On our map. We haven't walked through the door yet — here's why it's on the list.
Opened September 19, 2005 by David McMillan, Frédéric Morin and Allison Cunningham in the former Café Miguel space on Notre-Dame West. The name honours Charles McKiernan, known as "Joe Beef," a 19th-century Montreal tavern keeper. The kitchen, which the trio calls Bocusian-Lyonnaise, leans on market cooking and Quebec game and seafood.
McMillan retired in 2021; Morin and Cunningham now hold the majority of the Joe Beef Group. The restaurant appears on the recommended list of the first Michelin Guide Québec, published in spring 2025.
Joe Beef is on the Regulars map — spotted, not yet visited. Our guides are written on foot, door by door, and no one pays to appear: when we walk through the door, this note will become a portrait. No points. No coupons. Standing is earned.