Le Cagibi

Very good food, super helpful staff (I don’t speak French, but the barista was happy to walk me through the menu.), nice atmosphere (quirky and hip). If I lived in Montréal, I would be a regular here.

J’ai bien apprécié l’ambiance et le service était très sympathique. L’endroit est quand même assez grand et ce que j’ai préféré était leur café !

Amis québécois veuillez me rappeler au bon souvenir de ce petit mais non moins charmant Cagibi. On passé le coin de la rue Saint-​viateur et on s’exclame: Mais qu’est-ce que c’est? C’est chou! Wouhha les superbes plantes! Oh le vieux fauteuil! Regarde il y a plein de livres!!! Ohhhpfff tu as vu le rayons gâteaux Mmmmh! Des thés glacés! Oh vas-​y on y va!!! On rentre et on adore! C’est le coup de foudre at first sight !! Un bar, salon de thé, petite restauration qui en a inspiré plus d’un mais qui reste the One et ce n’est pas après une dégustation de leur chili ou cookies que vous viendrez me contredire.
Si je vivais là, le Cagibi serait mon QGbi!

Le cagibi est endroit super pour les végétariens/​végétaliens car non seulement on y trouve plusieurs plats de ce type, mais cela né s’arrête pas là puisqu’il en va de même pour plusieurs boissons (bières et cocktails) ainsi que pour des pâtisseries et desserts.
J’ai personnellement goûté le burger végé et c’était un véritable régal avec son pain aux olives et son énorme salade. C’était tout simplement délicieux !
De plus, l’endroit est vraiment chouette, dans un style un peu kitch.
Pas de doute, je vais y retourner !

Visiting Montréal for a month, I actually grew up in this city.
We love the Mile-​End area, love discovering these little mom & pop cafés, and we’ve come to Cagibi about 3 or 4 times in the last couple of weeks. It’s close to our rental apt, love the vibe, and while neither my wife nor I are vegetarians, we do love the food; burritos, nachos, etc, great coffee and it’s a great place to catch up with wi-​fi needs.
My reason for the 3 stars instead of 5.
The rudeness from «some» of the staff.
Not all, but some, and usually the same ones.
I don’t know what gives, how they decide from the get-​go that someone’s face isn’t to their liking, for no apparent reason.
I come here with my wife and daughter, we’re always more than polite and sweet when ordering, tip really well, yet when they bring us the food at the table it’s as if we stole their K. D Lang cd.
Just an ugly, «i don’t give a f_​_​k» grin and attitude as they drop the plate on the table, after giving them a nice «thank you so much!».
Not the simplest smile, nor thank you as I drop $ 3 in tip bowl.
Really, girls?
It’s just a sad reality that the world has come to this.
With all that said, sadly, we’ll come back, again and again.
I’d rather be told you ran out of food and can’t serve me than be served with such disdain.
Ugh. Mile-​End hipster attitude, get over yourselves.

This spot has a very special place in my heart! There veggie burger and date square are incredible! I appreciate that they close late and the staff are always pleasant.
It’s a cozy place. It has the feel of a grandmothers house with a twist.

Retro thrift store aesthetic meets indie backroom music show stage meets alt food scene, all wrapped up in a resto-​café. I’ve been here just a few times and it gets just above a ‘meh’ rating from me. None of the food I’ve had here is remarkable in any sense, though I do like very much that it’s a health-​conscious menu. To qualify, I haven’t had a full meal: just lattés, tacos and treats. I tried an iced tea, which was watered down so as to not have much flavour at all, but my friend liked it fine. She drank my iced tea and bought me a chai latté instead, which was honestly still just… meh. My date square treat was also nothing special, taste-​wise. However, I will report that my friend’s goat cheese sammie was very tasty according to her. So, seems it’s a bit hit and miss.
The music is LOUD.
The seating is eclectic but comfortable enough, and you’re definitely welcome to hang out with your laptop for all eternity.
Ultimately, it wouldn’t be my first pick for places to meet and chow down, but I did catch a really fantastic music show there one night, so I’d go back for another sometime.

One of my favorite cafés in the Mile End. The cool shabby vibe just feels good. Good coffees, decent food. Plenty of space. Good music.

Played a gig here today. Pretty hipstertastic, but the food is excellent and they took good care of us. If it weren’t so pricey I’d go there all the time. Food is kinda like Lola Rosa in the McGill ghetto, if you’ve been there. Recommended.

