Hotel Intel: Montreal’s revamped Vogue partners with chef Antonio Park

Vogue Hôtel Montreal Downtown, a boutique bijou on the edge of the Golden Square Mile, has made a stunning second debut as part of the upscale Curio Collection by Hilton.

The super-stylish Vogue has completed an all-encompassing redesign, emerging as a vision of easy modern elegance, with an aura of light floating through sensual curved spaces.

Most momentous, one of Montreal’s most respected chefs, Antonio Park of the gourmet temple Park in Westmount, is a major player. He has opened YAMA, a sensational dining spot serving inspired cocktails and artful cuisine with his signature global ingenuity. Adding a French-Montreal accent, the Vogue’s Café Bazin is a treasure of scrumptious pastries and cakes, a tiny pâtisserie for take-away.

This precious stretch of de la Montagne St. has been revitalized, partly because of Holt Renfrew Ogilvy across the street. Plus, the Vogue is halfway between the Musée des Beaux-Arts Montréal and the Bell Centre, so guests can score a Montreal lifestyle hat trick of shopping, hockey and culture.