Montreal Dining Guides

Essential Restaurants 2008

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:35:24 -0500

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For the Foodies: Out With the Old, In With the New

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:36:01 -0500

[CDATA[They say that how you spend New Years Eve is how youll spend the whole upcoming year. Terrified of being stuck in traffic, and of having beer spilt on my head at the bar (again), I chose to stay home this year, doing what I loved best: chatting with my girlfriends, drinking prosecco, and eating. ]]

A Pastry Delight At Montreal's La Cornetteria

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:21:55 -0500

[CDATA[The rustle and bustle of contemporary living has put our hearts in a frantic craze and our stomachs bloated from indigestion. Translation-fast food has become the convenient way to eat on the go without taking too much time away from the schedule, but it does come with a price. ]]

The Cheapskate's Guide to Affordable Eats in Montreal

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:09:35 -0400

[CDATA[You're hungry, you don't want to cook, and the Queen seems to be taunting you from the face of your last $20 bill. It's okay, we've all been there. Sometimes you feel like a fancy night out, but at other times you'll eat whatever you can afford. Luckily, cheap doesn't always mean bad. Martiniboys.com has scoured the streets and come up with a list of the best restaurants that won't break your bank or your balls. Happy saving! ]]

Buzz: New Toronto Restaurants are vying for separate downtown scenes

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:26 -0400

[CDATA[Out with the (sigh) old, and with the new. Toronto restaurants and stores, that is. Eyebrows will be raised with a few of the changeovers, but rest assured you can seek recluse in at least one of these new spots. ]]

Nordic Cuisine

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:38:02 -0400

[CDATA[Dont lie when you hear the term Nordic Cuisine, you definitely think of the most boring food possible: potatoes, pork and maybe some herring (yum). Up until recently, you would have definitely been right on the money, but things have taken a major 360 in the past few years with the help of some seriously innovative chefs who werent afraid to take some huge risks or maybe they were just sick of the mind-numbing selection of cuisine their region had to offer. ]]

Montreal Patio Guide 2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:32 -0400

[CDATA[If youre hell-bent on serious, al fresco drinking, try testing out any of these decks you may well know, may well love, may have forgotten about, and may never have heard of. Once again, we at Martiniboys.com have donned our lab coats and subjected the citys terraces of inebriation to rigorous testing. Our team of writers has visited each one, testing the potency of drinks, measuring the padding on chairs, administering attitude tests and test-driving martinis. Whether or not you crave the burn of alcohol or just like the action, the numbers don't lie: Any of these deck spots hold the power to put you in a better mood, sufficiently crowded with like-minded stylers for whom threads and rides are as salient as scoring. ]]

Room Service Remodeled

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:28:16 -0400

[CDATA[It's 10:30 pm and youre back to your hotel from the theatre/day of shopping/sightseeing/countless museums, and youre exhausted, not to mention hungry. Yes you saw the Empire State, or Big Ben or the leaning tower of whatever. But youre famished. A pretzel is not food but it's all you've eaten. Now it's too late to pick up anything apart from fast food, which is not exactly vacation dining imagery. Besides, you would rather be lying in your hotel room, coming down from your culture shock high. So, to fuel up for the next day you order room service. But leave the turkey club and omelettes behind, the days of blah hotel food are over. The influx of gourmet chefs opening up shop in elite hotels has meant that hotels are beginning to be reincarnated as foodie havens, not a last resort for the hungry traveler. As Frank Bruni of the New York Times stated, "Many hotels dont simply want a marquee chef and a destination restaurant on the ground floor. They want that chef and restaurant to be at least nominally in charge of the food going to the rooms above." ]]

Gordon Ramsay Hints at a Toronto Restaurant

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:14:00 -0400

[CDATA[In a world where food-themed cable television channels are turning chefs into celebrities, few are more recognizable than Gordon Ramsay. Sure, the 41-year-old professional football player turned chef may have earned an incredible nine Michelin stars worldwide, but thats not what has made his face instantly recognizable to so many adoring fans worldwide. No, as impressive as his track record is, Ramsay is best known for his expletive-filled rants on unsuspecting young chefs on his television series Hells Kitchen. No one combines the f-word and a chefs uniform quite as well, making him a fixture in kitchens and on TV screens around the world. ]]

Vancouver Gets Bold wih Boulud

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:06:04 -0400

[CDATA[If you love going out for meals that cost the GDP of a small Third World country, you will delight in the news that famed chef Daniel Boulud is expanding his empire this year. Reaching unchartered territory in Canada and Asia, Boulud is opening new restaurants in Vancouver and Beijing, bringing his total to eight chic dining spots. Anyone who has picked up a food or wine magazine is probably familiar with the chef but the rest of us may be wondering: who is Daniel Boulud? Im glad you asked. ]]