{"id":793538,"date":"2026-07-10T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793538\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:35:10","slug":"denis-villeneuve-says-this-montreal-spot-makes-the-best-breakfast-in-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793538\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Villeneuve says this Montreal spot makes &#8216;the best breakfast in the galaxy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The press tour for Dune: Part Three is just barely getting started, and Denis Villeneuve is already showing Montreal some love.<\/p>\n<p>At a Q&amp;A in Los Angeles on Wednesday, accompanied by Knicks fan and actor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, the writer-director described Byblos Le Petit Caf\u00e9 in the Plateau as both \u201csecond home\u201d and \u201cfavourite spot on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villeneuve was responding to a fan who had asked where in Quebec he would take the film\u2019s cast to eat if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a small Iranian restaurant,\u201d Villeneuve explained without hesitation. \u201cThe owner Hemela is making the the best breakfast in the galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0104-wl-famous-favourite-dishes_97144585.jpg\" alt=\"An omelette on a table with tea, bread and vegetables\" class=\"wp-image-100244976\"  \/>The feta omelette and its side dishes as served at Byblos. Pierre Obendrauf \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he cited the restaurant\u2019s feta omelette, which is indeed about 50 per cent feta and topped with dill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have all the cast eating that feta omelette with me. That would be a treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0711-eng-byblos-4146_304219391.jpg\" alt=\"A restaurant with its windows open and flower boxes filled to the brim is seen on a street corner.\" class=\"wp-image-100245044\"  \/>Patrons dine at Byblos Le Petit Caf\u00e9 in the Plateau on July 10, 2026.  Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Villeneuve, who also praised the NFB during Wednesday\u2019s Q&amp;A, has maintained close ties with Montreal even as his films have gone global. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHollywood can drive you crazy. Some people lose it. I love to work there,\u201d he previously <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/dune-director-denis-villeneuve-greeted-like-a-rock-star-by-students\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told The Gazette\u2019s Brendan Kelly<\/a>. \u201cBut when I come back here, there\u2019s something about Montreal, the creativity. Theatre, dance companies, music. Maybe it comes from the fact that there\u2019s not a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villeneuve quietly donated to Cin\u00e9ma Beaubien and helped fund the Cin\u00e9ma du Parc\u2019s recent renovations, citing the importance of seeing films on a big screen. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of big screens, Dune: Part Three is due to open in movie theatres and IMAX on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The press tour for Dune: Part Three is just barely getting started, and Denis Villeneuve is already showing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-793538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}