Chinese” chain P.F. Chang’s from Montreal</p> <p id="ETsFVR"><em>HOCHELAGA-MAISONNEUVE — </em>After 42 years of grilling on Sherbrooke East, Japanese steakhouse <strong>Kobe </strong>has closed down. <a href="https://www.silo57.ca/2019/11/28/un-populaire-resto-de-montreal-vieux-de-42-ans-sest-vu-dans-lobligation-de-fermer-ses-portes">Silo 57 notes that</a> its final day in business was November 24. It’s not the only shutter at that east-end address — breakfast spot <strong>Ôzeu </strong>also shut its doors, and both indicated on social media that the closures were due to circumstances outside their control. Online commenters suggested that the building had been sold, and its new owner wanted to do change the spaces somehow, although city records do not yet indicate a change of ownership. An Instagram post suggested that Kobe’s owners are potentially interested in reopening, although it would be after a “long break”.</p>
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<p id="bm6SfK"><em>CÔTE-DES-NEIGES — </em>Purveyor of very Americanized Chinese food <strong>P.F. Chang’s </strong>no longer exists in Montreal proper, as its location on Décarie Boulevard shut down this fall. (However, there is still a location in Carrefour Laval, for those in urgent need of chain restaurant kung pao chicken or orange peel beef). The chain arrived in Montreal back in 2012, but facing financial difficulties, the company that owned the rights to operate the chain in Canada <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/14/8413529/montreal-parent-of-p-f-changs-canada-proposal-creditors">sold it on to Groupe Sportscene</a>, which owns sports bar chain La Cage. </p>
<p id="qdphg0"><em>VILLAGE — </em>Romados-inspired Portuguese rotisserie <strong>Carlos</strong>, on Ste-Catherine Street, has <a href="https://www.silo57.ca/2019/11/30/une-rotisserie-portugaise-du-village-a-discretement-ferme-ses-portes">quietly shut down</a> in recent days. Restaurateur PJ Goupil (known for his work with A5 Hospitality) <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/9/19/17875144/carlos-portuguese-rotisserie-opening-village-montreal-restaurant">opened it just over</a> a year ago with a friend — no reason was given for its closure, although its website does acknowledge that the counter-service eatery is indeed, closed.</p>
<p id="iA1bdy"><em>MILE END — </em>Somewhat expensive gym <strong>Machina </strong>has gone bankrupt — that means its <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/11/28/18115137/machina-smart-bar-gym-mile-end-de-gaspe-sarto-chartier-otis">cafeteria concept, Machina Smart Bar</a>, is also now defunct. The shutter was very sudden — its space on de Gaspé hasn’t been touched since the closure a few weeks back, with shelves of protein powder and other supplements still fully stocked. </p>
<p id="a5bf4w"><em>ST-HENRI — </em>Réunionese restaurant <strong>Marmite Su’l Feu </strong>appears to have closed its permanent location on St-Jacques Street, however, all signs suggest that the curry and sandwich specialist will retain its seasonal stand at the Atwater Market (although it’s closed for the winter at the moment). </p>
<p id="cEsvbf"><em>Seen any bankruptcy notices or papered-over windows in your neighbourhood? </em><a href="http://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/22/8469895/dont-forget-to-tip-your-eater"><em>Tell us about it.</em></a></p>
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<a href="https://www.silo57.ca/2019/11/28/un-populaire-resto-de-montreal-vieux-de-42-ans-sest-vu-dans-lobligation-de-fermer-ses-portes">Un populaire resto de Montréal obligé de fermer après 42 ans de service</a> [Silo 57]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/8/25/9206901/p-f-changs-canada-montreal-toronto-new-owners">P.F. Chang’s Montreal Is Somebody Else’s Problem Now</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://www.silo57.ca/2019/11/30/une-rotisserie-portugaise-du-village-a-discretement-ferme-ses-portes">Une rôtisserie portugaise du Village a discrètement fermé ses portes</a> [Silo 57]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/12/3/20992444/restaurant-closures-pf-changs-kobe-grill-carlos-pouletTim Forster2019-11-26T13:55:20-05:002019-11-26T13:55:20-05:00Antonio Park Has Flipped His Westmount South American Grill Into a Thai Restaurant
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<p>It’s serving some Thai staples, but also brunch</p> <p id="fpQbYy">Chef Antonio Park has closed one of his Westmount restaurants, and quietly opened another in its place in recent weeks.</p>
