Brulerie Aux Quatre Vents

there’s a reason why i don’t bother with coffee when i’m in the market, its because of this place.
its a prime location to have coffee in the market as everyone just pass by and decide they need coffee so they stop by. thing is, just like them chains, when you have a prime location and you are always busy, you don’t give a flying fuck about doing good coffee. heck, coffee is not even passable here.
i went once when i didn’t discover Larue up north and way before St-​Henri opened up shop just outside. before that, i stopped drinking coffee for a few years so i did lose the taste of coffee but even without having the palate that i have today, i could still tell it was putrid coffee. not only did it came piping hot for no reason whatsoever, it was very burnt and tasted like piss. probably worse than the nearby chain.
i personally don’t care if its fair trade and whatnot. if you can’t properly roast coffee and you can’t even try to salvadge it by somehow making it taste not as bad, you should walk away in shame and disgust.
the food ain’t too shabby though. cheaper than most. and that natas stand next door (which has no listing as far as i know) is very good.
anyway, how are they still in business after all those years? i don’t know. lack of competition maybe? people not caring about a decently good cup of coffee? *mind blown*

This café is the only obvious place to get coffee in the main Jean-​Talon Market building. It occupies one of the building’s busiest, most prominent spots. I can’t count how many times I’ve passed through wanting coffee, or when one of my friends wanted (or urgently needed) some. One would hope — no, expect — that the only café in Montréal’s flagship, destination public market, in Little Italy of all places, serves good or at least decent coffee.
This café doesn’t meet this pressing, important need and it’s a real shame. I second Andrea L’s comments below: their drip coffee and their espresso are poor, although I had an OK hot chocolate once. Instead, make the detour to Café de la Rue, Café Vito, or one of the many options on the Little Italy strip of Saint-​Laurent.

This review is for the little taco stand they have out front. 3 for 5.50. The tacos themselves were just ok, your standard tortilla, shredded pork, beans, and onions. The standout was the hot sauce. If you’re a fan of the hot stuff and want to start off exploring the market with a kick, try the tacos with a healthy serving of the hot sauce.

I have tried so hard to like this place because of their great location in the Jean-​Talon Market, but a coffee spot on the edge of Little Italy has to do a better job than this. I’m not a fan of their espresso nor of their brewed coffee nor of their beans. (I guess the last item on my list probably covers the other two, eh?)

Went to the Marche Jean-​Talon and was surprised to find this was one of the few stalls open at 8:30am. Ordered a chai latte, crème de carousel soup, many vanilles (?), Bagel with crème cheese and hot mocha. The service was great and the lady helping us was patient with our questions. I was not accustomed to their method of making chai lattes in soup bowls. However the soup was utterly fantastic. Great place to go to if you happen upon the Marche in the earlier hours of winter. Free Wi-​Fi throughout the market was a bonus too. A little too much crème cheese in my bagel, but that can be easily adjusted yourself.

This is the second time I try their latte, both were disappointing. For a place that roasts their own coffee, I expected better.

C’est Risa qui m’a fait découvrir le fameux sandwich-​déjeuner de ce petit café en plein centre du marché Jean Talon. Miam! Quoi de mieux que de commencer la journée avec un sandwich oeuf-​jambon-​fromage et un café pour moins de 5 $? C’est assez dur à battre, et puisque c’est un petit café, c’est fait frais sur place. Pas d’oeuf précuits comme au McDo ou au Tim Hortons. Non, non! C’est un vrai de vrai sandwich-déjeuner…presque santé! Les cafés sont pas mal bon et vous pouvez aussi en acheter en vrac pour vous en faire à la maison. Ils ont des pâtisseries qui ont toutes l’air très appétissantes, mais je n’y ai jamais goûté simplement parce que je suis vraiment obsédée par leur sandwich déjeuner!

Indeed I am remiss in not having posted a review sooner for this little gem at the marché Jean-​Talon. My husband and I function solely on the coffee from Brûlerie Aux Quatre Vents. BAQV, as the name suggests, roast their coffee to perfection themselves. We buy the whole bean coffee in the 1 kilo bags and religiously drink it every morning. Once or twice a week, however, I like to treat myself to a café au lait and a biscotti and sit at one of the many tables with my daughter and (although it is against the market’s rules) my dog and watch all of the market activity. My daughter and my dog Vendredi are equally welcomed by the delightful employees at BAQV. Once during one of our morning coffee breaks, we were actually in the right place at the right time and I and my little entourage were filmed by the film crew from ”Des Kiwis et Des Hommes”. However, don’t misunderstand, I don’t go here in the hopes of becoming famous on Radio-​Canada. I come here because the coffee is amazing and the prices for whole bean coffee are less than those at the Metro grocery store and oh so much lovelier!

I come here because of the fabulous Laura R, so tip of the hat and symbolic FTR to her. This has become one of my regular spots in the market, it’s tucked right in the warm belly of Jean Talon and there are always bags of beans spilling and roasting, and friendly trilingual staff pouring the tasty good stuff.
The real reason I’m here several times a week though is the breakfast sandwich — English muffin toasted with egg, nice local ham, and cheese for 2.75 $. Gotta love breakfast for under three bucks, especially when it comes in sandwich form.