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Marché Le Bled
Grocery and grill
Montreal — The festival-goers' African and Caribbean grocery store, at 755 Jean-Talon Street East, near the Jean-Talon Market: a pantry from Africa and the Caribbean, cosmetics, and a dibiterie whose grills cook over charcoal. During Nuits d'Afrique, the Jazz Festival or Just For Laughs, this is where you stock up — and lunch on a lamb dibi or a whole braised chicken.
Official logo — Marché Le Bled, official partner of Festival TV.
The African and Caribbean grocery of Jean-Talon Street
Marché Le Bled introduces itself simply: "Grocery and dibiterie, charcoal grilling. Cosmetics." Its aisles cover drinks, fruits and vegetables, pantry staples, dairy and eggs, frozen products, tubers, and hygiene and cosmetics — the ingredients of African and Caribbean cooking under one roof, with an online shop for remote orders.
On the grill side — the dibiterie — charcoal is the house signature: lamb dibi (the famous n'taba), whole braised chicken, skewers, and the sides that go with them, from alloco to African beignets. You come for the groceries; you rarely leave without a grilled dish.
The Market also lives to the rhythm of the community: its official page presents it as a partner of Miss Guinée Canada and a sponsor of Canadian tours by African artists — and its posts point to the nights of its sibling establishment, Le Bled Resto-Lounge, the "village de l'Afrique" on Saint-Denis Street.
Getting there
Marché Le Bled is at 755 Jean-Talon Street East, Montreal — its own website locates it "(Métro Jean-Talon)": the Jean-Talon station is steps away, and the great Jean-Talon Market, Little Italy's public market, is a few minutes' walk. The perfect combined stop: the Jean-Talon Market stalls in the morning, then the African and Caribbean flavours of Marché Le Bled.
During the festivals
On festival days, pop-up kitchens and festival-goers' rentals run at full speed: Marché Le Bled is the party's pantry. During the Festival International Nuits d'Afrique, the Montreal International Jazz Festival and Just For Laughs, you will find the products to cook just like home — and, come evening, you cross the city to its sibling establishment, Le Bled Resto-Lounge, steps from the Quartier des spectacles.
The same family, restaurant side
On Saint-Denis Street, Le Bled Resto-Lounge serves African cuisine in the dining room, with dance and shows, until late on weekends. Both establishments meet in Festival TV's Le Bled mini-site.
To discover around this place
- Festival International Nuits d'Afrique — Montreal
- Montreal International Jazz Festival — Montreal
- Juste pour rire / Just For Laughs — Montreal
- Francos de Montréal — Montreal
Other places in Canada
- Le Bled Resto-Lounge — Montreal
- Old Quebec and its fortifications — Quebec City
- Montmorency Falls Park — Quebec City (Beauport)
- Île d'Orléans — Île d'Orléans
- Wendake — Wendake
- Rideau Canal, Ottawa sector — Ottawa