Montreal Strutters!

[BeatChemist]

I know there are some Strutters in Montreal! I'm visiting Montreal for the first time this weekend. Driving up super early on Friday and coming back to Toronto on Sunday. I'm going with a friend who does business out there, and his wife. He has some work to do Saturday during the day, but otherwise we're pretty free all weekend. They go pretty often, but I'm looking forward to just walking around the City and being a tourist. On my list of things to do are:

1. Eat some bagels
2. Eat some Shwartz's
3. Dig for some records
4. Get a lap dance
5. Visit La Belle Provence
6. Wander around Old Montreal
7. Drink some good espresso
8. Brush up on my French
9. Drink/Dance with some French girls

Not in that order.

What else should I be checking out?
I would really appreciate record shop and espresso recommendations!!

 

[fishmongerfunk]

1. Eat some bagels

st. viateur bagels and fairmont bagels are mere blocks apart, visit both and do a taste test. both are open 24 hours as i recall...





BeatChemist said:2. Eat some Shwartz's




some may try to convince you there are better places but you must pay chez schwartz a visit. i suggest building up a bit of an appetite and then ordering the schwartz special combo. get your smoked meat with "medium fat" and you want spices on your steak. also, i would consider investing in an entire smoked meat, packed for travel on the day of your departure from the city...





i am also a big fan of the main, which is across the street. i reccomend trying their beef ribs.





try to get a portugese meal in as well... i am partial to chez doval and roi du plateau

 

[BeatChemist]

Yeah Shwartz is a staple. Gotta try it. Thanks for the tips!





Packing a meat bundle for the way home???? I like the way you think...





Edit: Ahhh!! Bagels!! Thanks! We shall have a bagel-off.

 

[DOR]

Has Schwartz changed at all since Celine & Rene bought it?

 

[pcmr]

crabmonger has good recommendations





I'll help you organize them around records





so...basically


chill with your friend and do whatever on friday


saturday have a hangover breakfast at cosmo's and go to the salvo and record store encore records near by


then take the bus to cheap thrills...walk through mcgill campus and hit ''le pick up'' and ''beatnick'' on your way to schwartz


i say go to the main and skip the line at schwartz but if you have to you won't be disapointed


then walk up the street or bus it to bernard and st-laurent


there you can catch some bagels and go to olympico for a sweet cup of espresso on a nice terasse


you will be near to other stores musicorama and phonopolis then you can go to death of vinyl and walk down beaubien for some latino snacks or take the metro to mont-royal station


from there you canhit the spots on mont-royal street and check out the mountain


Melo-disc, 33 tours


then you are close to the portuguese resturant


going to doval is a great idea for supper and you will be near the belmont for a sick show on saturday night (Music is my sanctuary party)


(great DJs nice bar, so dancing with girls covered, I cosine these guys and i know it's the types of beats you like)





after that you have to choices go grab a late night poutine (classic route at la banquise 24h) or go to bocadillos right down the street for some venezuelan street food...then sleep





then spend sunday chilling in the old port and you will be close to the bus/train station or your car near the highway





job well done

 

[p_gunn]

BeatChemist said:I know there are some Strutters in Montreal! I'm visiting Montreal for the first time this weekend. Driving up super early on Friday and coming back to Toronto on Sunday. I'm going with a friend who does business out there, and his wife. He has some work to do Saturday during the day, but otherwise we're pretty free all weekend. They go pretty often, but I'm looking forward to just walking around the City and being a tourist. On my list of things to do are:





1. Eat some bagels


2. Eat some Shwartz's


3. Dig for some records


4. Get a lap dance


5. Visit La Belle Provence


6. Wander around Old Montreal


7. Drink some good espresso


8. Brush up on my French


9. Drink/Dance with some French girls





Not in that order.





What else should I be checking out?


I would really appreciate record shop and espresso recommendations!!




PCMR's list is pretty dead on...





i would say skip La Belle Provence... the Binerie on Mont Royal is great for the more home style stuff... almost every neighborhood has a spot like Belle Provence, but better... Montreal Pool Room downtown is the late night spot, but most neighborhoods have one... my fav was AA on Notre Dame in St. Henry...

 

[BeatChemist]

Man.


Soulstrut is the shit.





pcmr I knew you lived there cuz I saw your additions to the SS City Guide. I had no idea you moonlight as a record-oriented trip planner!





I'm pretty much going to follow your itinerary. I don't see how I could possibly go wrong.





pgunn thanks for the info! My friend is a Belle Provence fan, so we'll end up there at some point. I am told I need to try one of their toasted hot dogs. Very gourmet shit... lol





Thank you everyone! I will report back with some pics and hopefully a few nice finds!

 

[Aser]

eat at...





joe beef


le comptoir


lawrence





Drink at....





Vices et Versa


Dieu Du Ciel





Buy some beer from Charlevoix and Trou Du Diable.





Hit up Atwater or Jean-Talon market.





Last stop before you leave are st viateur/fairmount. Bagels freeze relatively well.





Bring fiber pills, Montreal is meat heavy, constipation for days.

