The allure of Montreal’s upper Plateau continues apace with the opening of Le Red Tiger, a Vietnamese street-food brasserie in the Technopôle Angus development. The former factory is a linchpin in the revitalised neighbourhood after a transition from heavy industry to postindustrial live-work-play.

The young architectural practice Ménard Dworkind stepped in to transform the bare-bones shell with a ceramic-forward design, featuring custom mosaic tiles by Daltile and Nelson Saucer Bubble pendants by Herman Miller.

At the centre of the space is a canary-yellow bar with a neon sign reading ‘càng đông càng vui’ (‘the more the merrier’), a callback to the restaurant’s original location, which opened in 2015. The counter-wrapped open kitchen is faced in black walnut, as are the risers that elevate two open seating areas. A handful of the 100 seats run along a long communal table in BC fir that curves slightly with the building’s footprint.

Yet the groovy tilework, in black, white and blue, brings the energy. It makes up the dining room floor, then climbs the walls in the rear by the restrooms to contrast with yellow doors.

A garage door opens on warmer days to mimic the indoor-outdoor cafés of Hanoi and capture some of the southwest sunlight lingering over the Plateau.

4051 Rue Molson Local 130, Montreal, Quebec H1Y 3L1

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