A vibrant, multicultural city sits just a few hours from Vermont鈥檚 border with Canada. Montr茅al has it all 鈥� food, cultural events, outdoor activities and more. The city hosts more than 100 festivals a year, including many in the wintertime. So how do you pick where to go when you visit?
We compiled travel recommendations for Montr茅al and the Eastern Townships from Seven Days food editor Melissa Pasanen, program director Maurin Aux茅m茅ry, Lysandre Michael-Verreault with Tourism, and the Vermont Edition audience.
FOOD
Nouilles de Lan Zhou noodle makers
Melissa Pasanen's recommendations:
- small plates
- street gnocchi
- Italian
- Chinatown, handmade noodles
- Chinatown, dumplings
- more dumplings! (never enough dumplings)
- bakery
- bakery
- bakery
- Italian
- Lebanese
- Portuguese
- poutine
- poutine
- breakfast poutine (!!!)
- Thai street food
Articles referenced in the show:
Listener recommendations:
- Vegan
- Caribbean
- Caribbean
- Ethiopian
- Greek
- Korean
- smoked meat
- Haitian
FESTIVALS
- Feb. 29th-Mar. 10th
- Mar. 2nd
- Jan. 18th-Feb. 10th
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS
- Feb. 9-11
Towns to stop by on the way to Montr茅al:
(specifically the IGA on Route 202)
Broadcast at noon Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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