Iconoglace: A Third Location at the Quartier des Spectacles

Montreal’s most popular creamery is setting up shop downtown with a third location. After its counters on Bélanger Street, in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, and on Laurier Ouest, in the Mile End, Iconoglace has just opened a new address on Clark Street, right across from Esplanade Tranquille. It’s a spot chosen in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles, where crowds of festival-goers stream by all summer long.

Behind Iconoglace #3 you’ll still find Anabelle Berkani, who spent more than twenty years as an assistant director before trading film sets for tubs of ice cream. That same obsession with detail carries straight over to her soft serve: nothing is left to chance, from the way the sundaes are built to the colours that land on Instagram. Her boldest bet, a vegan soft serve that holds its own against the classic version, now makes up half of her sales. Not bad for a recipe she developed on her own in the kitchen, going against the training that still swore by dairy.

This third address wasn’t part of the plan. “We’d visited this space two years ago for the second location, but the rent was way too high,” Anabelle says. It was the building’s owner, keen to welcome a local business, who eventually came back to her with a number that made more sense. In January, she walked through the finished space again: “We went ‘oh my God!’ There was no way to say no.” Call it fate that Iconoglace would land in the Quartier des Spectacles.

On Clark, you’ll find the menu Iconoglace regulars know and love: creamy soft serves, hard-scoop ice cream and, above all, the house sundaes that built its reputation, starting with Le Mont-Royal, a frozen tribute to the city’s mountain. We also fell hard for the pear and Speculoos float, a flavour pairing we keep thinking about. And don’t skip the rotating creations of the moment, which change often but stay just as inventive and decadent. The current specials are the same across all three locations.

What really sets this Iconoglace apart is the space. Same spirit, same style, but in a much (much) bigger room. There’s seating for about fifty, and demand has been so strong that, eight days after opening, the team was already expanding its service area. Outside, the Quartier des Spectacles played along by installing picnic tables all along the storefront, a partnership Anabelle is glad to highlight. Even with the extra room, we’ll be honest: there’s still a long line out front to order your scoop. As always, the sundae is worth the wait.

This location also carries the mark of the people around her. For the decor, Anabelle teamed up with Camille Parent, a collaborator from her film days, while executive chef Gauthier Timbre runs the kitchen to keep up with the heavy traffic. For everything else, Anabelle holds the line: it’s all made in house, with the same recipes from one address to the next.

Facing Esplanade Tranquille, the shop is banking on the steady flow of strollers, tourists and loyal Iconoglace fans, plenty of whom have already pushed the door open in the first days. Happy discovering!

Written by Jean-Philippe Tastet
Photography by Alison Slattery

Updated on June 09, 2026

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