I wish my passport was up to date -- I'd drive up to MTL next week.
― WilliamC, Friday, 5 July 2013 13:16 (ten years ago) link
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.
― tpp, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 July 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if the debaucherous reputation is justifiedbut it's got some good male nudie barscan't fap because deadlines but if you see me working in the mornings at Olimpico say hi
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 5 July 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
u live in montreal?
― flopson, Friday, 5 July 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
sure do
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 5 July 2013 23:27 (ten years ago) link
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 :)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 5 July 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
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).
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 6 July 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
au kouign-amann (twice)
What the hell is this?
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 6 July 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
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.
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 6 July 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha I love how people remember internet message board trolling I did like five years ago.
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 6 July 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
or two posts ago tbf
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Saturday, 6 July 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
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.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 6 July 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
happy you guys had a good time too. what's your last night all about?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Saturday, 6 July 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Plasmon, Monday, 8 July 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
OK so what are some good neighborhoods in which to stay Montreal for a couple of nights? I am looking at AirBnB.
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
plateau mont-royal, mile-end, outremont, villeray, little italy
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 15 August 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
also WHEN~
Probably weekend of August 30th - it's our 10th wedding anniversary. Don't worry - we'll be back! (unless it sucks)
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
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
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Thanks Nick!
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
oops did I blow yr cover
no problem adam
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a9/Spy-vs-spy.png/200px-Spy-vs-spy.png
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Probably an old photo. These days it's all about papasans and broken drum machines
― -- A smile on a dog, Stephen answered, (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
i will be there that weekend iirc
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:11 (ten years ago) link
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.?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 16 August 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
I have eaten poutine at Animal in Los Angeles but I'm sure it doesn't compare.
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 16 August 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
That was my only poutine, is what I'm saying
honestly the city's croissants and so on are more exceptional than its poutines
― sean gramophone, Friday, 16 August 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
that said, the best places for poutine are: Patati Patata, La Banquise, Au Pied de Cochon (just go for the regular one).
― sean gramophone, Friday, 16 August 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
Le Petit Alep cannot be enough recommended imo
― -- A smile on a dog, Stephen answered, (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 16 August 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
(not poutine, for must-visit Montreal eating)
Poutine is great but Montreal is really about bagels.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 16 August 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
yeah, def bagels.
croissants, i wish there were more great croissants in montreal! i feel like this city kinda coasts on its french pastries...
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 August 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
like how did we not start cronuts
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Saturday, 17 August 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
you're high this city is sick with dope crescent rolls
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
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.
― szarkasm (schlump), Saturday, 17 August 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
For the one in the little italy is it Plougastel? or something similar?
Pikolo has some really good croissants.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 18 August 2013 02:10 (ten years ago) link
The best of all is Paltoquet.
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 18 August 2013 04:44 (ten years ago) link
:)
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 18 August 2013 05:14 (ten years ago) link
Paltoquet is the best
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 August 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
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.
― szarkasm (schlump), Sunday, 18 August 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
my fav recent~ish montreal food discovery is getting cheap samosas from the lil dep on fairmount. so good.
You—and everyone else, really—should then try Thanjai. Plamandon metro is really not that far... It's still Van Horne, even! You could bike it if you llive at Parc and Bernard (which I assume most of you do). It's South Indian: dosas, the unparalleled rasam, sambar, idli, vada, and all the gang. I've never spent more than 40 bucks for two. It is a charming, charming little place with great food. It's fuckin' spicy so don't bring your student friends (although I always see at least one table of confused people who are always scared of the menu but they are always accommodated as much as as a South Indian resto can accommodate "no spices, no sauce, just chicken please. I don't want any sauce thank you."
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 18 August 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Running by the Lachine canal is one of my favorite activities. After being away for 5 months, it felt so so good.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 19 August 2013 01:21 (ten years ago) link
been actually meaning to try that place
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 19 August 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
How is public transit in Montreal? It's hard to tell how big of a city it is just looking at a map.
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
its.. okay. some places (mile-end etc) arent that well served by metro.
tell me where you're gonna be and where you're gonna be going.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 August 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link