Guidebook for Montréal
Food Scene
Hip Haitian restaurant with a bar, backyard terrasse and live music.
http://montrealgazette.com/life/food/0604-weekend-agrikol
92 locals recommend
Agrikol
1844 R. AtatekenHip Haitian restaurant with a bar, backyard terrasse and live music.
http://montrealgazette.com/life/food/0604-weekend-agrikol
Open 24-hours on the weekend and offering affordable breakfast specials during the week, Resto du Village is just 2 blocks from the apartment. It's solid, no-frills food at decent prices and a good spot to get your poutine fix.
11 locals recommend
Le Resto du Village
1310 Rue WolfeOpen 24-hours on the weekend and offering affordable breakfast specials during the week, Resto du Village is just 2 blocks from the apartment. It's solid, no-frills food at decent prices and a good spot to get your poutine fix.
Le Passé Composé
1310 Boul. de Maisonneuve EHighly rated brunch spot.
Oldest worker-owned cooperative restaurant in Montreal. Good food at reasonable prices, and a sprawling backyard.
94 locals recommend
Café Coop Touski
2375 Rue Sainte-Catherine EOldest worker-owned cooperative restaurant in Montreal. Good food at reasonable prices, and a sprawling backyard.
Essentials
Buanderie Amherst
1499 R. AtatekenCute corner laundromat just a block from the apartment.
There are lots of "fruteries" in the neighborhood, but this is probably my favorite and one of the closest. Great for fresh fruit, croissants, french bread, coffee and other essentials.
Tutti Frutti Supermarket
There are lots of "fruteries" in the neighborhood, but this is probably my favorite and one of the closest. Great for fresh fruit, croissants, french bread, coffee and other essentials.
Natural foods supermarket. Shop the sales for good prices on organic produce. Otherwise it can be a bit pricey.
38 locals recommend
Rachelle-Béry épiceries santé
1150 Rue Sainte-Catherine ENatural foods supermarket. Shop the sales for good prices on organic produce. Otherwise it can be a bit pricey.
Arts & Culture
Concert venue on Saint Catherine, just a 5-minute walk from the apartment.
36 locals recommend
L'Olympia
1004 Rue Sainte-Catherine EConcert venue on Saint Catherine, just a 5-minute walk from the apartment.
Cabaret Lion d'Or
1676 Rue Ontario EFrench cabaret.
The "national" library and archives of Quebec. (Quebec separatism manifests itself in ways large and small, including the designation of things such as this library as national, rather than provincial. The Nation of Quebec.) There is an art gallery in the basement with free, rotating exhibitions. There are a couple of cafes in the complex as well.
147 locals recommend
BAnQ Grande Bibliotheque
475 Boul. de Maisonneuve EThe "national" library and archives of Quebec. (Quebec separatism manifests itself in ways large and small, including the designation of things such as this library as national, rather than provincial. The Nation of Quebec.) There is an art gallery in the basement with free, rotating exhibitions. There are a couple of cafes in the complex as well.
Shopping
Great vintage store filled with mid-century housewares, furniture, lamps and bric-a-brack.
Antiquites Seconde Chance
1691 R. AtatekenGreat vintage store filled with mid-century housewares, furniture, lamps and bric-a-brack.
Getting Around
Beaudry station
The nearest Metro stop.
A short walk from the apartment, more lines intersect at this station than any other in the Montreal metro system.
73 locals recommend
Station Berri-UQAM (De Maisonneuve / St-Hubert)
A short walk from the apartment, more lines intersect at this station than any other in the Montreal metro system.
The Montreal Bus Station is less than a 10-minute walk from the apartment.
7 locals recommend
The Montreal Bus Station
1717 Rue BerriThe Montreal Bus Station is less than a 10-minute walk from the apartment.
Parks & Nature
A short walk from the apartment, Parc La Fontaine is a lovely place to walk, bike or just sit on a bench or on the grass by the lake.
1637 locals recommend
La Fontaine Park
3819 Av. Calixa-LavalléeA short walk from the apartment, Parc La Fontaine is a lovely place to walk, bike or just sit on a bench or on the grass by the lake.
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar Renard is the one bar on Saint Catherine, the heart of the Gay Village, that is decidedly contemporary and "hip." If you want a tacky gay bar, this is not it.
43 locals recommend
Bar Renard
1272 Rue Sainte-Catherine EBar Renard is the one bar on Saint Catherine, the heart of the Gay Village, that is decidedly contemporary and "hip." If you want a tacky gay bar, this is not it.
Montreal's famous drag bar is just 2 blocks from the apartment. The weekends tend to draw a very straight crowd, bachelorette parties, etc.
111 locals recommend
Cabaret Mado
1115 Rue Sainte-Catherine EMontreal's famous drag bar is just 2 blocks from the apartment. The weekends tend to draw a very straight crowd, bachelorette parties, etc.
Great little bar across the street from Parc Emile Gamelin. They have live music every night, free wifi and vegetarian food. Mixed crowd, heavy on Quebeçois hippy-types.
64 locals recommend
L'Escalier
552 Rue Sainte-Catherine EGreat little bar across the street from Parc Emile Gamelin. They have live music every night, free wifi and vegetarian food. Mixed crowd, heavy on Quebeçois hippy-types.