KELLY RIPA is an ardent fan, as are other international celebs. There’s just something magical about Ferreira Café; so magical that in a world careening at the speed of light, where today’s go-to trend is yesterday’s fad and restaurants pop up faster than we can pronounce their stylized monikers, this family run and established gem featuring the finest Portuguese cuisine—Kudos to founder and head honcho CARLOS FERREIRA and his dream team including daughter, operations chief SANDRA FERREIRA and master chef JOÃO DIAS—has managed to stay relevant and fabulous for 20 years! And speaking of fabulous, there is no better superlative to describe the 20th anniversary soirée, VINGT The Grand Ferreira Party, that also, as is tradition, raised sizable funds for Ste-Justine Hospital’s Foundation, taking their cumulative tally to over a million. Impressive stuff. Photography KAREL CHLADEK
GRAND ENTRANCE: MICHAEL FORTIER vice chairman, RBC Capital Markets and wife MICHELLE SETLAKWE.
WELL-DESIGNED: Di Carlo Couture’s ANTOINETTE DI CARLO, in her own designs.
FERREIRA FAMILY MAKES IT HAPPEN: Superstar director of operations SANDRA FERREIRA and dad, founder and heart and soul of the Ferreira experience, CARLOS FERREIRA
LOOKING FINE: DR. ZAHI ABOU CHACRA in Ted Baker and wife NADA NACHAN in REISS and YSL.
A GARDEN OF GOOD STYLE: BITA CATTELAN in DOLCE & GABBANA and husband PAOLO CATTELAN in LUCA.
OUTDOOR REVELRY AS ENJOYED BY: MARIE-CHRISTINE ST-CHARLES, LEONARDO DE ARAUJO and STEPHANIE LEBEL.
IN THE GOOD HUES: Dashing EDWARD ZAKI and gorge MILA AGUIAR.
PRETTY PAIR: KATHERINE MORAD and husband, National Bank private banking 1859, vice president Eastern Canada ALEXANDRE VIAU.
ME & MOETREAL. 😉
FROCKING AT THE FETE: VANIA AGUIAR and MARIE-NOELLE HAMELIN.
HATS OFF TO U SIR: JF GERVAIS, being JF, aka perfection. 😉
BREEZY & BEAUTIFUL: JOSÉE DUFRESNE.
POWER PAIR: RBC Royal Bank royal TONY LOFFREDA and wife ANGIE LOFFREDA.
HAUTE HOTEL GALS: Quintessence marketing maestro DELPHINE ELEFANTE and sales director SYLVIE BELLEMARE.
FANS OF ALL AGES: ISABELLE GAUTHIER-BRANCOLI, EMILIE CROTEAU and GERRY KOUNADIS.
WITH MY FAVE LEGAL EAGLE: The inimitable GERRY KOUNADIS.
PRINTS & PRINTSESS: Fashionalities VINCENT MAZROU and pal superscribe CHARLOTTE GRISÉ in COS.
BLONDING BEAUTY.
FOUNDATION ROYALS: FRANCE-ELAINE DURANCEAU and LUC BERNIER.
KEEPING IT SIMPLE: HANAN DIAB, in ZARA and YSL.
VROOM VROOM! CHARLÈNE DUMONTIER and husband, Octane management chief and head of the Canadian Grand Prix FRANCOIS DUMONTIER.
RESTAURATEURS SUPPORT EACH OTHER: Le Richmond’s IBTI SAADI and co-owner LUC LAROCHE.
GORGE & GLAM: Real estate broker JESSICA SCALERA in MARC E. and MARC-ANTOINE BROSSEAU, in TOM FORD.
MISCHIEF MAKER! MISCHIEFMAKER: Oysterfest tops DANIEL NOTKIN shares his glass.