Coffee Shops in Montreal
Montreal’s coffee scene mixes deep Italian espresso tradition with precision filter culture: third-wave pioneers, the Canadian Roasting Society cooperative, and café institutions from Mile End to Verdun.
Coffee roasters in Montreal
Coffee areas in Montreal
Mile End
The dense core of the scene, home to institutions like Café Olimpico and Le Falco alongside newer arrivals.
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Old Montreal
Crew Collective & Café fills a 1920s Royal Bank branch, where 100 seats sit under marble floors and vaulted painted-plaster ceilings.
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Saint-Henri & Griffintown
Café Saint-Henri was Quebec’s first direct-trade micro-roaster; the neighbourhood has matured into a destination in its own right.
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The Plateau
With Mile End, the Plateau remains the dense core of Montreal specialty coffee.
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Downtown & the Quartier des Spectacles
Pikolo Espresso Bar and Tunnel Espresso — pouring beans from the Canadian Roasting Society — anchor the downtown scene.
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Lachine Canal
Dreamy, the flagship café of the Canadian Roasting Society, features coffees from a dozen independent roasters along the canal.
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Coffee drinks in Montreal
Espresso at Café Olimpico
Olimpico serves espresso and cappuccinos with the café’s own roasts from morning until late at night, with unwavering consistency across its locations.
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Filter at Myriade or Dispatch
The precision filter culture championed by Myriade and Dispatch coexists with the city’s deep Italian espresso tradition.
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Roasting Society beans
The Canadian Roasting Society, founded in 2018 by Scott Rao and Andy Kyres, is a cooperative roasting space that incubated much of the modern scene.
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Café SAT third-wave cup
Café SAT overlooking Peace Park is nonprofit — every dollar spent goes to nearly 900 artists and researchers — and serves third-wave coffee with rooftop-garden iced teas.