Close-up of crusty sourdough baguettes standing in a wicker basket, with more baskets of bread softly blurred behind

Bakery / Old Montréal (Vieux-Montréal)

La Cave à Manger

BREAD FIRST, WINE SECOND

A tiny Old Montréal cellar bakery: sourdough, rotating filled rolls and a proper jambon-beurre, with natural wine on the side.

From home: 29 min walk; 2.15 km, or 6 min by car
Spend: $$$$
Our dates: Open Tue-Thu. Mon holiday hours unconfirmed; Give it 15-30 min

Website

Mood photo, not this exact place.Photo: Balint Mendlik, Unsplash License

The verdict

Worth a stop if you are already wandering Old Montréal. Grab a jambon-beurre and a pistachio-orange blossom roll, then take it away or find a terrace seat if the weather allows. It is a counter, not a sit-down meal, and some reviewers flag high prices and uneven consistency.

On the editor's bakery list
Tastet review updated May 2026
Jambon-beurre and pistachio-orange blossom roll praised by Tastet and The Main

Why maybeOperating and open daily per the official site, but Oct 12 holiday hours are unconfirmed, no current menu or prices could be verified, and the viral roll hype is from 2022-23.

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La Cave à Manger, the short list

Must order
Jambon-beurre
House ham, cheddar, butter and French cornichons on sourdough baguette (Tastet: 6-month cheddar; The Main: Isle-aux-Grues cheddar).
Named as a house classic by Tastet and a standout by The Main.
Critic pick: Tastet. No current official price found
Must order
Pistachio and orange blossom roll
Filled, rolled viennoiserie singled out by reviewers.
Called out by Tastet and The Main as the pastry to get.
Critic pick: Tastet. No current official price found
Rotating filled roll (Supreme / New York Roll style)
Circular cream-filled croissant roll with daily-changing flavours.
The Instagram-viral item; hype is historical (2022-23), flavours rotate.
Critic pick: Narcity. Narcity cited $9.50 in Dec 2022; stale
Pepperoni pizza
Cornmeal-crust pizza, heavy on pepperoni.
Tastet suggests it for lunch.
Critic pick: Tastet

Menus change. Prices are from the posted menu, before tax and tip.

What people actually say

Recurring themes, not cherry-picked quotes.

Love

Long-fermented, naturally leavened bread and viennoiseries
Jambon-beurre as a standout
Affordable natural wine in a cellar setting
Summer terrace

Know before you go

Space is cramped and suits takeout
Some diners find prices high
Consistency and freshness reported as uneven in some directory reviews
Very small, mostly takeaway
Thanksgiving Monday hours unconfirmed
Menu items and prices not verifiable online; official site says check the in-store menu
Rotating roll flavours; availability varies

Dishes that keep coming up

Jambon-beurre, Pistachio-orange blossom roll, Pepperoni pizza, Filled rolls

Room: Small cellar-style room with a bakery counter and wine shelves per press descriptions; summer terrace mentioned in sources.
Service: Not covered in sources.
Value: Mixed: wine seen as fairly priced, baked goods and sandwiches sometimes called pricey.

Synthesized from Tastet, The Main, a Narcity piece and RestoMontreal aggregate comments seen only in search summaries. No Reddit, Cult MTL, Gazette or Eater coverage found; platform reviews not accessible.

Vibe check

casual/low key

Best fora morning pastry stop, picnic sandwich, Old Montréal wander

How much we'll spend

$$$$

No current official menu prices found online. Only price datapoint is $9.50 for a filled roll in a Dec 2022 Narcity article. Reviewers describe it as pricey for a bakery but wine as reasonably priced. Tastet shows a $$ rating but calls products affordable and gives no prices; tier 1 is a low-confidence guess.

Our estimate from posted prices, CAD, before tax and tip. Québec purchases carry the 5% federal GST plus the 9.975% Québec Sales Tax (QST, TVQ in French): 14.975% combined on taxable items. Tourisme Montréal: it is customary to tip restaurant servers, taxi drivers and hairdressers 15% of the bill, before taxes. Bellhops, porters and doormen generally get at least $2 per bag or service; coffee and food counters often have a tip cup by the register.

On our dates

Daily 7am-8pm

Mon 12Maybe7am to 8pmThanksgiving: holiday hours unconfirmed
Tue 13Open7am to 8pm
Wed 14Open7am to 8pm
Thu 15Open7am to 8pm

Thanksgiving MondayOfficial site shows standing Monday-Sunday 7:00-20:00 hours but makes no statement about holidays or Action de grâce; no holiday notice found as of Oct 8.

Full week

Mon	7am to 8pm
Tue	7am to 8pm
Wed	7am to 8pm
Thu	7am to 8pm
Fri	7am to 8pm
Sat	7am to 8pm
Sun	7am to 8pm

Official site states Monday to Sunday 7:00-20:00 (Tastet also says daily 7-8pm). The Main shows no hours. No holiday statement; hours may differ on a statutory holiday.

Hours from the venue's own listing, checked Oct 8, 2026.

Where

386 Rue Saint-Paul E, Montréal, QC H2Y 1H3

29 min walk (2.15 km) / 6 min drive, no traffic / 15 min by bike

From 216 Rue Young. Routes from OpenStreetMap data; transit times are in the maps app.

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No reservation system found; walk-in counter. Official site has an online cart with pickup at the shop but showed no menu items or prices when checked, and says items and prices may change without notice. Narcity (2022) mentioned Uber Eats.

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