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Inside Librairie Drawn & Quarterly in Mile End: customers browsing tables of books beneath exposed brick, wooden shelves and a red back wall

Books / Mile End

Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

THE MILE END BOOK STOP

The flagship shop of Montréal's graphic-novel publisher, with art books, fiction and a serious comics wall.

From home
14 min drive
5.81 km. Walk 77 min
Spend
$$$$
Free to browse
Our dates
Trip-day hours unconfirmed
Give it 30-45 min
Website

Photo: Not on display, CC BY-SA 4.0

The verdict

Worth a browse if you like graphic novels, art books or good literary fiction, and it is the shop that put Mile End on the comics map. Buy the house-published titles here, since this is where they are curated best. Confirm hours and Thanksgiving opening before you walk over on Monday.

  • Flagship of the D&Q publisher
  • Curated graphic novels, fiction and art books per The Main
  • Official site says open every day

Vibe check

design forward/chill/cozy

Best forgraphic novels, gifts, a rainy-day browse

What it costs

$$$$Free to browse

Retail bookshop; no prices recorded. Browsing is free, books are the cost.

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

Open every day per official page; specific hours not confirmed

  1. Mon 12UnclearThanksgiving: holiday hours unconfirmed
  2. Tue 13Unclear
  3. Wed 14Unclear
  4. Thu 15Unclear

Thanksgiving MondayNo holiday notice on the official bookstores page as of Oct 8; 'open every day' is not an explicit statement about statutory holidays.

Full week
MonNot listed
TueNot listed
WedNot listed
ThuNot listed
FriNot listed
SatNot listed
SunNot listed

Official page says open every day but gives no times. The editor's lead cites 11am-6pm daily from The Main, but that page's hours section was collapsed and not readable. The store site is JavaScript-rendered. Call 514-279-2224 to confirm.

Hours from a third-party listing. Confirm before you go.

What it's good for

Yes for book and comics people; skippable if you have no interest in books.

Best time
Weekday afternoon
Time needed
30-45 min
Cost
Free to browse
Weather
Indoor, good in rain

Good forgraphic novels, D&Q titles, literary fiction, art books, kids' books

Pair it with

  • Phonopolis, Bernard Ouest (editor's lead, #207), for records on the same street
  • Sonorama, Bernard Ouest (editor's lead, #260), another record stop

Where

176 Rue Bernard Ouest, Montréal, QC H2T 2K2

77 min walk (5.68 km) / 14 min drive, no traffic / 32 min by bike

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

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While you're there

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The receipt

Where every fact on this page comes from.

ResearchedResearched Oct 8, 2026. Second check pending. Confidence: medium.

Details to confirm

  • Official daily hours
  • Hours on Monday Oct 12 (Thanksgiving)
  • Independent 2026 closure check not run (search budget exhausted)
  • Phonopolis and Sonorama addresses/status not verified by this research
  1. OfficialDrawn & Quarterly (official): Bookstoresaccessed 2026-10-08
  2. EditorialThe Main: Librairie Drawn & Quarterlyaccessed 2026-10-08