<p id="Sr68h4">Gone is Lavanderia, Park’s parrilla restaurant, centred around that Argentine style of grilling. <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/10/28/9633130/lavanderia-antonio-park-restaurant-photo-gallery#8">It opened in 2015</a>, but was knocked out of business for over a year <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/12/27/16822844/lavanderia-reopening-westmount-antonio-park-argentinian">following a major fire</a> in late 2016. It had been reopened for little more than a year and a half until its closure at some point this summer. </p>
<p id="HKxbDW">Taking its place is a new Park project, Thai restaurant Kwai. Open for lunch, dinner, and brunch, it’s quite the multi-purpose affair, and price-wise, it’s approachable, with mains staying mostly between $20 and $30.</p>
<p id="I3V2Oc">It’s new territory for Park, who is of Korean and Argentine descent, and is best known for refined Japanese fare (particularly sushi) at neighbouring restaurant Park. That said, he has dipped his toes into a range of pan-Asian and fusion cuisines at restaurants he’s involved with such as Jatoba and Kampai Garden. </p>
<p id="8rz1v2">For his first foray into Thai food, there’s a good number of classics — satay with peanut sauce, green papaya salad, red curry chicken, and pad thai all figure on the menu across both lunch and dinner. In the evenings, the menu is extended to feature larger options like lemongrass-marinated steak served with sweet-spicy jim jeaw sauce, and a fried sea bass dish. There are a few fusion options too — some are interesting, like a coconut crème brûlée, although there’s also honey chicken, an option that seems more Americanized-Chinese than Thai.</p>
<p id="Nlwy0t">Kwai is also the first restaurant in the city to merge Thai cuisine and brunch — that menu brings options that go comfortably outside the Montreal brunch standards of Benedicts, avocado toast, or bacon-and-egg adjacent options — there’s two noodle stir fries, tom yum fried rice with fried egg, lemongrass steak and eggs, and for the sweet toothed, an almond flour pancake with poached pineapple.</p>
<p id="tglXQs"><em>STATUS — </em><a href="https://www.kwaithai.com/">Kwai</a> is open at 374 Victoria Avenue from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays.</p>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/12/27/16822844/lavanderia-reopening-westmount-antonio-park-argentinian">Antonio Park’s Lavanderia Has Reopened a Year After Burning</a> [EMTL]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/11/26/20984082/lavanderia-restaurant-closed-kwai-thai-opening-westmountTim Forster2019-11-25T13:28:37-05:002019-11-25T13:28:37-05:00St-Henri’s Lovely Mexican Sandwich Shop Has Closed Down — and Other Closures
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<p>Including the closure of a 38-year-old Italian restaurant courtesy of never-ending construction</p> <p id="33NLl2"><em>ST-HENRI — </em>Sad news from Notre-Dame West as Mexican sandwich spot <strong>Torteria Lupita </strong>announced its closure over the past weekend. A note posted to Facebook cited personal reasons, and the restaurant put together its final meat, cheese, and avocado-laden tortas on November 23. Lupita <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2016/5/24/11759514/torteria-lupita-new-mexican-restaurant-tortas-saint-henri">opened in mid-2016</a> under owner Sandra Soto, who grew up in Mexico City and honed her culinary experience at Olive & Gourmando. She crafted her own charming sandwich shop into an affordable neighbourhood hub, so it’s a shame to see one of only a handful of places in town for a great torta to close down. </p>
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<p id="Hqrbpt"><em>PLATEAU — </em>The people behind popular bars Le Majestique and Darling have closed down their fancy ice cream and café project, <strong>Confetti</strong>, which opened only a year ago on Mont-Royal next to Clark Street. While the establishment had a strong culinary showing and an elaborate design, it seems that it never got quite the foothold that its siblings over on the Main did. No reason was given publicly for the closure.</p>
<p id="AuT6fP"><em>DOWNTOWN — </em>Yet another victim of the long-running construction work on Bishop Street is 38-year-old Italian restaurant <strong>Ferrari</strong>. <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/6074198/bishop-street-restaurant-closes-montreal-construction/">Per Global News</a>, owner Elio Schiavi said he was simply losing too much money. The restaurant’s final service was in mid-November.</p>
