98231 Wed Oct 05 10:25:54 -0700 2005 3 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 533089 We are getting away for 2 nights, celebrating a 30th birthday and our wedding anniversary. Wondering what the best, must-have eats are? We are staying in Old Montreal. Prices not a concern, but we are not necessary looking to eat in old, ‘stuffy,’ restaurants. Looking for younger, hip picks, but most important, really good food. Breakfast / brunch, lunch, dinner. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Wed Oct 05 10:25:54 -0700 2005 0 RB 1 533090 cannot go wrong with Toqué! I'd check out Verses, Cube and Les Remparts. Maybe Decca 77, Milos. Wed Oct 05 10:52:23 -0700 2005 533089 0 Christine 1 533096 For lunch: Titanic ( eclectic food, great sandwiches), rue St-Pierre; Olive& Gourmando( see above), rue St-Paul; My Cahn ( soupe Tonkinoise), boul. St-Laurent; the great Italian bistro whose name I can't remember ( I had lunch there today!) on the corner of St-Jacques and St-Pierre (across from Eggspectation) All of these are in old Mtl except My Cahn which is a hop skip and a jump away Wed Oct 05 19:14:34 -0700 2005 533089 0 Daveyy 1 533102 First thing to bear in mind is that Montreal — at least the part that usually interests visitors — is fairly compact and getting around is safe, easy and pretty affordable, so you won't have to make a huge effort to go to nearly any place discussed on this board. (That's a hint: a number of people have taken time to post detailed reviews and recommendations, and you're doing yourself and them a disservice if you haven't read the more recent ones.) Not to blow my own horn, but you'll find a starter list of reccos in the recent thread >Specifically to Carswell...YUL Resto Recommends Please - Gastro Gnome 12:36:33 9/27/05 For good food and hippish, pay special attention to Le Club Chase et Pêche, Ferreira and Joe Beef. To those I'd add Old Montreal's Chez L'Épicier (www.chezlepicier.com) and the Plateau's Au Pied de Cochon (536 Duluth East, 514 281-1114). Another Old Montreal café/bar to add to the list is the newly opened Daylight Factory (1030 St-Alexandre, 514 871-4774; open M-Tu 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., W-F 7:30 to 3 a.m., Sa 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.). And re a couple of other reccos you've got, a number of longtime patrons of Toqué! think it has slipped since its move. And Verses and Les Remparts are hotel restaurants that cater mainly to tourists and, however good, are not exactly representative of the small, chef and market-driven eateries that many feel are what makes this an exciting city to eat out in. YMMV, of course. Wed Oct 05 22:30:30 -0700 2005 533089 0 carswell