Montreal's Pasta Pooks makes OpenTable's 2026 Top 100 Canada list
The Little Italy pasta counter is now a full restaurant, with more seats and a long waitlist.
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Little Italy's Pasta Pooks made OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants in Canada for 2026, one of 13 Montreal restaurants on the list. It is at 6704 rue Clark.
It opened in 2025 as a small fresh pasta counter in the former Dinette Triple Crown space and has since grown into a full restaurant with more seats. It now takes reservations, though a table is still hard to get. It was a finalist for Air Canada's Best New Restaurants last year.
The list covers reviews from verified OpenTable diners between September 2025 and August 2026. It factors in five-star reviews, advance bookings and the number of table alerts diners set. It is alphabetical rather than ranked, and it only includes restaurants that take bookings on OpenTable.
OpenTable's data shows Pasta Pooks ranked second in Quebec for "Notify Me" alerts, the sign-ups diners leave when they can't get a table. Mon Lapin, which is not on this year's list, ranked first.
Some of the 13 Montreal restaurants are new to the list this year, including Pasta Pooks, Arthurs Dinette, Hoogan & Beaufort, Le Grand Comité and Restaurant Beba. The others are returning names such as Joe Beef, Liverpool House, Garde Manger, Toqué! And Damas.
