Say Hola to Córdova, St-Henri’s New Bar With Spanish Snacks Coffee Spot [Updated] | Eater Montreal

"I discovered an all-purpose café-bar on Notre-Dame West in St-Henri called Córdova that offers coffee, tapas, conservas and — now that it has a bar permit — classic cocktails. Owned by Anthony Benda, Aaron Polsky and Elayne Teixeira-Millar with bright design work by Sabrina Barazin of The Grey Sofa, it’s broader in scope than Benda’s Café Myriade while still featuring a strong coffee program using beans from Calgary’s Monogram, Vancouver’s 49th Parallel, Ritual Roasters in San Francisco and Heart in Portland; they even accept coffee orders by text from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. The menu centers on high-quality Spanish and Portuguese preserved seafood (conservas) — from mussels escabeche to octopus in olive oil — alongside Spanish cheeses and charcuterie like manchego and jamón ibérico, and tapas such as tomato bread, marinated olives and a soft‑boiled egg with boquerones, plus a weekly selection of desserts. With the bar permit in hand they’re serving well-done cocktail classics — Old Fashioneds, Negronis and Sazeracs — alongside cheap quilles of Labatt, white wine on tap and a Basque cider coming soon, and they aim to be a reliable fixture in the community." - Tim Forster