A Look Into Le Roseline, the Vintage Café-Bar That Opened on St-Laurent Boulevard in the Plateau Last Week | Eater Montreal

"A plush, candle-lit café-by-day-slash-wine-bar-by-night, Le Roseline is the brainchild of owner Jean-Marc Renaud and chef Alex Collyer and opened last Friday on the corner of St-Joseph Street. Renaud, a cinematic art director and Plateau native making his first real foray into food, modeled the 1,900-square-foot space on the salon double architectural style found in many Plateau and Mile End apartments: two dining rooms separated by soft grey curtains, vintage Quebec-sourced furniture (including lamps recovered from Quebec City’s Château Frontenac), exposed brick, crown-molding accents, a floor-to-ceiling wine shelf, plush leather and velvet couches atop a geometric-tiled floor, and low-hung spherical chandeliers and table lamps that give the space a warm, '30s-inspired cocoon while light jazz plays into the evening. Collyer’s menu leans on revisited classics and comfort food—pot-au-feu, clam orecchiette, and beef tartare for evening diners, with lighter all-hours offerings like croissants, toasted bagels with cretons, and the soup of the day by day—and desserts such as chocolate mousse and omelette norvégienne (Baked Alaska). The venue offers caffeinated drinks by day and colourful wines and classic cocktails (negroni, old-fashioned, amaretto sour) by night; the majority of the wine list was curated by actor Martin Laroche and is mostly natural or privately imported from France. Early service has been successful, and Renaud plans to open a terrasse facing Lahaie Park once temperatures climb." - Audrey Carleton