Top 3 Reasons to Celebrate Valentine's Day at Montreal's Time Out Market

Time Out Market Montréal is helping spread the love this month.

Whether you're into impossibly moist cakes, cocktails crafted by an expert mixologist, or a romantic menu for two created by a chef who's worked at some of the country's most famous restaurants, the market has you covered.

Open the Olove Cakes pop-up

From February 10-18, Montreal-based Olove Cakes will be selling custom-made cakes—think: the tastiest handmade, olive-oil-based pastries in town—in three flavors (original, chocolate, and chia-lemon) and four sizes. .

What better way to say I love you than with a delicious and moist olive oil cake filled with your personal message?

Look for a pop-up at Market's Milk Bar. Bonus: Olove also sells Valentine's Day cards, roses, hand-painted cone candles, and macaroons.

Try the signature cocktail

Order the Tempo Di Amore (“Moment of Love”), a cocktail inspired by how similar the words “amaro” and “amore” sound (think: Mariana Avril amaretto, Rosemont Spiced run, Italian cherry yogurt, and dark chocolate)—and the origin story of the love-based liqueur .

According to the story, Bernardino Luini, a painter and student of Leonardo da Vinci, was commissioned to decorate the Saronno Temple of the Virgin around 1525. Luini chose a beautiful nearby hotel owner as his model and quickly fell for it. love with him. To express his love, he offered her a homemade liqueur, now made from a family recipe called amaretto.

Add romance to the menu

Mussels and perfectly crispy fries or a giant guidille for two? Hamachi with radish salsa, jalapeños, shallots and shoyu dashi sauce? Or Basque cheese that blows your mind?

Home to the city's best chefs and restaurants under one roof, Montreal's Time Out Market offers food that will blow your mind.

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