Mile End Spanish Favourite Sala Rosa is Cutting Back Its Food — and Other Closures | Eater Montreal

"Sad news from a staple on the Main: the Spanish restaurant Sala Rosa is switching management and cutting back to being a bar with a much more limited focus on food. Chef Jeremiah Bullied, who has been running the restaurant inside the Centre Espagnole for around 18 months, announced on Facebook that “the financial burden of keeping the doors open has proven to be too much.” Julie Richard will take it over and it’ll be more of a cocktail bar—since the whole building wields a bar license—with pared-back food options, which will likely mean no more paella and no more flamenco performances. On the upside, Bullied is running the restaurant until the end of January, so drop by for some fried goat cheese balls while it’s still an option (seriously — it’s an underrated destination). Note that Sala Rosa is not to be confused with the music venue and bar upstairs, Sala Rossa, which is running as normal." - Tim Forster