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If you really want to experience the nightlife of Montreal, dont go on Crescent street. To be honest, locals (except for some immigrants) dont really go out there as it is tacky, too touristy and expensive for nothing. The street is pack with underage American or Ontarian kids. Locals only go there a couple times a year like during the Grand Prix weekend, but dont have dinner there during that weekend as alot of the places hikes up their prices!
The only spots that I recommend on this street are 1) Newtown (F1 racing driver Jacques Villeneuve's lounge / club / resto / patio complex at the corner of de Maisonneuve. They have a nice rooftop patio, which is great for happy hour even though it can be expensive. 2) Hurley's Irish Pub - located just below Ste-Catherine street. its a great place to go with friends, have a good pint and listen to a live band. 3) The Mad Hatter Pub (also below Ste-Cath. street) has a younger crowd, a little more artsy & alternative...but it offers good deals on beer and has a cool rooftop terrace. 4) Brutopia Pub just across the street from Hatter. Brutopia offers a wide range of beer. 5) the Libanese food joint at the corner of Maisonneuve next to Extreme Night Club has great food...especially at 4am!
If you wanna go out and have fun, head off to St-Laurent Blvd instead which is where the real locals go out to! The Main might have the reputation to be a trendy pretentious street, but really, you can find all kind of bars, clubs, supper clubs there...anything from all-the-time 2 for 1 patio bar "Vol de Nuit" to exclusive supperclubs like Globe and Buena Notte! Leave a Comment
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| | | | Crescent Street: Tourists mingle with Tourists | | | | | |
Crescent Street is a tourist trap. Tourist books seems to always recommend it based on other books that recommended it. Maybe its because American tourists feel more "at home" in that environment. The attitude is negative. If all bars and restaurants were giving the low service-level seen on Crescent, Montreal would have the worse reputation. Its the only place I've been in Montreal where after not drinking for 10 minutes and half a beer pitcher left on the table, I was asked to leave even though the Winston Churchill Pub was half empty. Attitude... The bars are crowded with tourists, and besides a few time like Formula 1 race week, I don't see much locals there. Every year, a flock of freshmen from McGill and Concordia goes to Crescent as the drinking age is lower in Quebec than in the ROC. In first year universite outside Quebec, ur still "underage", not in Quebec. Don't let the "not helpful" ratings fool you...Crescent has its hardcore believers, not me
Avoid the noisy rowdy places. Don't go alone as its not the right place to make friends...
For good clubs: StLaurent For good pubs: StDenis For good restaurants: Elsewhere in Old Montreal, Plateau, Quartier Latin Leave a Comment
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| | | | Crescent Street: I drive a BMW, how about you? | | | | | |
Crescent street...oh my...where to start. Well, it's where polo wearing meat heads go to hang out with their Channel wearing ditsy girlfriends who all came here in their BMW's that daddy bought them. Crescent street has a lot of eye candy that's for sure, and the bars here are all danceclubs whose primary customer is mister and misses meat head. I wouldn't bother stopping here unless you are into danceclubs, or a meat head yourself. Booze is expensive, the attitudes are bloated, and there's always a cover. But if you like to look at nearly naked hot ladies, then well, it's all good. But Montreal, land of the beautiful woman, has nearly naked hot ladies everywhere so you shouldn't have to deal with mister and misses meat head.
Erm....go to nearby Amir's for a Shish Taouk.
St-Denis street, St-Laurent, St-Catherines. St-. Leave a Comment
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