Le Cathcart

Piazza Sociale Opens Next Week in Le Cathcart, Becoming One of the Largest Restaurants in Town | Eater Montreal

"Opened in January as part of a broader revitalization of the Esplanade PVM, Le Cathcart is a large food hall settled beneath Place Ville‑Marie’s imposing glass skylight that originally housed multiple full-service restaurants and kiosks. After pandemic closures it reopened in July and currently maintains an east-side counter alley at limited capacity with five of the usual 12 kiosks (Dirty Greens, Chikin, Uniburger, Tulum Taqueria and Karma Poke) serving the downtown lunch crowd. The venue’s existing infrastructure and robust ventilation — built for very large numbers — allowed a quick reconfiguration for Piazza Sociale and, despite distancing limits that reduced potential capacity from roughly 1,000 to 250, its size makes it an attractive no‑reservations‑needed option for diners." - Valerie Silva