Fodor's Expert Review Time Out Market Montréal

Time Out Market, the popular "anti-food courts" gastro halls opening in cities around the globe, unveiled its Montréal location in late 2019. The industrial-chic, dimly lit 40,000 square-foot space features a black ceiling, gray and concrete surfaces, and warm, oil-finished maplewood floors. Low-intensity pin lights illuminate the dark surfaces and the blond wood tables and benches, creating an understated effect. TOM Montréal includes 16 “unique food concepts” (Time Out's description for the stalls), representing 12 of the best restos in the city, in addition to four bars. Currently, gourmets and gourmands will find such epicurean delights as Casa Kaizen (plant-based Japanese-Mexican fusion tacos), Le Red Tiger (Vietnamese), Moleskine (pizzeria), Le Taj (Indian), chef Paul Toussaint's Haitian/Caribbean dishes, and Campo (Portuguese chicken and poutine). A partitioned bar area, demarcated by a custom iron grill to gently separate it from the food hall, boasts the original arched windows from the now-defunct Eaton department store. It consists of the Time Out Bar, Beer Bar, and Wine Bar. There's also a dedicated mocktail bar concocts delicious non-alcoholic libations.