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Goin to Montreal.... n00b questions inside!
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| PvDoBseSSioN |
so im goin to Montreal jan. 27th for the guns n roses concert... i've never been to montreal and i know a bunch of u have so help me out lol
what are the good clubs, bars, restaurants, things to do....???
i heard crescent street is where a bunch of good stuff is |
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| cl0wnz0r |
| circus and stereo for clubs. i've only been there once for 48 hours so that's all i did. |
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| yankeeBaby |
St. Katherine's is like the main "strip" with shopping, restaurants, etc.....Very close to everything, too.
I would recommend seeing a hockey game (or, at least going to a bar during one!), and going into the hills for the spectacular views and old architecture. Go to Schwartz's for Montreal's famous smoked meat (sooooo delish, but often lines around the corner! kinda like Katz's in NYC)
As for clubs there is Stereo, Circa, La Mouche (old aria), Red Lite. I would really suggest only the first two for EDM, unless there is a specific event @ Red lite going on. La Mouche is more bottle service now (think: Crobar turned- M2), unlike the old Aria :( :( Very sexy people/club, but not the same :( :(
Karma is a cool club that Malek took me to, but I cant remember for the life of me *where* it was located (??)
Montreal has amazingggg massives, but I doubt there are any going on that weekend, as Resolution just passed).
Check the times, most clubs are afterhours and dont get going til abotu 2:30am. |
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| Leniu |
I actually just came back from Montreal, we hit up Wippenberg, Gareth Emery and Arnej on NYE in Circus it was pretty awesome.
One piece of advice I would give you is to remember that all the "afterhours" clubs dont serve alcohol (even before 3AM). Circus was one of these places. We just got wasted across the street in a sports bar and then headed over there.
On Crescent St we went to this club Winston Churchill/Karina. It was a nice looking place, three floors, three different DJs, unfortunately music there really sucked. (Miley Cirus, David Guetta, Lady Gaga, mainly)
St Catherine was the main block which stretches all the way thru downtown, a lot of things to find there. Rue St. Dennis also had a lot of cute and affordable restaurants. |
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| Uncle ED |
Best strip bars bar none.....Wanda's Review...lol
One of Montreal’s only remaining non-contact strip-clubs. This means two things: 1- it’s a cool place to sit back with the boys and enjoy the shows, and, 2- you just might catch a glimpse of some high profile star that can’t afford (P.R.-wise that is) to be seen in a contact club. A couple friends of mine once spotted one of Hockey’s greats on a break, while his team was getting ready to play the Canadiens (to avoid any potential lawsuits we’ll keep his name private). It’s considered to be Montreal’s ‘classiest’ strip joints – not ‘exclusive,’ ‘elegant,’ or ‘refined,’ but just ‘classy.’ Although it looks to take itself seriously, we’ve had some of the greatest times here: the girls are simply drop-dead gorgeous, have attractive and entertaining personalities and amazingly flirtatious. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Uncle ED
Best strip bars bar none.....Wanda's Review...lol
One of Montreal’s only remaining non-contact strip-clubs. This means two things: 1- it’s a cool place to sit back with the boys and enjoy the shows, and, 2- you just might catch a glimpse of some high profile star that can’t afford (P.R.-wise that is) to be seen in a contact club. A couple friends of mine once spotted one of Hockey’s greats on a break, while his team was getting ready to play the Canadiens (to avoid any potential lawsuits we’ll keep his name private). It’s considered to be Montreal’s ‘classiest’ strip joints – not ‘exclusive,’ ‘elegant,’ or ‘refined,’ but just ‘classy.’ Although it looks to take itself seriously, we’ve had some of the greatest times here: the girls are simply drop-dead gorgeous, have attractive and entertaining personalities and amazingly flirtatious. |
the strippers all around town, the women in all the clubs, etc etc are gorgeous everywhere! Go to a massive one year, and you will see what I am talking about :)
I went to a sex restaurant once on accident! :nervous: We thought it was a strip club, then they sat us down at tables with menus. We were so confused!! LOL There were appetizers, entrees and deserts, if you know what I mean :haha: The women were f*cking HOT though. If I was a man I might have went to town in that place..... |
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| Uncle ED |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
the strippers all around town, the women in all the clubs, etc etc are gorgeous everywhere! Go to a massive one year, and you will see what I am talking about :)
I went to a sex restaurant once on accident! :nervous: We thought it was a strip club, then they sat us down at tables with menus. We were so confused!! LOL There were appetizers, entrees and deserts, if you know what I mean :haha: The women were f*cking HOT though. If I was a man I might have went to town in that place..... |
Classic story,ha |
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| mattymtl |
| quote: | Originally posted by PvDoBseSSioN
so im goin to Montreal jan. 27th for the guns n roses concert... i've never been to montreal and i know a bunch of u have so help me out lol
what are the good clubs, bars, restaurants, things to do....???
i heard crescent street is where a bunch of good stuff is |
go to igloofest in the old port, its an outdoor electronic music event, but remember to dress warm
jan 28 M.A.N.D.Y.
jan 30 joris voorn and nic fanciulli |
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| v_dub714 |
I was in Montreal in September...