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<p id="2Utiwm"><em>VERDUN — </em>The final vestiges of American chain <strong>Dunkin’ Donuts </strong>are gone from Quebec — while Dunkin’ announced its departure <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/9/5/17823382/dunkin-donuts-closure-canada-lawsuit-tim-hortons">from the province (and Canada) a year ago</a>, one of the few remaining locations, on Wellington Street, morphed into “Deli Donuts”. Its offerings were, uh, <em>very </em>similar to Dunkin’ (although all of the chain’s logos were taken down or covered up), but now, it too has closed. </p>
<p id="NgYJ9h"><em>GRIFFINTOWN — </em>After barely a year in business, South American grill restaurant <strong>Asado </strong>has closed its doors on Notre-Dame West. The space initially started out as locavore restaurant Hvor <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2016/5/10/11648922/hvor-chef-sarto-chartier-otis-new-griffintown-restaurant#8">back in 2016</a>, until its owners closed it and promptly <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/9/28/17915680/hvor-restaurant-closure-notre-dame-montreal-asado-grill-opening">reopened Asado</a> in its place. A farewell note on Facebook suggests that new owners are preparing some kind of new (restaurant?) concept for the space. </p>
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<p id="ud4zwD"><em>QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES — </em>Japanese-style hot dog counter <strong>Hotto Doggu </strong>has sort-of departed the Place-des-Arts area. Signage on its window indicates that the space is temporarily closed while it morphs into a ramen and poke restaurant, with plans to reopen at the end of November.</p>
<p id="x5FmOo"><em>MILE END — </em>Parc Avenue vegan counter <strong>Délicieux </strong>has closed after two and a half years in business. The owners of the popular Fruiterie Mile End <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/3/22/15015506/delicieux-veg-fusion-cafe-opening-ouverture-mile-end-montreal">opened it in 2017</a>; signage in the window now suggests that neighbouring grocery store Épicerie Mile End will take over the space.</p>
<p id="azd1mG"><em>BROSSARD — </em>Higher-end Dix30 Greek resto <strong>Estiatorio Skara </strong>closed its doors at the end of last month; no reason was given, although a closure notice was posted online. </p>
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<p id="cEsvbf"><em>Seen any bankruptcy notices or papered-over windows in your neighbourhood? </em><a href="http://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/22/8469895/dont-forget-to-tip-your-eater"><em>Tell us about it.</em></a></p>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2016/5/24/11759514/torteria-lupita-new-mexican-restaurant-tortas-saint-henri">Torteria Lupita Is Your Favourite New Montreal Sandwich Shop</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/6074198/bishop-street-restaurant-closes-montreal-construction/">Bishop Street restaurant forced to close over Montreal construction woes</a> [Global]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/9/5/17823382/dunkin-donuts-closure-canada-lawsuit-tim-hortons">Dunkin’ Donuts Has Given Up On Canada</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/9/28/17915680/hvor-restaurant-closure-notre-dame-montreal-asado-grill-opening">Griffintown’s Hvor Closes, Is Quickly Replaced With South American Grill</a> [EMTL]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/11/25/20982111/montreal-restaurant-closures-torteria-lupita-confetti-ferrari-deli-donutsTim Forster2019-10-24T13:16:59-04:002019-10-24T13:16:59-04:00A Notable Punk Venue in the Latin Quarter Will Shut Down At the End of the Year
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<p>The neighbourhood around the music venue has changed drastically over its 13 years in business. </p> <p id="a4kc4q">Another Montreal music venue will bite the dust soon, as punk, metal-and-more venue <strong>Les Katacombes </strong>has announced plans to close at the end of 2019.</p>
<p id="ziyqtM">Located in a distinctive black building on the corner of St-Laurent and Ontario in the Latin Quarter, Katacombes has been hosting bands and other events for 13 years. The space was run as a DIY co-op, and while it tended to draw heavier acts in the punk and metal sphere, it hosted a wide range of arts and culture events since its founding in 2006.</p>
