The Best Restaurants Near Hôtel Quintessence, by the Record
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An old house in the heart of Mont-Tremblant village, turned into a cozy fine dining room where the chef's past life cooking on yachts quietly shapes the menu. Local ingredients get the globe-trotting treatment: Lake Tremblant walleye shows up in a crispy tempura, and the osso bucco is the kind of low-and-slow thing that makes you cancel your ski plans. Italy and France anchor the wine list, and the service is warm without being fussy.
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Named for the balsam fir, this bright, casual bistro in the Laurentians feels like a neighbourhood spot that happened to end up somewhere very pretty. The team, with roots at Le Mousso and Le Club Chasse et Pêche, turns out modern Québécois cooking built for sharing over natural wine. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks for a room where bottles circulate freely and nobody seems in any particular hurry to leave.
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Rank 6. Loiseau d'à Côté
Traditional French
A small castle-like building across from the Saint-Sauveur church turns out to house a traditional French restaurant with serious local sourcing ambitions. Suckling pig from a named family farm, boudin noir, maple-glazed sweetbreads, and a flat iron steak done properly with mushrooms and red wine give the menu a distinctly Québécois accent. Lunch runs on a set formula; evenings open up to à la carte. The welcome is genuinely warm, in the way that feels earned rather than rehearsed.
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