Yet another interesting place to visit after the Canadian Center for Architecture while you are visiting Montreal, if you are into architecture and design. Like the Canadian Center for Architecture it's almost all about architecture and design but focuses a bit more on the Quebec scene. It's free to enter so there's no excuse to not pay a visit.
It’s the type of location I like because it’s everything. It's easily reachable as you are a few blocks away from subway station Berri-UQAM, the area is pretty dense and it’s still possible to miss it several times a day while walking in rue Saint-Catherine and staring at the entrance of foufounes electriques instead of going down Sanguinet street.
During my last visit, the exhibition staff was pretty keen on extending our tour outside the walls of the design center. We arrived with no plans and left with a dozen addresses to explore for the rest of the day, although a few weeks would have been better. If you are an architecture and design enthusiast, you know where to go!
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Sit on the sidewalk and eat the most delicious gnocchi for only $5, with a rich tomato sauce and imagine whatever you want in your own alternate reality.
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I was struck by the enthusiastic staff and the very tender exhibit about window coverings that invited us to consider what is shown and what is hidden.
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Here you will find a strange pyramid of benches that doubles as an art gallery, small fields & greenhouses tended by students from the nearby university.
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Olimpico attracts the young and beautiful. And Club Social feels like it's been there longer, and remains true to its roots. Both have terrific bombolini!
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The cannoli! A crisp shell that shatters a bit as you bite into it, first-class ricotta cheese. Not too sweet. Somehow light and filling at the same time.
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Caffe Italia has been popular with Italian families for decades & it never lost the homey feeling. The coffee is delicious. The vibe is welcoming and loud.
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Jean Talon market is the kind of place where there is a vast choice, but I'd bet that most regulars end up with their favorite sellers.
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The exhibits are free to the public, and very well curated by Isabelle de Mévieus and her team. The converted post office is worth a visit on its own.
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Somehow in the race to make everything chain stores Duluth has remained pretty much a family-run affair, skewed towards the hippy/punk end of the spectrum.
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I was quite smitten with the gnocchi at Restaurant Marconi, not least because a portion of the price of the meal is shared with those in need around town.
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"Nonnina Panini and Gelato" in Montreal is a café that offers Italian snacks & desserts - get your chocolate & peanut butter tartelette and explore Lachine!
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There are bird spotters, trainspotters... and plane spotters - and this is where they meet in Montreal! Ready for some plane spotting in YUL?
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