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Temporary exhibition

From November 26, 2025 to October 18, 2025

Photographer unknown, Shap's Soda and Lunch Restaurant, Pine Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, detail, about 1940. Gift of the Estate of Ben and Beatrice Shap, M2008.96.2, McCordStewart Museum

On the menu

Montreal: A Restaurant Story

Discover the evolution of Montreal’s restaurant scene in all its forms since the 1960s. From deli to haute cuisine, the exhibition On the menu. Montreal: A Restaurant Story reveals how part of the city’s identity has been forged around the table.

  • Photographer unknown, <em>Shap's Soda and Lunch Restaurant, Pine Avenue, Montreal, Quebec</em>, about 1940. Gift of the Estate of Ben and Beatrice Shap, M2008.96.2, McCordStewart Museum
  • Menu, <em>La Tour Eiffel</em>, 1963. Gift of Marjorie D. Cooper Gawley, Menus and Gastronomy Collection C285, M2004.94.22.55, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Edith H. Mather, <em>414-418 De La Gauchetière Street, Montreal, Quebec</em>, 1976. Gift of Edith H. Mather, M2012.113.1.3.48P, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Poster, <em>Bens world famous smoked meat brisket</em>, about 1800. Bens Delicatessen Collection in Honour of its Founders: Ben & Fanny Kravitz, Irving Kravitz, Al Kravitz and Sollie Kravitz, P715/D06.2,2.2, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Edith H. Mather, <em>Restaurant des Chauffeurs, 185 De la Montagne Street, Montreal, Quebec</em>, 1970. Gift of Edith H. Mather, M2012.113.1.1.59, McCord Stewart Museum

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