They don't take back cases of coke if the taste is bad! You are stuck with a case of bad COKE!!…read more Took 1 bottle only and the rest was refused for exchange bad service!!!

Great little "mini Costco" with some stuff they don't carry, and also offering products in non…read morebulk. I typically go for the beverages, snacks, teas, and sometimes meat & produce.

They say they have "bulk delivery". You decide…read more Ali once claimed I was the St. Henri store's first customer. I have type-2 diabetes. Which I've mentioned multiple times to ALI, as I've tried for 40 years to get him to carry stevia, the only acceptable sugar substitute for diabetics (according to my doctor). So much fun realizing they just eliminated it from their shelves...altogether. But it was this bulk grain order that's turned me off this store, perhaps for good: I ordered 5 X 20KG bags of grain. Kamut, Spelt Rye, Buckwheat and Oats. The Kamut, Spelt, Rye and Oats arrived in a reasonable amount of time. And, as I am handicapped, Ali brought it right up to the third floor. Nice. I haven't seen any sign of the buckwheat, in the 5 months since. Despite Ali giving his word it was coming. But the oats were the kicker. "Not fit for human consumption" is the description I'd give them. Every mouthful a festival of oat husks, and I'm spitting that &^%%$ out for an hour after every breakfast. I told Ali about it, days after it was delivered, and again, he gave me his word it'd be replaced. 5 months later, I'm still waiting. When the weather's good enough for me to get to the store, with my two canes and without my ebike, limited to about 3 blocks range...I limp to the store and I'm told that "Ali doesn't want to deal with this." Well. I don't exactly want to deal with an enormous bag of pig-oats, which I'm now forced to eat every day. I NEED oats for my diet. And there's no way I can carry a 20KG bag downstairs to throw it out. So now I'm forced to eat BAD oats I don't like...and to wonder why I'm being treated so shoddily. So "bulk delivery"??? Meh. Use TAU

Beau choix d'aliments, cependant mardi soir dernier quand j'ai payé les produits , la caissière…read moreetait très enrhumée elle a touché mes produits et j'ai eu peur d'attraper son virus et comme de fait le jour suivant j'ai commencé à être enrhumée et aujourd'hui je teste positif à la Covid! C'est très irresponsable de recevoir des clients si vs êtes malade, vous me faites rater mon Noël, je ne pourrai fêter en famille!

The staff is rude if you're a young woman. One of the workers grabbed my backside last time I was…read morethere. The ambience is non existent - no one will ever ask you if you need help (not in French, definitely not in English). Go to a different store, there are many more in the city and even on Wellington that have the same stock.

Wonderful ethnic food shop which specializes in Middle Eastern and Asian (Indian) foodstuffs…read more While it's not that Persian supermarket of greatness, Marche Akhavan, Branche d'Olivier nonetheless has an excellent selection and seems to touch on a little bit of everything from around the world. I've seen Indian curry pastes, chutneys and basmati rice, Mexican mole sauces, Trinidadian scotch bonnet pepper sauces, various Asian cooking oils for stir fries, British brand teas, Turkish bulgar and lavas bread, you'd be very surprised what a slow stroll through the aisles here will get you.

Having Loco along with Bulk Barn in my hood, I've already saved in terms of waste (due to…read moreunnecessary packaging) and got my organic GMO-free foodstuffs at prices that won't break the bank account. Whole Paycheck oops...I mean Whole Foods south of the border could probably learn something new from Loco. They are all about zero-waste here and you can't show up here expecting everything to be prepackaged for you. You bring your own bags, containers or you end up buying some of their glass containers (NOT plastic) to carry your stuff. It has made me use up all my Mason jars at home. The milk bottles have $2 deposits on them, the egg cartons are paper based. The dried pantry foodstuffs, cleaning agents, kombucha are all sold in bulk and by weight. The veggies are locally, Quebec grown and in the fall, winter and root vegetables rule here. There's a shared workspace downstairs and cafe in the front when you enter. The food market is in the back. The people who work here are super-chill and everyone here is clearly on the left. The place works on a co-op model. Places like Loco should be the norm everywhere.

