On our map. We haven't walked through the door yet — here's why it's on the list.
Opened in 2007 as an Italian trattoria with Emma Cardarelli in the kitchen, before developing its own market-French bistro identity. The restaurant belongs to the same trio behind Joe Beef and Vin Papillon — David McMillan, Frédéric Morin and Allison Cunningham — and sits next door, conceived as a neighbourhood table rather than a tourist stop.
The menu leans on bourgeois French cooking and old-world producer wines; expect halibut and braised rabbit rather than Joe Beef's sole. Cult MTL calls it an essential Notre-Dame West address.
Liverpool House 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.