La bouffe et le café sont délicieux (avec options de laits végétaux pour les boissons! Yes!), l’espace est agréable, la déco est dans l’esprit du quartier. Je m’y suis rendue vers 8pm (ish), donc c’était assez calme. Le seul down serait qu’à partir d’un moment la musique mise par les employés était un peu forte. Mais à part ça, rien à redire. Je le conseillerai clairement à mes amis.

Opens till late. Best place if you want to escape the cold on a very chilly winter night. Free WiFi.

First time at this place, and a really great experience. People here are really friendly, the food is great and the price is really good (4.25 $ for a soup and 14 $ a pichet of cider). If you are lucky, you will stumble upon on a show.

I’m really impressed by this spot. I’m discovering that Montréal is full of small hipster bohemian cafés, just oozing character and ironic shabby-​chic décor. You know the kind, where it wants you to feel like whole place just tumbled out of your kooky aunt’s junk room, where no two chairs or teacups match… except you can just feel that everything has been so meticulously curated, from the hippest curio shoppes? And where somehow end up facing a $ 35 bill after a coffee and a light, if delicious and artisinally prepared lunch?
After running into so many places like that in town, I was so pleasantly surprised by Le Cagibi — because of its lack of pretense, and lack of crazily inflated prices. This is, dare I say it, the «real thing.» The folks working here are warm and friendly, the food is amazing and cheap, the coffee is delish, and the hodgepodge décor actually feels authentic. Maybe your kooky aunt is actually the owner. Maybe all the dishes actually came from Goodwill. This table… hey wait, this is the same chipped-​enamel kitchen table we have in our apartment, from my in-​laws’ parents’ house.
I’ve been here for morning coffee (scones, mmmmm) and for lunch (soup with bread for $ 2.75. Seriously.), and will be back again.

its like stepping into an attic and there’s a ghost (not casper) waiting to greet you.
while the décor is awesome, the place feels dead! there’s literally no life/​soul with everyone on their laptop typing away and those who are eating with friends are making their best mime impression. you could hear crickets!
anyway, i was here to continue my coffee passport and got a hot chocolate as i wasn’t in the mood for coffee. the hot chocolate is actually unsweetened hot chocolate which is the 2^nd time i encounter such offering. as for taste, after having tried the awesomely hot chocolate, shot version at some other place, everything else is simply underwhelming.
i didn’t try the food as i just ate and the place was full packed so where does one sit in this coldish weather?
place is pretty popular but its not my kind of place

my bf and I had dinner with a burrito and a quesadilla, and they were pretty good. The place is very nice, crowded but nice. and my cafè au lait amandes was very good!

La deco et la musique sont très sympa. C’est très chaleureux et rustique, parfait pour un bon chocolat chaud

I definitely want to come back for a show, because it’s a good spot. But I think it’s a sign I’m getting old, that the first thing I thought when I sat down was «Man, I would trade all the cachet in this place for a chair and table that don’t wobble… For that I’m taking off a star, because everything seemed to be ever so slightly in the process of decay… Which made it kind of surprising that the food and drink were SO DELICIOUS. Definitely a cool spot for cheap veggie fare, and you know I love that. Also, it’s just a stellar location, that corner in Mile End? Fuhgettaboutit…

La déco est sympa, la musique aussi, pour autant ces facteurs suffisent-​ils à oublier l’antipathie avérée du personnel et la nourriture moyenne? Personnellement, non.
The place looks nice, so is the music, but is that enough to get over unfriendly staff and average food? I don’t think so.

The food here is stellar & the staff are about as laid-​back as you can get… they’re not here to kiss anyone’s ass and they really don’t seem to care what anyone does including tip. There is an off-​the-​beaten-​path bohemian feel to Cagibi. You can go here and watch movies on the wknd, play Jenga or hang w/​a friend & the music is always really good. sometimes there are shows and even old-​school porn movies in the back room! It’s the kind of place you can wander into & not feel pressure to drop 5 bucks on some hard-​to-​pronounce caffeinated concoction whipped-​up by someone with floppy hair and cooler tattoos than you. They haven’t obtained a bar license so even though they’ve got bands n whatnot you can’t just order beer w/​out food. Kind of inconvenient when you’ve already eaten & just want a bevvy on it’s own. That being said it’s still a good destination.

J’ai d’abord été charmée par le décor chaleureux et vintage. La sélection musical est parfaite et j’ai finalement été conquise par mon repas délicieu et super abordable!