The strip clubs there are some of the best I have been to. First of 9 out of 10 girls are smoking hot ( in the club I was in). Next there is no dollar parade, since they uses coins for $1, unfortunately you can put it in their coin slot hah hah.
Next you can "smoke" on the streets and not worry about the police bothering you. My friends were hitting a bong right outside our hostel on the sidewalk and no one blinked an eye.
The bars there are good, try to hit a club a little earlier and they have good drink specials and no cover charge, but be sure to get a stamp so you can go between places.
Also if you like sushi my friends and I found a really good place that is unlimited sushi for less than $20 if I remember correctly. I just looked it up it is called Tokyo Sushi. |
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| PvDoBseSSioN |
| nice thanks guys for all the advice! this is shaping up to be pretty epic! |
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| malek |
great advice, most of them are bang on.
BTW, all stripper joints on Montreal's island (yeah Montreal is an island), contact with strippers is prohibited. If you want it to get intresting, go off island, south shore, Laval, or even better Mont Tremblant if you have time for a 1.5h drive up north (casino, skiing, mountain, etc).
Our Casino is located on Notre-Dame island, good bars and lots people at all time, its one of the largest in the world.
Crescent st, is where all the americans and ontarians end up going, so if you want to get away from that a bit, consider St-Denis st and St-Laurent st.
St-Catherine is not really a bar destination (unless you plan to go to the village), more of a shopping destination.
Igloofest is a must do, its massive-ish, about anywhere from 2 to 4 000 people, dress very warm, boots, glove and all. You can bring alchool in those little pocket bottles, you'll need it to warm up.
Karma is on the corner of Mont-Royal and St-Laurent. |
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| malek |
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Montreal in 5...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
By Andrew Collins
It's tempting to sum up Montréal simply as a French city that doesn’t require a transcontinental flight. But this cultural soul of Francophone Canada, while it does capture the joie de vivre of Paris, conveys very much its own vibe.
Montréal is an amalgam of old-world style and modish fashion and design, with a mix of resolutely traditional brasseries and boutiques, scene-y contemporary restaurants, and edgy galleries. Few cities in North America so jubilantly celebrate both the past and the present. Canada's second-largest city technically sits on an island between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers - its proximity to year-round outdoor fun is just one more plus.
5…Take in the Vieux
The bustling, modern city you see today sprung forth entirely from Vieux (Old)-Montréal, where Samuel de Champlain established a fur-trading post four centuries ago. This charming neighborhood that encompasses such landmarks as the imposing neo-Gothic Notre-Dame Basilica and the handsomely restored, tin-domed Bonsecours Market building (now filled with cafés and boutiques) is made up mostly of 19th-century stone and brick buildings. It's home to the city's historic maritime port as well as one of the seminal museums in Québec, the Pointe-á-Callière Museum of Archaeology and History (350 Pl. Royale, 514-872-9150, $14, www.pacmusee.qc.ca), which was designed ingeniously above and around ruins of buildings that date back to the 17th century.
Many of the neighborhood's former warehouses now contain decidedly swank boutique hotels, sophisticated restaurants, and high-end boutiques and galleries. Be sure to stroll along Rue St-Paul, with its impressive antiques shops, and visit the stately Place d'Armes, the neighborhood's central square, that's dominated by a mix of notable Montréal buildings, including the basilica. If you're in town at the right time, you might catch of performance of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra (www.osm.ca), which occasionally performs inside the basilica.
4…O Can o’duck
Truly getting to know Montréal culture requires a bit of belt-loosening, otherwise it might be tricky to properly partake of the city's regional take on classic French bistro fare. To be sure, you can find perfectly rendered Parisian-style cuisine in Montréal that'll have you thinking you've somehow been airlifted directly to the Left Bank. Convivial L'Express (3927 rue St-Denis, 514-845-5333, entrees $15 to $25,) is your go-to in this category, a lofty-ceilinged bistro with a long zinc-top bar and a menu that warmly celebrates Montréal's French heritage: Coq au Vin, steak frites, crème brulée
But for a distinctly Québécois take on French cooking, book a table at Au Pied de Cochon (536 Rue Duluth Est, 514-281-1114, entrees $13 to $37, www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca), a festive spot that turns out such regional classics as tarragon-seasoned bison tongue, poutine (fries topped with cheese curd and brown gravy - you can also order it with foie gras here), and maple-syrup pie. The restaurant's piece de resistance, which should probably be offered with a free angiogram, is duck-in-a-can: breast of duck actually cooked in a can and opened at your table, served alongside foie gras over toast, along with a venison demi-glace.