 

[pcmr]

heavy cosine on dieu du ciel!!!!!





yeah i forgot you need to holla at quebec beers one of the best products we have to offer


charlevoix's company is unibroue (his LPs arent bad either





dieu du ciel can be your predrink before doval's





if you want to do more on sunday i strongly suggest walking from the old port to the verdun area by the canal


you will end up near st-ambroise brewery..great terrasse and tasty selections


bring back a couple of unibroue bottles with the corks and sit on them


after a year a fin du monde really develops an awesome body and it pops of for any celebration


the real grail is the unibroue award winning 11 bottle





if you have a car stop by rachel and iberville in al little conveinec d??paneure boni-soir..it looks normal from the outside


but inside is a cornucopia of beer selections that are incredible like uniondisk japan record store for beer





aser have you tried le filet (from the folks at club chasse&p??che)

 

[pcmr]

don't forget top update us on your trip and finds





belle province is generic..the ones downtown are horrible the ones in the eastend are more trueschool but you don't want to go there just for that


un toast?? is always on point (all dressed) but there are way better places...however it's a classic regardless, ther poutine is satisfying as well (queu de cochon has changed my life on that however) btw i would recommend poutineville if you really want to go full on poutine much better than banquise (for topping integration) and open late as well





atwater market will be right near the brewery btw








enjoy

 

[cove]

pcmr said:crabmonger has good recommendations





I'll help you organize them around records





so...basically


chill with your friend and do whatever on friday


saturday have a hangover breakfast at cosmo's and go to the salvo and record store encore records near by


then take the bus to cheap thrills...walk through mcgill campus and hit ''le pick up'' and ''beatnick'' on your way to schwartz


i say go to the main and skip the line at schwartz but if you have to you won't be disapointed


then walk up the street or bus it to bernard and st-laurent


there you can catch some bagels and go to olympico for a sweet cup of espresso on a nice terasse


you will be near to other stores musicorama and phonopolis then you can go to death of vinyl and walk down beaubien for some latino snacks or take the metro to mont-royal station


from there you canhit the spots on mont-royal street and check out the mountain


Melo-disc, 33 tours


then you are close to the portuguese resturant


going to doval is a great idea for supper and you will be near the belmont for a sick show on saturday night (Music is my sanctuary party)


(great DJs nice bar, so dancing with girls covered, I cosine these guys and i know it's the types of beats you like)





after that you have to choices go grab a late night poutine (classic route at la banquise 24h) or go to bocadillos right down the street for some venezuelan street food...then sleep





then spend sunday chilling in the old port and you will be close to the bus/train station or your car near the highway





job well done







THIS ^^ is a pretty badass itinerary. :game_over: I would follow that to a T if i were you.


For poutine, i'd say go to 'Chez Claudette' on Laurier, a very little walk from Dieu du Ciel, and open late, if not 24 hrs some days.


Doval is ok, but why not just go to Romados (portuguese chkn breakface) and eat in a park?

 

[pcmr]

cove said:Romados (portuguese chkn breakface) and eat in a park?




eat on the mountain with a local beer you mean





that's what my sundays were all about for a while





highly recommended and your a stones throw away for the belmont





'tu as l'embarras du choix' as we say

 

[Plantweed]

You should pay PCMR a tour guide fee, you will have fun, what a great city.

 

[rootlesscosmo]

damn I love/miss MTL. 2nd best city in NA.

 

[vintageinfants]

if montreal didn't have biblical winters, id have moved there years ago. definitely one of te best cities in NA.





ill cosine everything above and here are some things left off the list that ive garnered from my countless visits and extended stays:





dinner:


jardin nelson: have the rabbit cr??pes and the melon sangria





lunch:


romados: walk-in chicken and frites. best meal under $10 in the country





breakfast


cafe grand (grand st.&sherbrooke; ouest) for one of the best breakfasts ive had there. and an entirely anglophone experience, if you start to feel any major disconnect.





breakfast bonus beat:


good ol cosmo's.








the science centre in old montreal is running a pretty neat exhibit about human identity using Star Wars as an effective narrative. gotta buy tickets a day in advance but worth it for even a small fan. (full-size carbonite solo-r)





yodel at me if you need corporate codes for hotels my son. you're a consultant for HP & IBM right? *wink*

 

[vintageinfants]

ALSO: students just rolled back into town FLUSH with student loans.... 'high-end bars' can separate you from them en masse.





close to the action but away from the crowd: try New Town on Crescent street for the rooftop patio. hookah and hendricks on the rocks with a superb view of the metropolis.

 

[vintageinfants]

'Le Fin Du Monde' beer while there, and stock up on Anglo-swill before you come back. impress your friends with a stack of 55 coors light in a rubber-lined hexagonal box for the last BBQ of the summer----> $60. that way you can keep the good beer in the fridge.

 

[ost]

BeatChemist said:


1. Eat some bagels


2. Eat some Shwartz's


3. Dig for some records


4. Get a lap dance


5. Visit La Belle Provence


6. Wander around Old Montreal


7. Drink some good espresso


8. Brush up on my French


9. Drink/Dance with some French girls





Not in that order.










Eat a bagel with smoke meat from Shwartz, and an espresso on the side, while you get a lap dance & speak French to a Quebecois stripper.





Or just follow pcmr's tour itinerary.

 

[pcmr]

on best city in NA i could not live anywhere else...and i always look forward to coming back when I am travelling


we need a MTL strut reunion thing to go down at some point...bring back the days when RAJ mahal was tearing it up on st-cath





final advice


if you want a cool lounge with good beer in between activities or you want to check out la place des spectacles (jazz museum)


well bleury bar a vinyle has all vinyl nice beer selection and is open at 3 on friday


there is a jerome derradji (house legend) playing there on friday so that could be your spot

 

[dj_cityboy]

damn this sounds dope, i need to make my first trip to Montreal soon as well...been wanting to go for a long time now...