A good stop for local products for eating with from cheese to jam to coffee and chocolate. Nice…read moreservice provided but primarily a stop for cheese and charcuterie rather than other items. Situated in a building on the edge of the market.

This is a great store to find gourmet products made with local ingredients…read more Recently, I've been interested in boreal flavours. Here I can find what I'm looking for. They have beverages, condiments, herbal teas, jams, mushrooms, mustard, pickles, seasonings and spices made with Nordic ingredients. I spent some time browsing in the store since there are so many things I want to try. I bought some spices and teas. The cedar tea is so fragrant and healing, that I have the urge to plant a tree in my garden!

Visiting this craft beer store was one of the highlights of my most recent trip to Montreal…read more While the space is small, the beers are very carefully curated. We ended up talking to one of the guys who works here for over half an hour, learning about different beer styles (broadly), Quebec beer laws, and some special brews in Quebec. You can tell this store is special, as many locals were coming in and out while we were there. There also seems to be a nice rapport with the people who work here, who are obviously willing to help. For any American coming to this store - they will do trades for special, highly-coveted beers (think Treehouse or Alchemist), and you'll get a very nice trade with what you bring. This opportunity is definitely something we plan to take advantage of when we inevitably return to this store.

I'm not a big beer afficionado so I guess I'm missing the main attraction to this cramped little…read moreboutique. I find myself coming back for the pretty jars and delicacies. As the name indicates, the shop makes an effort to offer products from Quebec, which is great to calm my conscience after splurging. :) The selection of maple and maple-derived products is great and full of surprises. I'm a big fan of the caramel-themed shelf: caramels, caramels and chocolate spreads, caramel and ginger spread etc..etc..Don't miss out on the delicious dips and jellies on display on the back wall and their tea selection from Camelia Sinensis!

SAQ is Canada's equivalent to Bevmo. The liquor sold at grocery stores is quite minimal. Therefore,…read moreit is not rare to find a SAQ located next to one. At SAQ you will find aisles of red wine, white wine, spirits, and mixers. The selection and variety is pretty good. The store itself looks a little posh, is definitely user friendly, and quite organized.

Tite Frette (small cold beer in Quebecois slang) is a shop that sells numerous varieties of…read moreQuebecois beers and products. In the back, there is a room dedicated completely to IPAs. As their website explains, they are a 100% seller of Quebec Microbrews. They have an additional store in Granby. You can do a beer tasting at the bar on Saturdays starting at noon. They have a large array of gluten free beers. They also offer evening classes every so often on beer that include a tasting of 8 Quebec beers, a tray with an assortment of regional cuisine and one of desserts. Yum-yes, please! (Date are listed on their website here: https://www.titefrette.ca/niveau1) The even have a free rewards card (I wish I'd seen this in shop) that will allow you to earn points on purchases for money towards future purchases. Sweet! I've now applied and hopefully they'll be willing to add the points (I sent them an email and will update this post accordingly). Staff is very welcoming, helpful, and friendly. The store is esthetically pleasing and very clean. I would come back here to buy beer again and do a class.

Make your own six-pack out of local, independent beers! Great location: Duluth is near many BYOB…read morerestaurants. They also have wine. Prices are a little high, but location and beer selection make up for this. A much better than average stop.

Went here after SAQ which was closed, its very small but lots to choose from. As soon as we walked…read morein I hear some hip hop music while China's I was pressed for didn't know if this was area was hip or not. When i mean small like even walking around you feel like you bout to knock something over. I'm giving a 3 star due to the fact it's small can barely walk around, we didn't see any hard liquor just wine and beer and because they didn't have bagged for us we had to use their pastry bags.

