Café chez Téta

"Steeped in memories of co-owner Antoun Aoun’s own teta (grandmother), Café Chez Téta brings Lebanese food traditions to Montreal’s bustling cafe scene. This popular Plateau spot keeps things simple and straightforward, with fattouche salad, dips like labneh and baba ghanoush, and made-to-order lahmajoun and manouché flatbreads topped with za’atar, minced meats, cheese, and more. Many dishes are prepared in a traditional gas-fired brick oven imported from Lebanon. Finish with a slice of turmeric cake, a halva latte, or cardamom coffee, served in classic red, green, and white Lebanese cups. Teta would approve." - Valerie Silva

"A Plateau newcomer and 2021 Eater Award winner, this café’s name honours its founder’s “téta” (“grandmother” in Lebanese.) A simple formula of Lebanese salads, dips, and piping hot manouché flatbreads with spiced meat, za’atar, cheese, and more has proven to do the trick, especially when followed by a hot cardamom or halva latte and a slice of sfouf (turmeric cake)." - Joel Balsam, Valerie Silva, Eater Staff

"Specializing in manouche, round flatbreads topped variously, this Rachel Street shop also highlights Lebanese coffee (with or without cardamom), plus all the typical caffeinated beverages you’d expect at your local café." - Daniel Bromberg, Eater Staff

"Teta means grandmother in Lebanese Arabic, and co-owner Antoun Aoun’s grandmother is the inspiration for Plateau newcomer Café Chez Teta, a sunny café offering lahmajoun along with Lebanese cardamom coffee and manouchés, flatbreads covered in zaatar and a range of other toppings." - Ivy Lerner-Frank