97238 Wed Oct 22 22:47:18 -0700 2003 4 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 529400 I am planning a special long weekend for two in Montreal next month...Any comments/suggestions about my plans would be appreciated. (I've read almost every post on this board as prep.) I've marked an * where I would like comments, especially... Thursday: arrive from airport 5pm check-in Auberge Bonaparte drinks @ Altitude 737 (for view, mainly) dinner @ Au Pied de Cochon return to hotel Friday: breakfast @ hotel Botanical Gardens- visit bonsai collection *Lunch- would love to find a creperie Visit marche jean talon & pick up wine for dinner sightsee (as weather allows in Nov. We are from the Northeast, but cold is cold) *Dinner @ BYOB resto Suggestions?(1st choice was Poisson Rouge, but fear that it will be too much seafare for my companion as I'd like to go Anise on Sat. night.) play? symphony? Late drinks & jazz? Late movie? Saturday: breakfast @ hotel *shopping (books?, good deals? not versace) (I'd usually go to a museum, but I'm not crazy about any of the montreal offerings) *Lunch- something reasonably priced and good, but not so heavy as to spoil dinner...considering Boris Bistro; L'Expresse; somewhere I could get moules and my partner could get meat *Afternoon sightseeing/activity Dinner @ Anise (I'm wanting the surf 9-course w/wine) Sunday: breakfast @ hotel *late morning activity /bagel snack *good send-off lunch. (considering passe partout...) I get to go back to Boston, my poor companion heads to the midwest for a month. Travel to Airport. Thanks! Wed Oct 22 22:47:18 -0700 2003 0 eatme 1 529402 Alouettes playoff game! Thu Oct 23 14:27:38 -0700 2003 529400 0 KazamaSmokers 1 529413 Boris is ok for lunch, but just one block down McGill st. is Holder, which has great ambience and a more creative menu Sat Oct 25 22:37:07 -0700 2003 529400 0 david 1 529425 Although I'm not a Montrealer, I highly recommend Au Pied du Cochon and Boris Bistro (esp. Boris' maple cream tart thingy...) I was kind of put off by L'Expresse's snootiness, though I did enjoy the jar of cornichons w/ my croque monsieur. Good mustard, too. When in Marche Jean Talon, stop by Hamel Fromagerie. Just for some tastes. If you like whisky, find some sortilege. It's fantastic! (It's a maple whiskey.) My question to the board is - What time does Altitude 737 open? I don't really want to be there for the dance music, and I'd rather not eat there. I would like to go there for sunset, though. Is that an option? And how expensive are drinks/admission? Merci! Tue Oct 28 11:54:12 -0800 2003 529400 0 Lambretta76 1 529448 How come you are breakfasting at the hotel? Is it included? We loved breakfast--or brunch--at L'Avenue on Av du Mt-Royal (take the Metro to Mt Royal and walk just a couple of blocks right--eggs, fruit, delicious potatoes, bagel or rolls. Also, the delightful Jewish-diner-like Beauty's, 93 Av du Mont-Royal, same Metro stop, but go in other direction, toward the mountain, best to take a short bus ride on Av du Mont-Royal to get there, have mishmosh omelette, Montreal bagels, perhaps a smoothie if it's not too early? Note that L'Avenue does not accept credit cards (otherwise use credit cards every place you can, the exchange rate is far superior to anything you will get otherwise). We liked lunch at a little Portuguese restaurant called Jano, on St Laurent a few doors down from Schwartz's Deli. Nothing special I suppose but very reasonable prices, good pulled pork, plain barbecued chicken, Portuguese chips, Portuguese beer. On the day you go to Jean Talon Market, I suggest having lunch there, like at the Premiere Moison or the Hamel Fromagerie (220 Jean-Talon E), or maybe nibble at both. . . pate sandwich on bread, cheese esp the French imports illegal in the US . . . We love the Botanic Gardens, though don't know what it would be like in November. We also enjoyed a boat ride in the harbor, but again, that would maybe not be great in November. The archaeological museum in the Old Port was interesting, and just walking around the Old Port is cool. Also recommend Quebec City if you have time, it is completely gorgeous, with great food. Okay, that's my critique! Sun Nov 02 01:09:12 -0800 2003 529400 0 Wanda