Canada

PopMontreal happens in Late September, similar to CMJ or SXSW.

Undergroud punk shows often happen at Death House.  You have to google the space as it is underground.

Orange Julep in Montreal, Serving a drink similar to Orange Julius

Tiki Lounge-

L’Escogriffe Bar-4461 Saint Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2J 2L2, Canada

TRH– 3699 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2V7, Canada

Here are some Montreal hotspots for people watching and hanging out. (old info-check to see if its current)

Record stores:
-L’Oblique, 4333 Rivard St., Montreal, PQ, H2J 2M7
– if you want to head out and check the used stores, then I’d suggest heading to St. Denis/Mount Royal.  There are quite a few stores there.

Good Food:
– For Greek or Middle Eastern food there are tons of late
night places that sell gyros, falafels, chicken sandwiches, very cheap and healthy.  I would suggest Arahova  on Crescent street, or Amir’s, which is located on the corner of Cresent and de Maisonneuve.
– La Belle Province: if you want to try “poutine” (ed. note-poutine, if I am not mistaken is french fries with gravy and a curd cheese, believed to be canadas own creation) and gain a few pounds within 5 minutes of ingesting that stuff.
– cafe’s: GO TO St. Laurent for good cafe’s and bars!!  There are some really good sandwich places, such as “the cafeteria”, “Shed Cafe” and “Grano.”  Shed Cafe is THE place to go…they’ve got a DJ spinning the tunes, hot women, and a very cool decor!  I highly suggest this place!!
It’s on St. Laurent…
– anywhere on Prince Arthur street….

Wilensky’s Light Lunch-Established 1932, Lunch counter and soda fountain famous for its “special” a fried baloney and salami sandwich which you should eat with mustard.  Wash it down with an egg cream or a cherry coke.34 Fairmount Avenue West,Montreal, Quebec  H2T 2M1

JOE BEEF-2491 Notre Dame Street West in the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy,  2491 Rue Notre-Dame O, Montréal, QC H3J 1N6, Canada.  You might call this a gastropub.  Duck fat fries, bacon wrapped horsemeat. Lots of seafood, and crazy looking hazelnut cake.

Boustan -2020 Rue Crescent, Montreal, QC H3G 2B8 Middle Eastern restaurant with famous “garlic potatoes” til 4 am

Chalet Bar-B-Q-5456 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H4A 1V9,Canada

Montreal Pool Room-1217 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2X 2S6, Canada-Steamed hot dogs.  No pool as far as I can tell.

Chez Ma Tante-3180 Rue Fleury E, Montréal-Nord, Quebec H1H 2R3, Canada-hot dogs and chili dogs since 1929.

Snowdon Deli-5265 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H3W 3C2, Canada-Since 1946, another smoked meat restaurant.

Clubs:
– depending on your mood, Crescent street is a good place to start off with. Tons of tourists and good looking people hanging out at the bars there.
Another street worthy of checking out is St. Laurent.  TONS of clubs on this street.  DO check this street out…lots of the late night crowd, and unusual bunch!  It’s always fun to go there!

Pick up a copy of ‘The Hour’ or ‘The Mirror.‘  They’re weekly entertainment newspapers which can be picked up at most places in the downtown area.  Online you can find Rock Discography that has a good list of current shows.
Also check Whats up tonight.  And there is also The Hour.

For a good dinner, try going to Movenpick’s…located in the ground floor of Place Ville Marie (corner of McGill College street).  As far as I know, there aren’t any restaurants like Movenpick in the USA….it’s definitely a cool restaurant to dine in.
Also a specialty in Montreal is a very different type of Jewish Deli where the corned beef is smoked instead of cured.  Some of the more famous ones are Schwartz’s (3895 St-Laurent, 842-4813) , Lester’s (1057 Bernard W., 276-6095) and Ben’s (990 de Maisonneuve W., 844-1000)..  Also, just a few hundred feet from the Fairmount bagel bakery is Wilensky’s. Wilensky’s is the most unusual deli experience in Montreal. 11 stools at the counter, room for about 25 standing. You ask for a Wilensky Special, which is an ordinary deli club roll but made with the two LOWER halves of a bialy (the upper halves with the onion being used as hot dog buns), choice of
American or Swiss cheese, for $3.99. A cut of karnatzel taken out of a drinking glass is 25c, a sour pickle  is 60c, an old-fashioned fountain drink $1. (All these prices are in Canadian, so reduce by 1/3 and you’ll realize how cheap this is.)

Live Music-

Divan Orange- · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal-Small venue for new & experimental live music in English & French, with DJs & late-night partying.4234 Boul St-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2W 1Z3, Canada  514-840-9090
Jailhouse Rock Cafe-corner St-laurent and Mont-Royal-30 Mont-Royal, Montreal, Qc – (514) 844-3656-Despite its unfortunate name, this venue books some decent shows of a more metal/hardcore variety.
Cabaret-2111 St-Laurent , Montreal, Qc – (514) 845-2014
Club Soda-5240 Ave. Du Parc, Montreal, Qc – (514) 286-1010
FOUFOUNES ELECTRIQUES-87 Ste-Catherine E., Montreal, Qc – (514) 844-5539

Brasserie Beaubien Ltée -Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, 73 Rue Beaubien E, Montréal, QC H2S 1R1, Canada Live Music

Bar Le Ritz-179 Rue Jean-Talon-Ouest, Montréal, QC H2L 2X2, Canada