Definitely somewhere I will try to shop more. Not only are whole foods (particularly non gmo and/or…read moreorganic) better to put in your body, but help our beautiful planet but using far fewer resources to produce. That being said, Loco not only brings these foods to you, but refrains from packaged products. Considering that nearly all food packaging is plastic or plasticized cardboard, this has a HUGE impact on the garbage created in our industrialized food system. I hadn't been prepared to actually shop here as I happened to be in the area killing time, but I did pick myself up some kombucha. A $1 deposit for my glass bottle (than is credited upon return if cleaned), and my kombucha only cost me $1.85! Yes it was for a smaller amount, but based on their price per gram it was still cheaper per volume than regular store bought kombucha, and I didn't feel like lugging a huge one around the rest of my day. They even had 4 kinds ready on tap! The concept is super simple! Bring your reusable containers (glass, tupperware, used windex bottle) and weigh it. Use the stickers provided to mark starting weight on your containers then shop, weigh and pay! I was impressed at their collection of goodies, ranging from miso paste t laundry detergent. Their fresh produce was limited however they've only been open for two weeks at this point. They even have a little lunch counter! The front half of the shop is host to a cafe and coworking space.

This grocery store was so conveniently place right outside the back door of our hotel! It was so…read moreperfect, because if we ever needed to grab some water or a late night snack, it was a jump, skip, and a hop next door. The prices for water were the best you could find. They had a whole section dedicated to Canadian goods/souvenirs to bring back home to family. All the chips and candies you could dream of could be found here. The displays were very pretty, the lighting was nice, and everything was clearly marked. I didn't have trouble finding what I needed. The staff was helpful when it came to check out. I opted to use the cashier service several times and the cashiers were always very friendly. The times that I used the self-checkout, their attendant was very courteous as well. After my experience shopping here, I highly recommend IGA!!

This is a convenient grocery store about 2 blocks from the Berri-UQUAM metro stop at the beginning…read moreof the Gay Village. The store is of good size for an urban location. They had a good size section for cheeses and meats, groceries, drinks, etc. They also had a good selection of breads, pastries and sweets. They have self checkout lanes which made it very easy to get out quickly.

The locals' experience and perspectives may well be different to mine since I've only shopped here…read moretwice and as a visitor, but I would definitely be interested in going back and here's why. The shop is cozy but well stocked with daily essentials, and aisles, although not the widest I've seen, are clean and so is the store overall. Their bananas have a creamier flavour compared to the ones I find in the U.S. which to me is interesting, but the highlights of the visits were definitely in their boulangerie. We've tried their muffin abricots and origine chocolatine butter, which were basically chocolate croissants, and latter was excellent and comparable to any equivalent croissants from a local patisserie. The muffins are chock full of abricots and grains, and so quite filing and delicious. I also appreciate their use of paper bags only, which apparently is 0.15 CAD each.

Friendly staff. If you're looking for Organic foods, they…read moregot pretty much everything. Not the the cheapest place for fresh produce but the rest is fine just fine! Worth a visit.

I have been to this location several times due to the convenient location. This is NOT a boutique…read morehealth food store. It just pretends to be. Please read labels. Their selection of vitamins is rather poor and so is their stuff knowledge about vitamins and health food. Most cashiers I have dealt with have been nice, but staff on the floor are rather full of themselves and far from being helpful. It is also pricey, considering the quality of most their products. I find Branch d'Olivier a far better place for health food and vitamins, plus the stuff there are truly knowledgeable and helpful and prices are fair. One more thing..... they pay minimum wage. What a shame :(

Tiny boutique supermarket that caters to the yoga/granola crowd…read more The prices are outrageous here and quite reasonable there, so shop with caution. I know i stick out like a sore thumb at this place, but i'm allowed these healthy urges once in a while. Aren't i ?

