The Best Places to Eat Near Bibine Buvette, by the Record

A covered terrace and a big bar set the tone at this convivial little bistro in Drummondville, where the kitchen leans on Quebec producers and a garden for a short, sharp menu that changes with what's good. Scallops, venison, halibut, house bread with garlic confit butter, maybe a dozen options total. The cooking has a vinegary, punchy quality that keeps things interesting. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

A converted theatre in rural Quebec, where the chef grows around fifty varieties of organic vegetables, herbs, and spices on-site and turns them into a modern, multi-course set menu. Scallops from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine and local Arctic char round things out. The kitchen opens onto a bright, simply dressed dining room, and the welcome is the kind that makes you feel less like a tourist and more like a neighbor.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec

1. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec

Exposed brick, a long counter, and bistro tables in an industrial loft in the old part of Trois-Rivières: this convivial neighbourhood bistro runs on sharing plates built around local produce. The chef came up through pastry, and it shows in the desserts. Live music fills the room on weekends, which raises the noise level in a way that seems entirely intentional. The Michelin Guide has it listed as a selected restaurant.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec

A long, narrow bistro on Granby's main strip, fitted out in wood and leather with a menu that keeps one foot in French-Canadian comfort food and the other in Japan. The chef came up at Joe Beef, which explains both the macaroni gratin with lobster and the izakaya-style mackerel sharing a menu without anyone blinking. Laid-back service, a room that fills up fast, and pudding chômeur on the dessert list.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec

A cube of coffee-colored wood cladding in downtown Granby, ninety minutes from Montreal, with a rooftop herb garden and two crackling maple fires inside that make it feel somewhere between a steakhouse and a farmhouse. The open kitchen and chef's counter face a glassed-in wine cellar and black tables, all of it warmer than the minimalist bones suggest. The cooking is mostly live-fire, built around carefully sourced vegetables, fish, and meat. The Michelin Guide has it on their list.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec

1. Tastet 101 Must-Try Restaurants in Quebec