Mile End (St-Viateur & Fairmount Bagel)
Mile End
Two famous bagel bakeries on the same street in a trendy neighborhood. Their wood-fired bagels are small, sweet and chewy, the classic Montreal style.
Mile End, north of the Plateau, was once a neighborhood of Jewish immigrants and is now a hub for artists and independent shops. Its best-known attractions are two long-established bagel bakeries a street apart. Fairmount Bagel was founded in 1919, and St-Viateur Bagel in 1957. Both are open 24 hours, and from the window you can watch bakers shape the dough by hand, boil it in honey water and bake it in a wood-fired oven. The sesame bagel is the most classic, at about C$1.50 each. Café Olimpico nearby and the small shops along Bernard Street are also worth a stroll. Take the Orange Line to Laurier station, or bus 55.
Opening hours
Open all day (bagel shop open 24 hours)
Nearby sights
- Jean-Talon Market
- Mount Royal Park
- Schwartz's Deli
- Le Plateau-Mont-Royal & Rue Saint-Denis
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- McCord Stewart Museum
- Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
- Montreal Underground City (RÉSO)