Montreal!

we've already been to the botanic garden and the biodome, so i am very familiar with the olympic stadium. but i didn't know about first fridays so thanks for that tip!

we have just for laughs in chicago too and its website is also hard to navigate. we managed to go and see maria bamford anyways.

oh also, there is this free outdoor circus show with 40 acrobats climbing a tower thing at square/park at the corner of berri and ste-catherine every night at 7 and 10 - http://montrealcompletementcirque.com/en/evenement/babel/
i know downtown is not the place one always wants to be, but this is pretty cool i think, esp for kids

also there should be a food truck or two around there too, but I don't know which ones

There are a million websites that purport to show you the location of the food trucks, but none can seem to manage the incredibly complicated operation of putting a pin on a map and then taking it away again.

Had an idea. What about a food truck that's just a bakery that drives around and has fresh bread.

Heels on wheels

I will be there in October for a bachelor party. Montreal seems to have a certain reputation for debauchery. Residents, is this truly the case?

I wish my passport was up to date -- I'd drive up to MTL next week.

didn't make it up to montreal yday. i'm in ottawa with my gf and we have been busy visiting family etc. gonna drive up tomorrow (sat) and stay overnight so could fap then if anyone is free.

my own bachelor party was in montreal, and when i told the canadian immigration official at the airport why i was visiting, she gave me a dirty look

we just went to a habs game and got drunk and saw quebecois ac/dc cover bands tho

I don't know if the debaucherous reputation is justified
but it's got some good male nudie bars
can't fap because deadlines but if you see me working in the mornings at Olimpico say hi

u live in montreal?

sure do

my move was talked about in the Toronto thread but yeah, I moved here last December. I have never been happier in a city as I have been these past months :)

we're leaving early tomorrow, sorry we couldn't meet up with anyone but we had fun. i liked doing the touristy stuff but had the most fun just wandering around mile end/plateau. best places we ate were petit alep, st-viateur/fairmount, beauty's, aux vivre (twice), and au kouign-amann (twice).

au kouign-amann (twice)

What the hell is this?

bakery with delicious croissants and kouign d'amann.

i figured you'd already know about it since you already know about the "terrible food" in this city.

hahahaha I love how people remember internet message board trolling I did like five years ago.

or two posts ago tbf

i'm glad you all had fun, n/a! :)

i went to the Guy Maddin open filming at the Phi Centre today - it is really great! like, just fun, and he is so nice! the "audience" area is small but really close to the set(s). it's all quite efficient really, since he's filming 12 films in 13 days. Saw Roy Dupuis acting as some kind of caveman character today.

happy you guys had a good time too. what's your last night all about?

Taking the train from Kingston to Montreal today, traveling with the family, staying in a hotel in the old city for 3 nights. Any suggestions for family friendly activities or endroits? We've got a 6 year old and a 3 year old. Any restaurants we should check out?

OK so what are some good neighborhoods in which to stay Montreal for a couple of nights? I am looking at AirBnB.

plateau mont-royal, mile-end, outremont, villeray, little italy

also WHEN~

Probably weekend of August 30th - it's our 10th wedding anniversary. Don't worry - we'll be back! (unless it sucks)

I am enjoying staring at Montrealers apartments on AirBnB to see how you people live. So you all have antique sewing machines, guitars hanging on the walls, vintage furniture, scarves and very high ceilings?

this is the place we stayed when we were there, it was not super-fancy but it was clean and in a great location: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/466550

Thanks Nick!

oops did I blow yr cover

no problem adam

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I am enjoying staring at Montrealers apartments on AirBnB to see how you people live. So you all have antique sewing machines, guitars hanging on the walls, vintage furniture, scarves and very high ceilings?

Probably an old photo. These days it's all about papasans and broken drum machines

i will be there that weekend iirc

Great! Well maybe we see you? What are the things first-time visitors have to do? What things can I buy? Where are the best low and high end dining experiences? Odd museums and nice walks, etc.?

I have eaten poutine at Animal in Los Angeles but I'm sure it doesn't compare.

That was my only poutine, is what I'm saying

honestly the city's croissants and so on are more exceptional than its poutines

that said, the best places for poutine are: Patati Patata, La Banquise, Au Pied de Cochon (just go for the regular one).

Le Petit Alep cannot be enough recommended imo

(not poutine, for must-visit Montreal eating)

Poutine is great but Montreal is really about bagels.

yeah, def bagels.

croissants, i wish there were more great croissants in montreal! i feel like this city kinda coasts on its french pastries...

like how did we not start cronuts

you're high this city is sick with dope crescent rolls

ambiguously described locations of great mtl croissants: some anonymous place on st-denis, probably within two blocks of av mont-royal, east side of the street; that one place that has two locations, one on rachel & one on mont-royal, does kinda banana shaped croissants; & the place on saint-laurent just past beaubien, in little italy, east side of the street. those guys maybe the best. the guy there ... garrulous.

For the one in the little italy is it Plougastel? or something similar?

Pikolo has some really good croissants.

The best of all is Paltoquet.

:)

Paltoquet is the best

pikolo croissants are not so hot imo. i used to really love the place across the street, a couple blocks over, which had a super old fashioned tea room, &c, which just closed after presumably 500 years in operation. it is not a hot neighbourhood for croissants anymore. very sad.

& yes! plougastel! so good.
gonna check out paltoquet, i have not tried.