Raymond wrote: > My wife and I are going to be in Montreal the latter part of August for > two days only: a Friday and a Saturday. If you had never been to > Montreal before, and might not ever get the opportunity to go again, > where would you stay, what part of the city would you visit and, above > all, what restaurants would you not miss? Thanks in advance for any > responses. First of all, if I could not get the opportunity to go to Montreal again, I would kill myself. No, seriously, as a Montrealer, I would recommend a visit to the Biodome, the Insectarium and the Botanical Garden (I think it's $12.50 for the three). These are Montreal's strong assets. I also might suggest a visit to Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts, or Center for Architecture, but don't expect to be blown away as you would if you visited The Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York or the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. I would certainly take a long walk on St-Denis Street or even Mont-Royal Street (nice shops and cafés). I might walk around Old Montreal. Montreal's best hotel is probably the Westin Mont-Royal (1050 Sherbrooke W.). I have been to the Novotel (1180 de la Montagne), it's less expensive and it's fine. (For phone numbers, you can e-mail me and I'll give them to you). As for restaurants, you've asked the right person. I strongly recommend Modigliani (1251 Gilford Street), certainly one of my favorite restaurants (delicious and inexpensive). For French: Le Pégase (1831 Gilford Street), small, quiet and sophisticated (bring your own wine). For Italian: La Sila (2040 St-Denis Street) and Da Marcello (825 Laurier E.) but these two are expensive. For pizza, Pizzédélic (one of them on Mont-Royal Street). For sushis, Katsura (on De La Montagne street): they have amazing and inexpensive lunch specials. For breakfast, Eggspectations (De La Montagne or Laurier Street). Indian food: Shezan (on St-Denis) or Golden Curry House (St-Laurent Street). Bon voyage! Julie Montreal
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raymond wrote: > > My wife and I are going to be in Montreal the latter part of August for > two days only: a Friday and a Saturday. If you had never been to > Montreal before, and might not ever get the opportunity to go again, > where would you stay, what part of the city would you visit and, above > all, what restaurants would you not miss? Thanks in advance for any > responses. On our last trip (a few months ago) we had dinner at a wonderful little French restaurant called Allumette on Sherbrooke, about a half block from the Sherbrooke metro station. The 5-course de gustation menu was about $35 US and the three course menu was about $20; both included enough choices to suit anyone, but there was also an a la carte menu. Stuffed saddle of rabbit in a wine sauce was outstanding, as was the roast pheasant. The service was friendly but very smooth and professional. Make a reservation, especially for Fri. or Sat. -- it's a small place. We dressed in "business casual" clothing (pants for me, no jacket or tie for husband) and fit in fine. Some people were a bit more dressed up and others were dressed about the same as we were. It's high on our list for our next trip. Marcia S.
In article , [email removed] (Clair659) wrote: > Julie: > > What about the greek seafood place that is in a residential neighborhood. > I forget the name, but its great. Also, since the fellow will only be > there for 2 days, don't you think that the atmosphere of the place in Old > Montreal in the stone stables, or whatever they are, again, I can't > remember the name, but its a quality steak type place, would be wonderful > because of the stroll before and after in Old Montreal in probably the > nicest time of the year. > > The insectarium is neat. > > The Canadiens aren't. > > I, the stranger in a strange land: NY Are you talking about the Psarotaverna du Symposium, on St-Denis Street (not really a residential neighborhood though)? Or Milos, on Park Avenue? If so, these two restaurants are great. I'm lukewarm about Old Montreal. It's OK, but nothing like Old Quebec. The Canadiens aren't (neat), but what about the former Nordiques...
NNTP-Posting-User: mlanger X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Someone wrote: > My wife and I are going to be in Montreal the latter part of August for > two days only: a Friday and a Saturday. If you had never been to > Montreal before, and might not ever get the opportunity to go again, > where would you stay, what part of the city would you visit and, above > all, what restaurants would you not miss? Thanks in advance for any > responses. Schwartz Charcuterie Hebraique (that's Jewish Deli in English) on St. Laurent for a smoked meat sandwich. This is the seminal Montreal eating experience and no trip to Montreal is complete without a pilgrimage there. The natives accompany their smoked meat with a black cherry soda. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Langer Email address: [email removed] ----------------------------------------------------------------------