Montreal (page 5)
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Montreal is an island city divided into an ever-shifting number of boroughs
(arrondissements) - a fact that is all but irrelevant for most visitors
because, essentially, only two of them are must-visit destinations.
Montreal The first, the borough of Ville Marie, comprises the neighborhoods of Old Montreal (typically #1 destination for tourists), Downtown Montreal (typically #2) and a host of somewhat lesser-known areas: Cité Multimédia, Chinatown, Shaughnessy Village, Quartier des Spectacles, Quartier International and Quartier Latin. The second borough, Plateau Mont-Royal, although light on attractions, is a must-visit because, for one, it represents more accurately how most Montrealers really live and, second, because it contains a big proportion of the city's restaurants. Confusingly, the name of the main neighborhood in this borough is Le Plateau Mont-Royal, most often abbreviated to Le Plateau. Besides this namesake, the borough includes the neighborhoods of Mile End and McGill Ghetto.  |
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L'Entrecôte St. Jean is an establishment that has been there approximately forever, in part because of its prime location in 
We only discovered this place a couple of months ago and already we've been there three or four times.
My personal opinion, as somebody who has lived in Italy for 5 years,
is that Vago tries to be faithful to the original taste of Italian cuisine...
Whether you live in Montreal or visiting, La Chronique is a dinner
option worth considering...
"Luba Lounge" is gone, and we've been mourning the loss. The next step in our grieving process was to visit Vinyl, which has taken its place on Bleury St. just below Sherbrooke. After a Friday night film fest at Cinema du Parc we decided to check it out.
One of my favorite words to learn in any language is butterfly - or papillon, flutur, smetterling, farfalla, mariposa.....the onomatopoeic list goes on. The names are as pretty as the butterflies are, so I was intrigued when I heard that one of the greenhouses at the Botanical Gardens in Montreal becomes home for thousands of butterflies during the early spring.
I am happy to recommend this cosy, hip (but not slick) wine bar, which
despite being located in a place not conducive to any kind of nightlife
(with the lights of the Provigo supermarket intruding through the
large plate glass windows), offers quite something in other regards.