<p id="b5SPYE">The closure was announced on Facebook, with the co-op owners not giving a precise reason for the venue’s demise, although they did hypothesize that “it’s super expensive now downtown and also that the building is falling apart and the landlord won’t do any work on it cause he’ll probably demolish it soon”.</p>
<p id="TeoYIy">The announcement went on to call the closure “a really sad news for the international and local underground music industry.”</p>
<p id="eVtpyO">Katacombes’ building is owned by a numbered corporation that appears to be linked to a real estate company named Ghattas & Associés, based on Décarie Boulevard. The co-op did not specify if it was voluntarily leaving the building, or if it was being pushed out by landlords. <a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/chom/music-news/montreal-diy-venue-katacombes-to-close-by-year-s-end-1.10118860?fbclid=IwAR2YUKDxpLEBYPxx22Vzd5lhOoFiMglFgfcoQJoQx8YpuA54Az-sNWxrr94">As radio station CHOM noted in reporting the closure</a>, the area around Katacombes has changed drastically in recent years, and there are major condo developments going up in the area. </p>
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FAREWELL KATACOMBES….2006-2019 :(
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<p id="FogRpr">Katacombes will have a series of final shows before it closes its doors on December 31. </p>
<p id="kTfacU">The venue is the latest of several notable departures from Montreal’s music scene in recent years — in early 2018, Plateau <em>salle de spectacles </em><a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/11/27/16705676/closures-le-divan-orange-le-chien-rose-starbucks-outremont-piazza-del-sogno">Le Divan Orange was forced to close</a> after being slapped with thousands of dollars of fines stemming mostly from noise complaints from one couple who lived above the bar. Mile End coffee shop and music venue Le Cagibi <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/4/13/17234066/restaurant-closures-le-cagibi-arturo-ceiba-latin-bistro-rotisserie-italienne">was forced to move in 2018</a>, and is unable to host shows in its current location. Back in 2015, longtime St-Laurent venue and <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/10/19/9566731/bobards-montreal-bar-closes">bar Les Bobards also shuttered</a>; its location is now trendy bar Le Darling. </p>
<p id="4yzEa7">Despite the closures, at least two new venues have cropped up, even if they’re rather small — singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/5/24/18638709/martha-wainwright-ursa-montreal-cafe-parc">opened Ursa in Mile End</a> earlier this year, and on the Plateau, <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/8/31/17802128/diving-bell-social-club-montreal-music-venue-opening">the Diving Bell Social Club</a> began hosting shows and other events on St-Laurent in late 2018. </p>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/11/27/16705676/closures-le-divan-orange-le-chien-rose-starbucks-outremont-piazza-del-sogno">Iconic Plateau Bar and Music Venue to Close in Spring</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2018/8/31/17802128/diving-bell-social-club-montreal-music-venue-opening">A Grand New Music Venue Arrives on the Plateau Today</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/5/24/18638709/martha-wainwright-ursa-montreal-cafe-parc">Singer-Songwriter Martha Wainwright Opens Cozy Café and Cultural Space in Mile End</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/10/19/9566731/bobards-montreal-bar-closes">Les Bobards Shuts Down After 25 Years on the Main</a> [EMTL]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/24/20930618/katacombes-montreal-punk-metal-bar-closureTim Forster2019-10-21T12:45:06-04:002019-10-21T12:45:06-04:00Burger Fave Uniburger Closes CDN Location, But Will Open New Spots Next Year
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<p>Plus, three other restaurant closures to note</p> <p id="pbcTWp"><em>CÔTE-DES-NEIGES — </em>No-fuss burger joint <strong>Uniburger </strong>is no longer open in Côte-des-Neiges; its location by the Jewish General Hospital quietly closed down in recent weeks after<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2014/8/15/6170225/uniburger-to-open-shop-in-cote-des-neiges"> around five years in business</a>. Owner Younes Bengeloune tells Eater that the lease for the space on Côte-des-Neiges Road ended, and he decided not to renew. Yet there’s no need to fear for the future of that popular patty purveyor — Bengeloune says there are “a few locations in the pipeline for 2020”. There are no details on where those might be yet, but they’re a-coming. Meanwhile, two locations for the business are still flipping patties — the original in the Latin Quarter, and another in St-Henri. There’s also <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/5/1/18523852/unibar-opening-tommy-cafe-old-montreal-burgers">Unibar in Old Montreal</a>, which isn’t technically the same, but serves up some very similar, simple burgers. </p>