3…Feel the magic of the lanterns
It's just a 10-minute cab ride north of downtown to the city's vast Olympic Stadium and Parc Maisonneuve area that you'll find one of its most vibrant and colorful attractions, the verdant Montréal Botanic Garden (4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, 514-872-1400, $16, www2.ville.Montréal.qc.ca/jardin), ideally during the Magic of Lanterns Festival that takes place here over two months every autumn. Year-round, the garden promises lush greenery. Just saunter through one of the 10 exhibition greenhouses, which specialize in everything from fragrant begonias and gesneriads (of which colorful African violets are a member) to cleverly designed "Hacienda" rife with succulents and cacti and meant to capture the flair of a Mexican garden.
Out of doors, and dependent upon the season, you can tour more than 30 themed gardens, the aforementioned Chinese Garden perhaps the most eye-catching; its flora and beautiful ornamented architectural elements evocative of Ming-era private estates. By the middle of spring you can bound through the smile-inducing Lilac Garden or the tranquil Flowery Brook. And a dramatic First Nations Garden interprets the hardwood and coniferous forests of Canada's aboriginal inhabitants.
2…Skate across the skyline
Winter is the perfect time to bundle up and ascend to the singular geographical feature that defines Montréal. In fact, the city is named for it: Mont-Royal. The dramatic land mass, which is crowned by three peaks (the tallest rising to 764 feet), is home to 500-acre Parc du Mont-Royal (Ave. du Mont-Royal Ouest and Ave. du Parc, 514-843-8240, www.lemontroyal.qc.ca/en), laid-out by designer Frederick Law Olmsted, who years earlier helped design a little-known New York City green space called Central Park . From the several viewing areas, you can peer down over Montréal's impressively modern skyline, and on the clearest days, you can see as far as Vermont's Green Mountains.
The domain of picnickers, cyclists, joggers, and hikers during the warmer months, Parc du Mont-Royal hardly retreats into hibernation in winter, the season when outdoor enthusiasts snap into cross-country skis and take to the park's nearly 20 kilometers of signed, groomed trails. Snowshoeing is another favorite pastime (on Saturday nights, guided tours overlooking the city's twinkling lights are offered). Artfully renovated Beaver Lake Pavilion rents all manner of winter-sports equipment, including ice skates, with which you can glide around the adjacent rink. Warm up with hot cocoa and notably excellent contemporary food in the pavilion's upstairs restaurant, Bistro Le Pavillon (514-849-2002, entrees $10 -- $20).
1…Hunt for smoked meat and bagels along "The Main"
A stroll along Montréal's Boulevard Saint-Laurent, known colloquially as "The Main.” constitutes a genuinely international culinary journey. This fabled street that's long been the de facto divider between French- and English-speaking Montréal is also the hub of several ethnic neighborhoods, and thus a trove of Chinese, Portuguese, Middle Eastern, and Haitian eateries. Above all, it's the city's traditional Jewish Quarter, having been immortalized in novels by Mordecai Richler and songs by Leonard Cohen - both men one-time residents.
Appropriately, The Main is home to some of the finest Jewish food in North America. Since the 1800s, the neighborhood's has been famous for shops selling smoked meat, a hand-sliced delicacy that bears a close resemblance to what Americans call pastrami. In fact, ardent advocates of both frequently debate their respective merits with great passion. A prime locale for sampling Montréal's viande fumée is Schwartz Delicatessen (3895 Blvd. St-Laurent, 514-842-4813, $5.50, www.schwartzsdeli.com), a cacophonous dining room that's been doling out sublimely salty smoked-meat sandwiches since 1928.
Bagels are another neighborhood staple. Montréalers prepare theirs in wood-fired ovens - they're generally chewier and softer than New York-style bagels (again, debates often ensue about which is better). See what all the fuss is about by snacking on a poppy-seed or garlic bagel at Fairmount Bagel Bakery (74 Ave. Fairmount Ouest, 514-272-0667, $2, www.fairmountbagel.com), a 90-year-old shop just off The Main. |
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