i'm stoked for this one though https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/901941_468243749956328_13436519_o.jpg
― flopson, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
mtl doesn't have enough whatever that type of architecture is called imo
― flopson, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
i remember going to vancouver & being wowed at a lot of individually ugly new apartment buildings looking really great clustered together with the backdrop of hills, i feel like having that kinda thing en masse is to some degree a prereq for it looking effective
― schlump, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
Agreed, outside looking in Vancouver is somewhat nice. However, once you are inside those streets and the only thing around is ugly condo towers with deserted balconies, bleh.
This is not what Montreal is about, at all.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
Plus, they have a hard time selling those type of real estate in Toronto, I wonder how it fares in Montreal where you have plenty of cool appartments and houses in great neighborhood for insanely low prices.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
i bet they do great because people are like "FINALLY AN APARTMENT AS GAUDY AS THOSE ONES I BOUGHT IN TORONTO, BUT IN MONTREAL"
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Thursday, 17 October 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
vhs i thought you were moving to nyc to be with your beloved rangers
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2013 04:19 (ten years ago) link
chemtrails!!!
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 17 October 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
it isn't working out for now :(
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 17 October 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link
idk if theres a specific thread for this but are there any good new restos in mtl that are worth going to? esp ones that wld be open on mondays?
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 06:55 (ten years ago) link
mondays is hard but ya there are lots of new places opening up all the time now! bethlehem xxx, impasto, the izakaya in sardine, uh... what else... you in town or planning on being here soon?
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
im there the first weekend in december friday to tuesday. i think thats the 6th-9th. meal plan currently looks like
friday -
d: europea
saturday -
b: lemeacd:
sunday:
b: la croissanteire figaro (maybe?)d: au pied de cochon
monday:
l: d:
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
u can do way better than figaro! do brunch at lawrence or maison publique imo
also... have you been to APDC before? if so, i'd skip it in favour of something newer. their menu hasn't changed in 10 years.
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
suggestions:bethlehem (dinner)nora gray (d)vin papillon (joe beef's new wine bar)
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
and prob more i'll remember when im more awake
haha there really is nothing open there on a monday huh :/
i've been to apdc a coupla times but my partner hasnt and is really excited. we're also taking out some friends and its like 5 min from their place. bethlehem looks p good though, might try that for saturday
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah nothing wrong with that
and yeah mondays is hard. let me think what might be open. dinette triple crown is! pretty caj tho. but good food.
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
dinette triple crown is the southern place? casual is good though! thanx for the rec's btw, i actually tried to go to lawrence last time i was in mtl on yr recommendation but it was too crowded. might give vieux velo a shot actually, if figaro isnt good.
also where is fun/cool to go dancing iye? we have a couple of things on friday/saturday but could use some good rec's
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
vieux velo is nice
definitely try and do lawrence for brunch or dinner. it really is tip top. they do everything right.
ummmin response to that last question im old :(
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
vieux velo is 100x better than figaro. So is Le Pick-up.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
julieta (next to vieux velo on beaubien) has amazing breakfast. but vv rules, too. ndq, across the street from both of them & one block west, would be a good place to check out for dancing. not a huge dancefloor and sometimes not loud enough but can be very fun
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
You may see me and maybe even other ILX baseball fans for Mets v Jays at Stade Olympique on March 28-29. (No, these games don't count.)
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
ndq, across the street from both of them & one block west, would be a good place to check out for dancing. not a huge dancefloor and sometimes not loud enough but can be very fun
thanx! also what are you up to that weekend? or do u have exams?
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
Lamp if you're open to another Monday-night recommendation may I recommend Damas for a plate of good Syrian food. Or you could also do dinner at Lemeac that night, their best option imo is their after-10pm prix fixe and I think they're open Mondays
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
damas is great, as is their less expensive sister resto kaza maza
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
good call on lemeac mondays too!
That place was introduced to me as "the place you take fancy friends when their flight was late". Lamp please order the pain perdu it is extremely delicious and the size of a small child
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
no order the tartelette
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
flamboyant if ilxor had avatars would you consider this one: http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/archive/b/bf/20100710184530!Owzer.PNG?
my partner is pretty interested in prohibition for brunch so i think were gonna try the late nite menu @ lemeac and looks like we have dinner party invite for saturday so ty ilx for solving this hardship for me
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
prohibition?
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
?
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
byob
― schlump, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
dont know that place but like... have you heard good things about it? are you staying near there? its on monkland which is kind of hte other side of the city where the rest of the stuff you're doing is.
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
:(*puts on jogging gear*
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
that website has me very... Ô_o
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
haha isnt it beautiful. idk my partner had it highly recommended, im not that fussed abt brunch stuff as long as we have some ideas, i was just worried abt getting resos for dinner before places filled up, being too far is def a barrier but well see how we feel/how hungover we are
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
blurry brunch
― mh, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
i feel like going there is not going to be the best idea. go to maison publique or lawrence for brunch if you're not going to the latter for dinner. (or hell even if you are.)
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
listen to this wise man
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
i ate at prohibition!!
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
tried a couple things on the menu but the only thing i would order again would be the... eggs benedict... hungarian... or something...? i can't remember. they were damned delicious.
if yr partner wants to go there, go :D just know that that meal is head & shoulders above at least 3 others...
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
would you say it's worth a trip to NDG for those eggs
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
i mean if you're gonna go to ndg for eggs, go to cosmos is what im saying
idk s1ox do you have an in @ lawrence? ill buy you breakfast if we dont have to wait but otherwise the internet and my non-ilx sources tell me it is like an hour which is just too much
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
ya exams are 5 - 18 dec. neways hard to tell what i'll be doing so far in the future, mb ilxmail me or something? i live like 2 blocks from all those places mentioned in my last post
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
lol--don't go to monkland
― Lamp, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:47 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just go a bit earlier or later and put your name down and phone number, then go next door and have a coffee and a donut at sardine. [and thank me later]
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
haha, otm
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
ok ok alright its on the schedule
@ flopson yah ill webmail before we leave w/my # hopefully you can meet us for drinks or s.thing. we're gonna be out and around all wknd so if you're free obv welcome to hang. also if you hear abt anything particularly cool going on :D
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
s1ock it 2 me
― Lamp, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link