post-worldcon 2: montréal miscellaneous

[kirkcudbright]

Posty McPosty says these should have come after at least the Biodome pics, but those (still) aren't ready yet, so there you are.





Last evening in Montréal, and we decided to mine the resto guide "worth leaving the palais area" section. L'Atelier is under different ownership, same name but totally different menu. Au Pied de Cochon has the wrong phone number listed (my bad proofreading), and we discover what "booking essential" really means: totally full at 7pm on Tuesday. OTOH, it's in trendy neighborhood, with lots of restaurants, like this Afghani place next door. BYOB, but there's a dépanneur (corner shop) on the corner, and they sell wine. And the woodwork really is as Seussian as it looks.


In the park by the river.






Rail line to the old grain elevator.


WTF apartment blocks (with the emphasis on "blocks").






It's art, it can't be anything else. Actually, it's a human figure, like something out of Picasso's Guernica.


In front of Gibby's, where foms and con_girl took us to dinner - best steak in Montréal, hell yeah.




Olive et Gourmando




Moulton bike.


The Legendary St. Viateur Bagel Shop.


When I was googling images of Montréal bagels for the resto guide, I kept coming across variations on this theme: the wood-fired oven and bagel chute at St. Viateur. When I told Kylie I was bringing in my camera for the obligatory bagel photos, she was incredulous. But she brought her camera too...




This guy is clearly used to the bagel tourists; he had me come behind the counter, and made a show of rolling out the dough for me.




Flour.


Sesame seeds.


Coffee house on the same block.

Comments

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Ann and I are definitely going back to Montreal when there isn't a convention in town.

Gibby's looks interesting.

Do the coffee cups spell something beyond the "LU" in the photo?

[foms.livejournal.com]

The apartment blocks are Habitat '67, build for the 1967 World's Fair. The architect is Moshe Safdie.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Now I want to travel to Montreal...haven't been there in something like 15 years. ::cough::