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dreskieboogiedreskieboogie 951 Posts
edited May 2010 in Strut Central
I just arrived this morning. If I should visit one record shop which one should it be? I think Im pretty good on restaurants but if you have a good suggestion then please let me know. Anything fun happening tonight?Thanks,Dress

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  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    i'm pretty disconnected to whatever is the latest and greatest but if you follow these instructions you'll be sure to have a great afternoon:

    head to st denis and sherbrooke and walk north (uphill)

    check beatnick and the spot just a block down (forget the name). after, walk up st. denis (north) to mont royal st and take a right there and walk down for 2 blocks or so. there are a couple of spots on that street, nothing to write home about but its a nice area. turn around and walk back down mont royale the other way and walk past st denis and keep going for another 4 blocks (but stop midway for a pint at that spot with the ostriche heads- forget the name) or so until you hit st. lawrence and take a left and walk down and you'll find another record store or two.

    just before you get to st laurent and pins stop at schwartz's and get the special combo with a cherry cola. ask them to give you medium fat on the smoked meat and you want the spices on your steak.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts

    just before you get to st laurent and pins stop at schwartz's and get the special combo with a cherry cola. ask them to give you medium fat on the smoked meat and you want the spices on your steak.

    Man ... I need to get back up there soon. So good.

    Do you know the name of that great bagel spot where you can see the bagels being made? That's another must for me on my next visit.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    st viateur and there is another one too. all night goodness.

    there are a few mtl posters on soulstrut they can probably put you on the latests happenings...but pick up a mirror or an hour to see what's what.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    st viateur and there is another one too. all night goodness.


    Thanks! That picture is killing me. Damn those things are good. Time for a road trip.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    when you get those bagels fresh like that there is sort a sweet tinge to the flavour. you don;t even need the cream cheese or lox.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    Yep. It's been 4 or 5 years and I can still taste those things.
  • Lucious_FoxLucious_Fox 2,479 Posts
    I came on myself last time i was there - so many shops.
  • covecove 1,567 Posts
    The bagels on Fairmount (one street south of St-Viateur) are superior!
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    The bagels on Fairmount (one street south of St-Viateur) are superior!

    cosign, i blanked on the name. those ones are superior. btw, if you are flying home they freeze up real nice.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    The bagels on Fairmount (one street south of St-Viateur) are superior!

    cosign, i blanked on the name. those ones are superior. btw, if you are flying home they freeze up real nice.

    Looking at the pictures online, Fairmount is definitely where I went. The process was fun to watch:

  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    hey dreskie
    i am gone for this week..would have loved to show you around
    first tonight
    you need to go to a bar and watch a HABS game
    everything else you need is here
    http://www.montrealmirror.com/2010/051310/bom-08.html
    have fun in my fair city and you will have great weather to do so
    also hit up the mus?e des beaux arts for the miles davis exhibition (record porn and raer footage)
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,538 Posts
    yo, what it DO this weekend? coming trooo
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    fuck i off camping the whole weekend
    enjoy
    holla @ the breakfast spot i posted in the city guide
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,538 Posts
    camping is way too in-tents for me bro.

    ill hold it down while you're away cuz
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,538 Posts
    cosmo's broke my heart.




    HOWEVER: Cafe Grand. cafe grand. CAFE GRAND. [about two blocks down sherbrooke at grand blvd]

    price: $13+. (i know......)
    coffee: A++
    custom omelette [grilled veg, spinach, pesto]: A+++

    best meal i had the whole weekend.

    WOULD DO BUSINESS WITH AGAIN.
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    there are good breakfast spots on shebrooke in that area
    oxford caf?? as well
    the veggie omellette is the polar opposite of

    glad you found a substitute..partie remise as we say
    hope the weather did not fuck up your experience too much
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,538 Posts
    a little rain? never that. it was beautiful (bordering on too hot) saturday and sunday, and it'd take more than some rain to make me turn sour on your city. didn't get ANY record shopping in but i did hit up pretty much every art gallery or installation you've got going right now. the gaulthier exhibit was a good look.

    did the routine circuit though, almost bordering on touristy, as opposed to the usual party program (gettin' grown-r); hit up the cobbled area off st denis (st Paul square?), the high end shops of Sherbrooke, the restaurants of st Laurent (I see you schwartz's and divan l'orange), and since we were staying at the hyatt @ place des arts the shops and scum of mid-Ste Catharines. those diorama-like bistro's they've put in at place des arts are also super dope, a little yuppy-ish... but you can't always wear chucks and checks right?

    great labor day weekend all in all, pity I couldn't get with any of you MTL heads to break baguette, but I'll be back soon.
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    nice shit
    i would have done the same myself
    break baguette ha!
    yeah next time will be propa
  • gatorontheloosegatorontheloose 20 Posts
    joe bataan comin through! http://popmontreal.com/en/event/joe-bataan-san-juan-hill-goods-djs
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