Restaurant Satay

Montreal is well known for its vibrant restaurant scene, but for a long time it was lacking something in particular. If you ask the co-owners of Satay Brothers Matthew and Alex Winnicki, and their friends Phil Chin and Marco Villequette, the city didn’t have a lot to offer when it came to South-East Asian cuisine.

In the highly competitive restaurant industry, they wanted to carve out a niche for themselves by bringing some of their favourite dishes to the city. “It’s a family affair,” says Alex. “My mom’s from Singapore, so that’s the background. It’s all about food we grew up eating and couldn’t really find in Montreal.”

At Satay Brothers, Alex and Marco both manage the front of house duties, Matthew is the head chef, and Phil is the bar manager and sommelier. While the both have their individual roles, for the most part running Stay Brothers is a collaborative effort between all four founders.