<p id="mq1fxD"><em>PETITE-PATRIE — </em>Spanish-leaning brunch and lunch nook <strong>Fixe </strong>has closed down on the St-Hubert Plaza. After eight years in the biz, its final service was in late September. A post on Facebook stated that the bistro’s family owners are moving on to “new adventures” and that the restaurant would be transformed into...something. (No precise details have been offered up on that front.) </p>
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8 ans déjà ont passés depuis l'ouverture du Fixe et le 28 septembre prochain, il...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fixecafebistro/">Fixe Café Bistro</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fixecafebistro/photos/a.502304179858730/2459336350822160/?type=3">Friday, September 13, 2019</a>
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<p id="TMLj76"><em>CENTRE-SUD — </em>Cozy<em> </em>Fullum Street French restaurant <strong>Le Petit Bistro </strong>is being flipped into something new. It closed down at the beginning of the month, but the same ownership team will keep the space and pivot into Italian food with a new restaurant, <strong>Le Rose-Marie</strong>, which is opening this week. </p>
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<p id="S4oyfK"><em>MILE END — </em>A small update about the future of the former <strong>Thazard</strong>, which <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/9/20906407/montreal-restaurant-closures-le-gladstone-alexandraplatz-vertige-gracia-afrika-thazard">closed earlier this month</a>: It’s set to become a part-ramen restaurant, part-izakaya — Jumpei Iwakiri, who owns downtown ramen spot Schlouppe Bistro Nakamichi, currently holds the lease on the St-Laurent space. He closed down Schlouppe recently, but a restaurant with elements of Schlouppe’s format <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/17/20918147/cafe-nakamichi-japanese-cafe-curry-house-montreal-thazard">will take over the Thazard space</a>. (Iwakiri also owned Thazard in its final months, although the restaurant rotated through various other owners in its five years in business.) </p>
<p id="cEsvbf"><em>Seen any bankruptcy notices or papered-over windows in your neighbourhood? </em><a href="http://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/22/8469895/dont-forget-to-tip-your-eater"><em>Tell us about it.</em></a></p>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/9/20906407/montreal-restaurant-closures-le-gladstone-alexandraplatz-vertige-gracia-afrika-thazard">10 Montreal Restaurant and Bar Closures to Know About</a> [EMTL]</li>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/17/20918147/cafe-nakamichi-japanese-cafe-curry-house-montreal-thazard">A Fresh Japanese Coffee- and Curry-House Is Landing Downtown</a> [EMTL]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/21/20925012/restaurant-closure-uniburger-cote-des-neiges-cafe-fixe-thazardTim Forster2019-10-09T12:33:55-04:002019-10-09T12:33:55-04:0010 Montreal Restaurant and Bar Closures to Know About
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<p>A gastropub in Westmount just closed, while the Plateau loses a 14-year-old French resto</p> <p id="EG355G"><em>WESTMOUNT — </em>Sainte-Catherine Street brasserie or gastropub <strong>Le Gladstone </strong>closed up shop in late September, with owner Yvon Creton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/194825134041091/photos/a.194827350707536/1161436630713265/?type=3&theater">posting a thank-you on Facebook</a>, but giving no further details. It opened up in late 2013, sticking to standards like bavette and tartare, although at the time, <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2015/9/24/9392605/montreal-restaurant-review-lesley-chesterman-albert-gladstone">it was criticized</a> for some very Westmount prices on the menu. </p>
