Help - resto to watch hockey on Saturday night that's NOT Cage aux Sports
6 of us are going out Saturday night, and of course the guys want to watch the game. Can anybody please recommend a restaurant that will show the game plus has good food where those of us who want to have a conversation won't be drowned out? Checked boards and found Les Brasseurs, but the last posts are quite old so I was wondering if anyone has been there recently. Tentatively booked at Mbrgr, which I know will be super noisy. Also would like to avoid downtown core if possible.
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porker
May 5, 2010 04:33 AM
We stopped in La Cabane Portuguese (directly across from Schwartz) Sunday afternoon for a drink and a snack. Stayed to watch the game. I reccomend this place often and realize its quite versatile (now good to watch the game too...).
Cock&Bull might be a good spot, but it fills up fast. Can't comment on the food since its newly re-opened.
Another point - the larger the place, the bigger the experience (noise, emotion, being swept up in the moment, etc). At smaller places (like La Cabane) true hockey fans might feel small. -
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A couple of points to make before listing places, a) As it is the hockey game and this is Montreal, most places will be extremely loud, and made louder by the addition of the volume on the TV. b) Depending on where you choose, you might want to get there as early as 5:30 PM, some of the places are not all that large and don't take reservations. And c) depending on the type of cuisine and atmosphere my list is below:
Scratch Kitchen at Copacobana (3910 St-Laurent) - small, students, Indian food, cheap, good.
Mr. Steer (1198 St-Catherine) - large, hamburgers, probably the quietest place on the list, the only one dowtown as well.
Magnan's (2602 St-Patrick). - very large, roast beef, taverne style,
DNA, at the bar (355 Marguerite D'Youville) - High end, terroir, one of the better wine lists in town, will take reservations.
Rotisserie Portugalia (34 Rachel O) - Very good Portuguese grill, not too expensive, tiny.›3 Replies -
I've half-watched hockey at "Les Cons Servent" (Papineau near mont-royal) on a small TV above the bar.
I've seen a large screen at "Macaroni" on St-Laurent showing hockey (and food network tv)
Max.
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I went to see a game at Lakloche on Parc between St-Viateur and Bernard. The food was typical resto-bar stuff - burgers, pizza, nachos etc. but it was tasty and they have two giant projection screens as well as a smaller plasma screen tv. It's loud but not annoyingly so. And it's in the Mile End area so you can avoid that downtown core.
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