The plateau is a residential neighbourhood that as a lot of interesting
restaurants. Most appartement houses are triplex or duplex and have outside
stairs to the second floor (architectural trait of Montreal houses).
Tam-tam on Mont-Royal (summer), a very popular weekly (on sundays) and
spontaneous drum and percussion fest. It's around the Cartier monument and part
of the Mont-Royal park (on park ave.). Take the 80 bus from Place-des-Arts
metro station north and get off when you see a large group of people (it's easy
to spot). Don't go there by car, there's no place to park
Mile-end neighbourhood (mainly St-Viateur street and Fairmount street near Park
avenue), best known for the famous Montreal bagels (Fairmount Bagels opened 24
hours a day), and it's souvlaki (ar Arachova).
Lafontaine park (east of Berri street, on Sherbrooke street), closed after
midnight, not to be visited alone at night anyway. You can walk around during
the day in the summer or skate on the lake in the winter
the LUX (restaurant most popular after the bars close), the Kilo (for
desserts), the Whisky Bar (for it's bathrooms, on the corner of Bernard and
St-Laurent), all on St-Laurent between St-Viateur and Rachel (there are a lot
more trendy shops and restaurants, just look around)
Mount-Royal street east (between St-Denis and St-Laurent), for it's "recycled"
clothes shops; or east of St-Denis for it's used records, books and CD stores.
- Beauty's (brunch) voted best brunch in Montreal, 93 Mont-Royal west
- Ouzeri (greek) considered one of the best greek restaurants, 4690 St-Denis.
- La Selva (peruvian) considered as one of the best south-american
restaurant, 862 Marie-Anne east.
- Le Basilic (french) good and affordable, 5237 St-Denis near Rosemont
- Chez Zazium (mexican) for the decor, 4525 Park ave. just north of
Mont-Royal.
- Tagore (indian) 4653 St-Laurent.
- Chateau Hong-Kong (chinese) lot's of choice and inexpensive, 203 Mont-Royal
near Park ave.
- Restaurant Thailande (thai), 88 Bernard west near St-Laurent
- Lao Thai (thai), 5179 Park ave. near Fairmount
- LUX (open 24 hours/day) it also has a large magazine stand; 5220 St-Laurent
- near Fairmount street (voted best place after midnight)
- Cafe Cine-Lumiere (french) decor inspired by the movies, they also show
black and white movies, 5163 St-Laurent
- La Raclette (swiss), 1059 Gilford east on the corner of Christophe-Colomb
- Arachova (greek/souvlaki) on St-Viateur near Park ave
- Frites alors! (fries&beer), 5235-A Park ave. near Fairmount, decorated
with Tintin cartoons.
- Manoushka (russian) very good but a little expensive, on Laurier street
just west of St-Laurent.
- La maison du Bagel (bagels cooked in wood ovens) on St-Viateur near Park
- Aux Calebasses (creole-Haitian), 5872 Park ave. near Van Horne
- La Binnerie Mont-Royal (local food) it's cheap but it's far from refined
(baked beans, sheperd's pie, tourtiere (meat pie) and of course the poutine),
367 Mont-Royal just west of St-Denis.
- Le Pub (beer) on St-Denis near Mont-Royal
- Rachel to the south
- Van Horne and Rosemont blvd. to the north
- Iberville to the east
- Park Ave. to the west
Mont-Royal (best access to St-Denis), Laurier.
80 bus on Park Avenue from Place-des-arts metro station is a great way to visit.