3.5 stars (some go up some go down)…read more Interesting eclectic offerings of sausage (pate chinois, lardons & cheddar, sake and ginger a few) and Lac brome duck products plus a copious perhaps gargantuan assortment of Quebec micro brewed beers. You mix the selection together and it sounds like a camping dinner or cookout weekend I with a bunch of friends at the cabin (chalet here in Quebec). The duck I may definitely come back to try more. Sausage for me I found a bit fatty for my liking. I do realize sausage is more fat to give flavour but I tend to try to seek out a more lean version. We had the opportunity to stop off here at leg two of out food walking adventure of the Marche Jean Talon and surrounding area. What we were offered as a sample was their fine herb sausage and the duck confit. The fine herb sausage. I didn't care for as much with larger pieces of rosemary and other herbs. The duck confit on baguette was divine and decadent. I could eat half a plate of that but then I'd probably be in food coma afterwards! I had purchased a terrine du porc that was done in whiskey. Honestly I had no flavour of whiskey at all when tasting it. Perhaps it had oxidized but it was not prevalent at all. They have an awesome selection of other canned and jarred Quebec jams, jellies and sauces plus other delicacies. I do need to come back and check items out on further inspection. Price tends to be a bit higher but you can tell quality is high.

Tried a sample of their Herb sausage in store and it was pretty good but opted for the smoked meat…read moresausage (sounded awesome!) and brought it home for BBQ. It was disappointing. I should have went with what I tasted but I didn't think the smoked meat sausage would have been so underwhelming. If I'm ever here again, I'll make sure to sample a whole bunch of of different items if possible.

I for some reason never really liked this saq But after…read moregoing the other day and having a rude employee giving me lip I figured I'd bring a few things to attention. Rude employee never look happy and the man who I had looked very angry Closes early They always run out of normal things like rum and vodka. I don't know if it's because they aren't that popular compares to the one but jeez.

This is my favorite SAQ location...it's also the (conveniently) closest one to my house…read more But proximity aside... The selection here is decent for a "not one of the full sized SAQ's". I always find something new to try...and I equally always find my reliable favorites. The staff at this location are superb! Friendly, helpful...extremely knowledgeable about their stock. I frequently ask for their assistance to find a nice dry red wine that isn't too dry and isn't too sweet and they are always spot on with their recommendations! I'm always a happy customer when I come here. The only downer is that they close early-ish (compared to some of the 24/7 til 22h SAQs)...and the only reason I knocked a star off...when they open til 10pm everyday then ill give them 5 stars !

"So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society…read morehowl" (Elton John) The SAQ stands for the Société des Alcools du Québec. It's the network of government-run liquor stores in Quebec. It manages the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages across the province and operates its own retail stores. We were fortunate enough to win a gift card to SAQ at a charity event last week, so one of our final visits in Montreal was to walk over to this small store at the Place D'Armes and pick up whatever we could for our C$50 prize. Although the store wasn't very large it was very neat and fully stocked, with prices clearly marked for every bottle and can in the store. One of their sales associates was very friendly and helped us find what we were looking for. I'm a big Bloody Mary fan, and from previous trips to Canada knew that "Bloody Caesars" are favored up here. The differ from a Bloody Mary by using Clamato juice instead of a tomato juice base. So, when I saw a shelf with plenty of Clamato choices, I knew one would be coming home with me. I selected a 16 ounce can of Clamato Caesar "With the Works" (Le Tour Garni) with extra spices, seasonings, hot sauce and horseradish (C$3.80). We rounded out our purchase with a bottle of Cliff 79 Shiraz (C$11.75), a bottle of Folonari Pinot Grigio (C$14.95), a bottle of Casa Santos Sangria (C$12.45), and a nifty little branded tote bag for (C$2.95). The only down note of our visit concerned a bottle of SIVO blueberry liqueur I had hoped to buy. I had some at a social function on Thursday night and liked it so much I took a photo of the bottle. When I showed the photo to the sales associate, he not only told me they didn't carry it, but he also told me it was just syrup, and not alcoholic. He said any grocery store would have it. I learned that he was wrong, it is an alcoholic product made in a Canadian distillery.

Excellent selection and what seems like decent prices. I found what I went for: maple whiskey and…read moremaple cream liqueur.