La maison des cyclistes

This is a great little café that happens to house the velo Quebec offices as well. I’ve walked and cycled by many a time, but what finally brought me to go in was when I attempted to have lunch at Espace Lafontaine with some friends and it turned out to be closed. We needed a space that was relatively accessible and had enough space for three strollers, so we were a little limited. And this place totally worked out great! Nothing terribly inventive, just decent café fare: sandwiches, salads, pastries, etc. I had the vege sandwich, and while tasty, it oozed sauce all over. I ended up grabbing a fork and eating the filling out of it, to contain some of the mess.
I will definitely be back the next time I need a caffeine fix and am pushing around my son around Lafontaine Park in his stroller.

Really nice place and helpful folks for bicycle info. Good little café and bike shop. Got nice Quebec Velo jersey.

Came here for breakfast and had their coffee with a croissant. Was good overall, especially the coffee. The décor stood out more as I really liked the clean design and the organization.

I love it here and visit multiple times a week. Great coffee, good food, good service!

Oh, YES. DO go here. Definitely.
Situated on the corner right across from Parc Lafontaine, this is a gem of a high end café with a super casual interior. I was seriously pleased with my Americano and remember commenting to my partner after the first sip about how it was possibly the best coffee I’d gotten in the city so far.
There’s nothing pretentious or hipster about this place, despite the fact that it’s some fair trade and some organic and all those good, healthy things we’ve grown to love and ask for. It’s a friendly spot, and if I recall, they give out free bike maps of the city. Their foods and treats are impeccable as well. Picnic in the park or pull up your wheels and sit inside. You don’t need a slick cycle suit to enter, either — rickety flower basket cyclist types like me are welcome, too!
Oh, almost forgot: there’s a little boutique inside as well! I’ll see what compels me to drop some of my hard-​earned cash next time I’m in.

Really nice place to relax next to la fontina park
Has decent coffee and pastries
Also have a selection of sandwiches, salads and beverages
So you many options to choose from

C’est un endroit spécialisé qui répond à une demande bien précise. Pour tous ces amoureux du vélo c’est un endroit parfait. L’atmosphère est décontractée et on né mets pas vraiment de pression. Un endroit convenable pour y écrire ou y lire.
Du côté thé et café on est dans le générique et l’insipide. Un bon endroit si vous avez besoin de conseils vélo ou si vous habitez devant.

Excellent carré au dattes! Avec un café, ça fait un duo tout montréalais à bon prix :-)

My bicycle-​crazy friend insisted that we all go here on our visit to Montréal. It’s a great little coffee shop (and a bike shop, too– that’s pretty cool!). The vibe reminds me a bit of Maglianero in Burlington, VT. I eschewed a drink in favor of some wonderful chocolate cake thing that was filled with a chocolatey, gooey substance in the middle and it was DELICIOUS. My friends got coffees and beers, though, be warned– if you get a beer you have to order a non-​alcohol item with it. I guess they don’t want this place turning into a bar, and I can understand that.
Super location– it’s across from the park, and just down the road from Resto La Banquise, where you can find some of the best poutine in the city.

Coffee and bikes. Together. Forever. As they should be.
It’s a cute location, and although the seating isn’t so plentiful, the drinks are tasty and the baked goods even tastier. The times I’ve been there, there’s been a lot of foot traffic from people going in and out of a back room. Hostel? Something sketchier? Anyway, I’m very appreciative of the lovely location, the plentiful bike parking, and the lattes. It’s right at the intersection of Rachel and de Brebeuf, both cycle-​friendly streets, and across from the bike entry to Lafontaine. A perfect spot, a great cuppa, and then back on my two-​wheeled steed I go.

I like the place.

Si vous avez besoin d’aide pour planifier un voyage en vélo, ou si vous recherchez simplement un beau petit café pour manger une petite bouchée ou bien travailler en paix, c’est un endroit parfait. C’est probablement un des cafés les plus propres que je connaisse en ville. Je pense que le côté qui est occupé par Vélo Québec influence un peu le style de la place.
J’y ai été pour manger une petite bouchée avant un événement et j’ai partagé un croque-​monsieur avec mon copain. Ils sont énormes! Tellement qu’on avait chacun une assiette bien remplie même si l’on se partageait un seul morceau. Le croque-​monsieur comme tel était très bon avec juste assez de sauce, de fromage et un extra de tomates pour un lunch à la fois rapide et un peu décadent. C’est un endroit super bien situé pour aller prendre un café après avoir pris une super belle longue march (ou course) dans le Parc Lafontaine.

Delicious café facing Parc Lafontaine that is just jam packed with bike maps and books, velo community news and activities, and really tasty coffee, sandwiches and baked goods. This is a hub for bike lovers booking outings with their wheels to Greece and California and all over. It’s yellow bright and not very bilingual but very welcoming. They have wine and beers and free wifi too, and the outdoor seating is quintessentially Montréal with the pretty triplexes and wrought iron fire escapes and the sculpted expansive park full of jugglers, picniks and dreams.

Did you know that the Maison Des Cyclistes is not only a bicycle shop but a café too?! I bet you didn’t! Well, it is! And I ate there, right next to all those shining bicycle racks!
And I had one of the most delicious sandwiches my tongue has ever wrapped itself around, ever.
As I was busy getting lost in random parts of Montréal, I followed funky looking rollerbladers down their designated lanes and at the corner of the street, a beautiful marigold building caught my eye. It was like a flower grown from concrete. I was drawn to its red and green store canvas tarp and the large painting of a cyclist above the entrance beckoned me. I walked in and noticed the traditional glass cases where cafes/​delis usually keep their sample sandwiches and other goodies. I took a good look at a grilled sandwich with salami, cheese and other vegetables. I remembered my friend Tyler (Montréal connoisseur) told me that cheese in Montréal is especially delicious because the pasteurizing laws were different in Canada compared to the US, so «cheese tastes better.» Provolone is one of my favorite cheeses and I noticed that that sandwich that looked at me with big eyes had a big slice of it right on top. I ordered it and stood gazing around for a few minutes. The interior of the café was beautiful, a nice set up of tables big and small, many windows for the sunlight to come in and super computer /​reader friendly. I could imagine myself bringing a book here and reading with a cup of tea. What I loved especially was their outdoor seating. It lined the building on the less-​busy part of the street so you wouldn’t get winded by those crazy funky skaters or cyclists. I took my sandwich outside and sat beside a few mothers with their babies in the strollers. I took the first bite. Warm. Juicy, Flavors felt like they were literally caressing my tongue with all their goodness. Sweets and sours and crispiness cascaded down upon my mouth and all I could do was smile at the baby sitting next to me. The best part about it was that I was perfectly content after that one sandwich – and it wasn’t too overbearing. I told the lady at the counter afterward (who couldn’t understand English very well) that the sandwich I had was so delicious. She just smiled at me. Oh well!
I would say this café could be the Au Bön Pain or Panera of Montréal, but more delicious and harder to find. That makes it better, right?