On the Menu – Montreal: A Restaurant Story

The exhibition "On the Menu – Montreal: A Restaurant Story" invites to explore the changing face of the Montreal restaurant scene since the 1960s. From deli to fine dining, it reveals how part of the city’s identity has been shaped by the practice of eating out. Aside from the food they offer, restaurants are places for meeting and discovering, symbols of identity and culture, indicators of social and economic change – as well as providing the backdrop for countless memories. Whether award-winning or unassuming, short-lived or long-lasting, local or international, each is the embodiment of an essential aspect of the city’s character.