I will be visiting Montreal for the first time in October. We already have a place to stay. What is an absolute MUST and please include places to eat...we are FOODIES!

Thanks.

HI
you may get some kind souls to respond, but be aware that this particular message board is for European travel
good luck

You absolutely MUST go to CANADA!

Actually, there is a little village of Montréal in Burgundy, whose church has wonderful carved pews, but I do not think that this is what flatlander had in mind.

Even thought this is for Europe... well... since I'm here. Definitely see the Old Port area (old Montreal). Eat at Les Ramparts for a romantic meal. Eat at Le Globe (on St Laurent) for a hip/tendy place. Crescent St is neat though very touristy. Check out Newtown (Jacques Villeneuve's bar). Bar-B Barn for ribs/steaks. Mont Royal for the view of the city. How's that for a start!

And...
L'Express,Le P'tit Extra, L'Entrepont, Le Passe Partout are good bistrots...Bar-B-Barn is famous for ribs and chicken...small menu, but worth it. Old Port and PlaCe jacques Quartier are must hangout areas with many restaurants-Chez Queux for high end dining, for smoked meat (Montreal specialty) you can go to Ben's, Schwartz's or Dunn's, Actual for belgian, Piment Vert for asian, St Catherines street for shopping, St Laurent and St Denis for many restos, Westmount and Outremont nice area for mansions,etc..

Mike

I assume that you posted here by mistake. But just in case you have had trouble finding the Fodors travel forum re Canada, here's a link that should get you there: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=29

As a Montrealer, I would like to make two small corrections to the above messages:
1. Le Passepartout no longer exists.
2. The Piment Rouge (not Vert) is an excellent Chinese (Hunan and Szechuan) restaurant.

I was going to second the rec for Le Passe Partout; what happened to it?

Quite simply, the owner and chef, James McGuire, could no longer afford to subsidize it; the restaurant was costing him -- and his wife, Suzanne, who was the "maitre d'" -- more than it was bringing in.

The bakery -- breadmaking is McGuire's real passion -- is still in business.

To the OP, if he/she is still around:

Two recommendations for serious foodies with deep pockets:

Les Caprices de Nicolas

Toqué (although some people like it less since it moved from rue St-Denis to place Jean-Paul Riopelle in Vieux-Montréal)