Alerte: ce café est l’un des endroits où j’aime le plus la sélection musicale!
Vous chercher le «patient zéro «de l’épidémie de cafés Hipsters dans le monde, vous né tomberiez pas très loin au Cagibi. Les murs sont défraîchis. Le mobilier est craquant et dépareillé, tout en étant soigneusement vintage. Il y a même un classique banc d’église, cette fois bien en évidence. Le service est nonchalant, végétarien bio local, le look soigné et stylisé de Punky des serveurs, la mine bouffie et le regard des clients perdus dans leur lecture ou affairés à leur ordinateur, malgré tout dernier cri: tout vous rappelle le café du Cégep, la Beat Generation, San Fransisco ou une sorte de paix dans le monde. Dans le désordre. Et bien sûr, une sorte étrange de bourgeoisie.
Si ce décorum tendance né suffisait pas, le café au lait servi dans des tasses de grand-​mère a un excellent bouquet, et le menu végétarien, que j’ai échantillonné à plusieurs reprises avec délectation, même si je né suis pas végétarien, est excellent. L’endroit est situé dans un quartier d’ambiance artiste et multiculturelle, où vaquer en sandales l’été est l’apothéose du cool. C’est aussi tout près des bureau de la filiale de la compagnie française de jeux vidéo Ubisoft. Vous croiserez peut-​être quelques codeurs au passage?
Le cagibi offre des spectacles et organise des projections la plupart des soirs. Le vidéo clip «Les étoiles filantes» du groupe québécois Les cowboys fringants, a été partiellement tourné dans ce café. Entrez par l’avant, ou par l’arrière, l’été. Les spectacles se donnent dans l’arrière-salle.

Another mile-​end institution. This place was called Café Esperenza and before that it used to be a pharmacy (some remnants of the pharmacy décor lingers if you notice carefully)
I am huge fan of their vege chilli’s, I am not vegetarian per se but i do like good food and that chilli is hella good!
No bar license means you have to buy food, though it also doubles as a venue, so not sure how them logistics work! Tried their rice and beans bowl and that too has won me over. Wasnt so sure about the Taco (a single taco) but eye of the beholder right?
Not sure if its a new feature but their brunch menu has eggs, dont remember seeing that on previous visits.

Went here once for some cider, a $ 1 taco and to watch a show. Pretty cool joint. Same idea as Casa, but there’s wifi so you get the Macbook crowd, and also it’s a bit pricier so it leans more towards yuppiedom rather than hipsterdom, if that makes sense.
Cool place. I’d go to Cagibi if I wanted a quieter version of what’s offered at Casa, basically.

Aaaah quelle belle ambiance! ça c’est un bon café-​bar original, on peut le dire! Chouette décoration et nourriture végétarienne intéressante à déguster!
On y retrouve quelques objets médicinal étant donné que la place est située dans un immeuble où se trouvait la Pharmacie Esperanza. Cela donne un cachet supplémentaire!
Accès wifi. Vous pourrez vous y rendre même pour travailler! Dis-​je à une période de l’année où les établissements scolaires sont en vacances ou presque ;)

I moved to the Mile End in 2009, and was looking for a spot where I could eat good muffins and write.
A good muffin is hard to come by, especially a healthy one, but the ones at Le Cagibi are the best I’ve ever had in my life. Their not cakey and a bit more healthy than the run of the mill kind you’ll get at generic places such as Tim Hortons. They are vegan (i.e. no dairy or eggs) and they change everyday. They’ll be strawberry chocolate one day or pineapple coconut the next. Not feeling it? Don’t worry. They have an all vegetarian menu (they can veganize most things), they offer comfort foods and tasty sandwiches made fresh. They always have a soup of the day.
I’ve tried almost everything on their menu (I’m a big fan) and would say their burritos are some of the best in the city. They tend to remix it everyday. I once asked to skip the eggs on their breakfast burrito and they added sweet potato (winning!). Their Morning Rumble is pretty amazing as well, and I’m never disappointed in their quesadillas. They also have great chilli. Open late, they also serve up tasty eats late into the night.
Sometimes they host bands (I’ve never been) which I’m sure can be a good time. They do have a liquor license but you need to eat in order to drink.
The atmosphere is really chill, some get put off by their mismatching chairs and tables but it adds to the charm. The staff is friendly and assertive. Needless to say, you won’t be disappointed.

Le Cagibi transports you back to the 70’s or 80’s with its super vintage atmosphere. Everything from the posters to the tables to the coffee cups are vintage, seemingly collected over the years by a sweet and loving granny who can still see soul and beauty in the simplicity. Perfect place to just do nothing and hang out.
Love the staff here, super cool. Friendly and pretty, what more can you ask for?
The missing star is for the coffee. The coffee could use a little improvement, compared to the gazillions of amazing coffee shops in Montréal. The espresso in the latte could be more flavourful, and the latte itself could be just a tad bit less hot.

