Chợ Đêm MTL: Montreal’s Vietnamese Street Food Night Market Is Back
Montreal’s biggest Vietnamese night market is back, and it’s thinking bigger than ever. From July 16 to 19, 2026, Chợ Đêm MTL sets up at Bassin Peel in Griffintown, where organizers expect more than 25,000 people over four days of street food, music, and culture. Presented by the Association des Vietnamiens du Québec (AVQ), the festival takes its name from chợ đêm — Vietnamese for “night market” — and it delivers exactly that: rows of stalls, warm summer evenings, and the smell of grilled skewers drifting across the old port basin.
Chợ Đêm MTL – Where the Grills Do the Talking
Chợ Đêm MTL programming is generous, but the food is still the heart of the party — a long list of savoury plates and an equally serious lineup of desserts. On the savoury side, you’ll find bò kho tacos, bò tái chanh (a citrus-cured beef carpaccio), Hanoi-style bún chả with its grilled pork and herb-loaded broth, and charcoal skewers cooked to order. For something sweet, look for rau câu jelly, grilled banana tucked into sticky rice, and a thick avocado smoothie that doubles as dessert.
The drinks deserve their own detour. Think freshly pressed sugarcane juice, a proper Hanoi-style egg coffee — that silky, custardy layer whipped over dark coffee — and the salted coffee that’s become a Vietnamese café signature. It’s the kind of lineup that rewards showing up hungry and staying past sunset.
Chợ Đêm MTL is More Than a Food Fest
Chợ Đêm MTL isn’t only about what’s on the grill. Across the four days, live musical performances share the site with an artisan market of more than 30 vendors, plus community roundtables tackling issues that matter to Montreal’s Vietnamese community. It’s a market, a stage, and a gathering all at once — the reason the crowds keep growing year over year.
Two Participating Spots We Love
If a few names on the vendor list look familiar, that’s because some of the city’s best Vietnamese kitchens turn up here. Two we’d steer you toward: 123DZO on Jarry (300 Rue Jarry Est), where the menu reads like Vietnamese tapas — grilled scallops, silky tofu bites, sizzling beef cubes, and a papaya salad with dried beef that lands differently from anywhere else in town. And Tô Dinette Viet on Plaza Saint-Hubert (6553 Rue Saint-Hubert), a colourful street canteen built for casual, low-table dining, known for its lemongrass-forward bún bò Huế and its house bò né — marinated beef and a crispy-edged fried egg brought sizzling on cast iron, with bread for mopping up every last drop.
Want to keep the discovery going? Browse our list of the best Vietnamese restaurants in Montreal.
What You Need to Know
📅 Dates & hours:
- Thursday, July 16: 5 p.m.–10 p.m.
- Friday, July 17: 5 p.m.–10 p.m.
- Saturday, July 18: 12 p.m.–10 p.m.
- Sunday, July 19: 12 p.m.–8 p.m.
📍 Location: Bassin Peel, 1049 rue de la Commune Ouest, Montreal (Griffintown)
💰 Admission: $5 general. Free for children under 12, guests 65 and over, and anyone wearing an áo dài.
🔗 Info: chodemmtl.com — Instagram @chodemmtl
Four days, one basin, and enough Vietnamese street food to plan your whole weekend around. Come hungry.
Written by Fabie Lubin
Photography by Alison Slattery
