Le Monarque Restaurant, Québec Restaurant Interior, Canadian Commercial Architecture, Building Images
Le Monarque Restaurant in Montréal, Québec
19 Apr 2021
Le Monarque Restaurant
Architects: Alain Carle Architecte Inc.
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Over the years, Montréal has become Canada?s fine dining capital, multiplying the number of refined universes developed through carefully crafted layouts. One trend stands out: a small restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere and an inventive and innovative cuisine. However, another fringe of the Montréal restaurant scene is defined by a more generic approach, appropriating large premises where the ambience is often impersonal and the customer relationship is less attentive, less personalized.
The Le Monarque Restaurant is attempting a reconciliation between the polished small scale of the neighbourhood restaurateur and a larger space, fittingly rooted in metropolitan culture and based on a restaurant culture with a long-term focus.

This site in Old Montréal is a historical agglomeration of three separate spaces, including two distinct buildings and a former alley. Unprecedented in its structural complexity, this project took shape over an incredibly long period (over 5 years!), a gestation time that made it possible to recognize the intrinsic quality of the three spaces and design a project in a perspective of continuity. Le Monarque thus became a bar, a bistro and a dining room with an innovative menu, all under the sam...