<p id="9FGCDL"><em>MILE EX — </em>you knew it was coming — summery bar <strong>Alexandraplatz</strong> has closed its garage door for good. The warm-weather-only bar <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2019/8/13/20804015/montreal-restaurant-bar-closures-alexandraplatz-radicelle-mimi-la-nuit-xvi-xvi">announced in August</a> that this would be its final season, with the building’s owner — the Vieux Montréal brewery — taking back its space. It went out with a bang with a closing party at the end of September. </p>
<p id="CZAQgQ"><em>PLATEAU — </em>After 14 years in the biz, French (with a dash of fusion) restaurant <strong>Vertige</strong>, from chef-owner Thierry Baron, has closed its doors on Duluth Street. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/restaurantvertige/photos/a.859657930761894/2591112414283095/?type=3&theater">A post on Facebook</a> notes that the restaurant was put up for sale. </p>
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<p id="m3keV0"><em>ST-HENRI — </em>A loss for the diversity of St-Henri’s restaurant scene: chef Bibi Ntumna’s Notre-Dame Street Congolese BYOB <strong>Gracia Afrika </strong>has closed down. A call to the restaurant confirmed the shutter.</p>
<p id="GxARVX"><em>MILE END — </em>Pan-east-Asian small plates spot <strong>Thazard </strong>on St-Laurent has closed — a post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thazardmtl/">on social media</a> announced that Tuesday October 8 was its final day. It opened <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2014/11/20/7253637/the-full-story-on-thazard-now-open-in-mile-end">with a gleaming space in 2014</a> as something of an izakaya (driven by chef Hachiro Fujise), although after an ownership shuffle, <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2017/8/29/16217356/thazard-new-owners-chef-tetro-gourmet-tetraultville-chez-yvan-firebomb-burger-week">it switched gears in 2017</a> to a more generally fusion approach, then changed owners again, with the new owner shutting it down to put something new in its place. </p>
<p id="vybFmr"><em>VILLERAY — </em>Excellent li’l spot for Armenian “pizza” (or lahmadjoun, to be more precise) <strong>Chez Apo </strong>is closed for the medium-term, after a fire messed with operations in August. Renovations are in the works, and it should return in the winter.</p>
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<p id="lnfgk7"><em>MILE END — F</em>ancy-pants wine bar <strong>M.Mme</strong>, headed by notable local chef Stelio Perombelon, has closed down. It actually closed several months ago, but in such a stealthy way that it went mostly unreported (even Google still lists it as open), and Eater readers continue to be surprised by its disappearance. No public announcement of the closure seems to have been made — the restaurant and bar <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2016/1/27/10853712/m-mme-wine-bar-stelio-perombelon-photos#33">opened on Laurier Avenue</a> at the very end of 2015, <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2016/3/18/11260764/m-mme-wine-bar-review-lesley-chesterman">drawing acclaim</a> for its food and 700 bottle wine cellar, although it was notably <em>very </em>expensive. </p>
<p id="YHhTXs"><em>PLATEAU —</em> Prince-Arthur Street tartare restaurant <strong>Marché 27 </strong>is no longer — having claimed to be “the only tartare bar in the world” when it opened several years ago, it was also notable for sending <a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2014/1/16/6296073/bad-beef-mars-tartare-at-marche-27">at least seven customers</a> to hospital with E. coli, although it stayed in business for over five years after that incident. </p>
<p id="bIeFIQ"><em>DOWNTOWN — </em>Kind-of-Chinese restaurant <strong>Mon Chicha </strong>has departed its premises on de Maisonneuve, adjacent to Concordia University. </p>
<p id="zhNGcM"><em>PLATEAU — </em>Big ol’ grill-based restaurant <strong>La Grotte </strong>has shuttered its expansive premises on Mont-Royal at Bordeaux, confirmed by a sign plastered in its windows. </p>
<p id="cEsvbf"><em>Seen any bankruptcy notices or papered-over windows in your neighbourhood? </em><a href="http://montreal.eater.com/2015/4/22/8469895/dont-forget-to-tip-your-eater"><em>Tell us about it.</em></a></p>
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<a href="https://montreal.eater.com/2014/11/20/7253637/the-full-story-on-thazard-now-open-in-mile-end">The Full Story on Thazard, Now Open in Mile End</a> [EMTL]</li>
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https://montreal.eater.com/2019/10/9/20906407/montreal-restaurant-closures-le-gladstone-alexandraplatz-vertige-gracia-afrika-thazardTim Forster