Je suis passé devant lors d’une petite balade et je me suis dis: tiens on doit être pas mal la dedans. Apres une longue balade dans le froid je me suis donc décidé de me poser un peu ici. Certes tout semble avoir été trouvé dans la rue concernant le mobilier mais c’est ce qui fait le charme de l’endroit, aucune chaise n’est pareil, il y a des fauteuils, des tables bien usées…
Malgré cela on est bien installé et il y a de la place entre les gens. Lorsque j’étais là-​bas j’ai cru comprendre que beaucoup était des habitués qui venaient prendre un café/​thé/​chocolat en travaillant ou en révisant. La population est assez variée et je vais éviter de catégoriser les gens.
Coté accueil rien à redire, le service a été souriant et rapide (enfin pour la personne qui c’est occupé de moi car d’autres personnes à l’arrière avaient moins le sourire. Sinon coté consommation j’ai pris un grand chocolat chaud pour 4dollars donc ce n’est pas forcement excessif. Il y a aussi de quoi manger que ce soi soupe, muffin ou autre mais je n’ai pas tenté vu que j’avais déjà des Bagel de St Viateur. Il parait qu’il y a de temps en temps des concerts ou des expos et je pense que ca doit être bien sympa dans ce cadre.

Je suis passé devant lors d’une petite balade et je me suis
dis: tiens on doit être pas mal la dedans. Apres une longue balade dans
le froid je me suis donc décidé de me poser un peu ici. Certes tout semble
avoir été trouvé dans la rue concernant le mobilier mais c’est ce qui fait le
charme de l’endroit, aucune chaise n’est pareil, il y a des fauteuils, des
tables bien usées Malgré cela on est bien installé et il y a de la place entre
les gens. Lorsque j’étais là-​bas j’ai cru comprendre que beaucoup était des
habitués qui venaient prendre un café/​thé/​chocolat en travaillant ou en
révisant. La population est assez variée et je vais éviter de catégoriser les
gens. Coté accueil rien à redire, le service a été souriant et
rapide (enfin pour la personne qui c’est occupé de moi car d’autres personnes à
l’arrière avaient moins le sourire. Sinon coté consommation j’ai pris un grand
chocolat chaud pour 4dollars donc ce n’est pas forcement excessif. Il y a aussi
de quoi manger que ce soi soupe, muffin ou autre mais je n’ai pas tenté vu que
j’avais déjà des Bagel de St Viateur. Il parait qu’il y a de temps en temps des
concerts ou des expos et je pense que ca doit être bien sympa dans ce cadre.

This happens to be THE BEST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT I have ever been to. I was expecting average and got amazing. I ordered the special of the day; a good sized sandwich on baguette with cheese, some amazing vegetarian pâté and shredded beat. Really now, if I could eat like this all the time, my struggle to become vegetarian would become a delight.
On the side, I had an ample serving of delicious tofu and broccoli salad. I don’t know how they grilled the tofu to give it such amazing flavour, but dang it was hearty and tasty!
All this for amazing $ 6 with tax.
The place itself is very relaxed, definite hipster vibe but in an inviting way. We easily found a table towards the back where its more quiet (sorry for disrupting it with our chatting).

Cagibi is SO over-​rated.
OK I love the look of the place (they get 2 stars for that), I like how it’s all cosy, it makes me feel at home (which is like 2 meters away…) But there’s nothing special about their menu. If at least the coffee was good I would totally join the local hipsters with my mac book pro. But yeah, no. Nothing special about the food too, there are better vegetarian food in the neighborhood. And I find it expensive for what it is.
So hey what’s the point?

Excellent utterly inexpensive veggie comfort food, order and pay at the counter and the staff will come find you when your eats are ready. Free wifi, low stress place to sit quietly and work, and the walls are a constantly evolving art assemblage great for inspiration. The backroom is one of the few free venues for artists in town, and the bookings are well curated so the shows are generally excellent if you’re interested in seeing what local musicians are working on before they bring them to bigger stages. Shows here are usually well under 10 $, the stage is small, the back fits about 50 comfortably but is sometimes squooshed with 100+ and there is no AC so in the summer it gets bleary hazy hot which can make the gorgeous folky indie sound experiments on stage all the more hypnotic. Or not, depending on your taste.