Montreal for 18 year olds
Apr 9th, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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Montreal for 18 year olds
Author: Firstlade ([email protected])
Date: 04/09/2006, 04:23 pm
My 18 year old and friends are headed to Montreal for spring break. Any suggestions on inexpensive places to eat and night life for them.
Date: 04/09/2006, 04:23 pm
My 18 year old and friends are headed to Montreal for spring break. Any suggestions on inexpensive places to eat and night life for them.
Apr 10th, 2006 | 06:16 AM
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Montreal for 18 year olds is nirvana. There are lots of places that young crowds congregate in the evening, especially up on St. Laurent near Prince Arthur. There are dance clubs, restaurants, etc.
St. Denis up above St. Catherine is also very lively with cafes, shops, clubs, etc.
Crescent Street, which is more downtown, is also very popular with the colllege age set, especially the more non-french speaking set. I'm sure there is lots going on near the McGill campus downtown. Since 18 year olds are not on my radar screen, I'm not sure what the policies are in clubs that serve alcohol for this age group.
As for places to eat, they won't have any problem finding inexpensive places, especially up on the Plateau (St Denis up to Mt. Royal).
Mt. Royal street is also very popular with the college crowd, with lots of funky cafes, clubs, and shops.
St. Denis up above St. Catherine is also very lively with cafes, shops, clubs, etc.
Crescent Street, which is more downtown, is also very popular with the colllege age set, especially the more non-french speaking set. I'm sure there is lots going on near the McGill campus downtown. Since 18 year olds are not on my radar screen, I'm not sure what the policies are in clubs that serve alcohol for this age group.
As for places to eat, they won't have any problem finding inexpensive places, especially up on the Plateau (St Denis up to Mt. Royal).
Mt. Royal street is also very popular with the college crowd, with lots of funky cafes, clubs, and shops.
Apr 10th, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Nickels is a Montreal-based chain, created by Celine Dion, but depending on the musical tastes of the kids, this should not be held against the restuarant.
When I lived in Motnreal, it was a great place for a lot of food at a fairly low price; really good hamburgers, banquet burgers, pies, etc., with a 50's - 60's rock and roll theme.
Swiss Chalet and St. Hubert are bar-be-cue chicken restaurant chains. I think Swiss Chalet is the finest restaurtant in Canada, when price, food quality, and service are combined. If these kids are math students, then could do a cost bebefit analysis whiole having a quarter chicken dinner, and pie, with tax and tiop, for about ten bucks.
And for lots of really good food at a low price, (quote lifted from some web site) Schwartz's 3895 St. Laurent & Duluth pretty well world-famous; this is *the* place to go for smoked meat, lineups day and night, and well worth it"
This part of St. Laurent has lots of restaurnts and stores that would interest the visitors, too.
Along St. Catherines, which is the main downtown shopping street, they'll see a number of deli-style restaurants and low priced steak houses with windows full of giant pickel jars. These have all been there for a long time, and most are pretty good. Tell them to look for crowded places. That's a good sign. If there's no crowd, it's because people have gone once and never again.
The food court int he bottom of the railway station, underneath the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, has excellent food (not chain stuff) and lots of it is very reasonably priced.
BAK
When I lived in Motnreal, it was a great place for a lot of food at a fairly low price; really good hamburgers, banquet burgers, pies, etc., with a 50's - 60's rock and roll theme.
Swiss Chalet and St. Hubert are bar-be-cue chicken restaurant chains. I think Swiss Chalet is the finest restaurtant in Canada, when price, food quality, and service are combined. If these kids are math students, then could do a cost bebefit analysis whiole having a quarter chicken dinner, and pie, with tax and tiop, for about ten bucks.
And for lots of really good food at a low price, (quote lifted from some web site) Schwartz's 3895 St. Laurent & Duluth pretty well world-famous; this is *the* place to go for smoked meat, lineups day and night, and well worth it"
This part of St. Laurent has lots of restaurnts and stores that would interest the visitors, too.
Along St. Catherines, which is the main downtown shopping street, they'll see a number of deli-style restaurants and low priced steak houses with windows full of giant pickel jars. These have all been there for a long time, and most are pretty good. Tell them to look for crowded places. That's a good sign. If there's no crowd, it's because people have gone once and never again.
The food court int he bottom of the railway station, underneath the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, has excellent food (not chain stuff) and lots of it is very reasonably priced.
BAK