Oh I loved Le Vieille Europe when I was living in Montreal. Unfortunately, I was a poor and…read morestarving student at the time and so I wasn't able to shop there as much as I wanted to, lol. I would occasionally go there for their imported cookies (oh how I adored Anna's Almond Swedish Thins, lol) and exotic teas. And also for their cheeses and deli meats. I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I love the smell of coffee and they have a good selection of coffee beans and a huge coffee grinder. The store has a very European feel to it, and very high prices. However, they carry products that are difficult to find elsewhere. Every time I go back to Montreal I like to pop in and poke around ;) My last visit was shortly before the Pandemic started. Looking forward to going back once this Pandemic is over.

Okay. When it comes to cities with great culinary traditions, somewhere in the back there…read morenaturally lies a bunch of places to promote, vend and educate on cuisine. Take New York for instance - if you want to know what we eat and how we came to eat them, you hit our bunch of ethnic markets and grab some finger foods. Wanna know how the Greek do their stuff? Hit Titan or Parrot Foods. Syrian? Sahadi or Souk el Shater. Chinese? Flushing. Korean? Same. Jewish style? Barney Greengrass and Avenue J in Brooklyn. In short, if you want something and is willing to travel the 5 boroughs and beyond, you'll be able to find it. When it comes to Montreal? You hit the Main. The Main is basically Boulevard St. Laurent between Sherbrooke and Jean-Talon, and the diversity of places informs you of its richeness of flavors. Want Hungarian and Askenazi jewish? Start at the Sherbrooke end. Portuguese? That's around Rue Rachel. Something more hipster friendly? That's St. Viateurs. How about Italian? That's closer to Marche Jean Talon. Interspersed between that range is a series of small shops that can cater to your specific needs. Marguez? There's a joint near that. Spanish cooking with a specific need for a paella (the pan for cooking a paella is itself called a paella), there's a place that sells it. A bit of a melange? That's what La Vielle Europe is for. So what makes La Vielle Europe such a good place to visit? Well, it might have to do with its blend of European charm and core Frenchness. When cultural anthropologists talk about food traditions they use the term foodways, which is the socioeconomic and cultural practices when it comes to food. When Quebec was a New French Signoralty hundreds of years ago, its culinary roots were preindustrial French. Then the Brits came in and injected its traditions, and throughout Montreal's history of expansion through immigration, new palates inform and expand upon these foodways, and there are still cultural and economic links back to France and other parts of Europe, and you see it in vivid display here. First, the cheese. The glorious cheese. One thing every visitor to Quebec learn quickly is the richness of the soil at "nos pays". They have great pasture, great dairy, and unlike the morons south of the border, they don't require their cheesemakers to pasteurize all their milk. As any American can attest, Quebec cheese is just better, creamier and more complex, and there is no better place to buy cheese than here. Have something in mind? Point and ask! They are not stingy with samples and will toss a few clues your way. The price is fairly decent as well, check out their discount section for some good stuff. Next, the baked goods. Yeah, they have bread, but they also have galettes, pasteis and will do you a sandwich. What kind of sandwich? They can do something classical like a jambon sandwich, or they can make you one of those gorgeous Portuguese sandwiches with their large eggy rolls. What about syrups and the beans? Yeah, for the coffee geeks out there, they have a massive selection of roasts and varietals, and the same goes for the au chocolat. Sure, they got coffee syrups to add that extra bit of salted caramel to your brew, but the payoff comes to your sodastream machine - The real charm comes from the availability of drinks syrups from France, the Teisseires and the Piquitos. Trust me, it's much better than the crap on offer in the US, and they last a long time. Honestly, with their large selection of sauces, candies, charcuterie and cooking oils, you cannot help but be impressed by both the breadth and depth of their selections. Want good eating? Visit old Europe. No availability on Air Transat? Bixi out to La Vielle Europe.