Bar Luz - Review - Outremont - Montreal - The Infatuation

"This newly opened fonda fina is the sister spot toAlma: a moody Mexico City-inspired wine and mezcal bar in the front, with a molino producing nixtamalized corn tortillas in the back. Come here for an early evening michelada (with Luz’s own clamato) and a caviar-topped scallop tostada, or with tacos fashioned from Chef Juan’s grandmother’s tortilla press—we’re especially keen on the Québec duck carnitas. Grilled fish a la plancha, with salsas and mixed blue and yellow corn mini-tortillas, is the perfect dish for sharing, followed by the classic churros or rice pudding for dessert. Bar Luz’s wine list features house-imported low-intervention wines from Catalonia, coastal Spain, and Québec’s own unsung vineyards. From May to October, Luz does weekend afternoontaco pop-upsin the back garden—they’re legendary, especially when cochinita pibil is on the menu." - Ivy Lerner-Frank