Captivated by Montreal! Mont Royal, croissants, and secret bars (Part 2)

[@emiriebois2428]

It is so beautiful

[@LivinginCanada]

Are you planning to visit Montreal soon? In case you're from Montreal, please let us know anything else that's interesting or important to know about visiting Montreal!

[@janem3575]

bagels. can't leave Montreal without going to St Viateur or St Urbain bagel. And Lester's or Schwartz's Deli. Haven't been to the St Lawrence Market in over 12 years. But even then, just touristy. Also weekdays, there wasn't much to buy. The vendors came on the weekend to set up and sell. That's when it was busy. Most people ordered ready to eat foods from the stalls

[@thomasmartel1739]

I recently visited the Westmount summit, with the most spectacular view I have ever seen. The old-montreal, to take a ride into the boat, and great restaurants. The Plateau Mont-Royal and Outremont, to visit, gorgeous Parks, like Mont-Royal, Beaubien d'outremont, great architecture and eating at the luxurious restaurants. The Southwest, visiting Canal-de-Lachine, Angrignon Park. Verdun, with great view of Brossard via to the beach, Nun's Island, vegan restaurants. Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, to visit numerous cultural museums or eating at numerous culturally different restaurants, Saint-Joseph Observatory, bowling alley Quilles G Plus, and numerous universities. Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, great view of the lake, restaurants, and shopping.

[@bonjournamastay]

i think u gotta pin this up...

[@joenroute9646]

So many to visit .

[@LivinginCanada]

Yea, and we didn't even go to that many places!

[@9grand]

Really like your impression of cities you are visiting

[@LivinginCanada]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@MellyP22]

Montrealer here! So a few places/ activities to keep in mind, weather and season permitting (ie summer and going into fall): 1) Near Atwater Market on Lachine Canal is Terrasse Ste Ambroise. Great views, great beer, great vibes. Very popular amongn locals. 2) Around Mount Royal next to the monument to Sir George-Etienne Cartier there are the "Tam Tams", which is like a weekly informal festival of drums and music. You can have a picnic at Parc Jeanne-Mance with views of Mount Royal, Hopital Hotel-Dieu, and the music playing. 3) At the Botanical Gardens, September to October, they have the Gardens of Light, where a lot of the gardens are lit up with silk lanterns in the evening / night.

[@CptVein]

Atwater market is great. When I want to treat myself, I get cheese at Fromagerie Hamel, I get some cold cut at Walters and I get some bread at Premiere Moisson.

[@LivinginCanada]

This just makes me hungry! :)

[@malvaashdown]

Oh, you HAVE to visit the botanical garden next time, one of the best I’ve seen (I have seen a few during my travels)! Beautiful in any seasons.

[@LivinginCanada]

I would love doing that next time. I think fall is a better time for me, as I have allergies lol.

[@malvaashdown]

@@LivinginCanada Fall in the Botanical garden is quite nice! Each year, there's a Lantern festival in the Chinese garden. Crowded, but magical.

[@NeaJewelry]

I'm glad you liked your trip! :) Hochelaga resident here ☺️👋🏽 Unfortunately, since you were here last year, in the Maisonneuve market, the fish stand (and the lunch place right across it, in the middle of the building) have since closed :/ The owner of the 2 places was the same person, so i guess he decided to retire or something. both spaces have been empty for a couple months now, I really wonder what will eventually open there 🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh, and we say "Mile-End" pronounced in English :)

[@LivinginCanada]

Yes, it was lovely! That's too bad that they've closed, it seemed everything was available at that market. Thanks for the note, now I know! :)

[@jayjoo1866]

Great video to tour Montreal !!! Nice food, markets and bars. The coffee was in super big sized glass 😅 Thanks for sharing :)

[@LivinginCanada]

You're welcome, thank you, I'm glad you liked it! The coffee was really good...

[@mlu007]

Those exterior staircases on multiplex buildings were created out of necessity in the early 20th century. Back then, municipal bylaws prohibited facades from being built flush with the demarcation line between the public road and the private property. As a result, buildings had to be built recessed from the sidewalk, resulting in a lower interior surface area. Instead of wasting precious interior space with staircases, architects simply moved them outside. Those exterior staircases are typically found in historically working class neighbourhoods where multiplex buildings abound. Many Montrealers considered exterior staircases an eyesore and the upper-class city of Outremont banned them by the middle of the century.

[@LivinginCanada]

Thanks for providing that bit of history and background!

[@alkaiable]

Living in Canada and living in Montreal are very different things, Montreal does not feel anything like any other city in Canada.

[@LivinginCanada]

That was my impression too!

[@canada4life551]

only because it’s in quebec otherwise it would be like toronto

[@gabrielbelangerfrancoeur180]

And quebec is different from montreql, and vancouver is different from toronto etc

[@sadp9013]

Im grow up in montreal was not an adult at the time but i had alots of fun going on the brige on longue board la rond mont royal ect

[@jess_s3]

I will travel to Montreal soon and I'm so glad KZbin recommended your videos! I didn't see many videos about pubs and nightclubs, and in this video, you showed us a lot lol thank you!!

[@LivinginCanada]

Happy to hear that, there's so much to explore in Montreal, I only experienced a tiny tiny slice of that nightlife. I'm sure you'll find plenty of fun places!

[@user-gh7yf7yn4o]

Your video helps me to plan my trip to Montreal on Victoria s Day🥳🎈

[@LivinginCanada]

Glad to hear this was useful! Enjoy your trip to Montreal!😎

[@mariakoufalis1487]

Did you enjoy your visit to our city? What did you do?

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Montreal is built on an island and the city has 19 different boroughs with a strong sense of community .. Atwater market is very popular and friendly . Jean Talon market is the largest in CAnada and located to Little Italy with amazing food and night life .

[@LivinginCanada]

It's really a beautiful city!

[@MiM.Canada]

It's a lovely video. For more information regarding how to visit #montreal and Montreal tourist attraction spots, refer to youtube.com/@MiM.Canada?si=4cX0DyBbwfUadphD

[@FusionDelAcier]

The markets you visited are a little far from where I live (Verdun) to go grocery shopping. In the summer though there's a farmer's market every wednesday in a nearby park. It's cheaper and fresher than what the supermarkets have to offer so that's where I go whenever I can. Promenade Wellington in Verdun is a super nice pedestrian street in Verdun with lots of cafés, bars, restaurants, all kinds of boutiques. There's often events like street art or music shows. It'd be a very nice few hours for a traveler, and it's not very touristy so less crowded. There's access to the river through a gorgeous park nearby as well. You can even swim in the river. Maybe next time!

[@LivinginCanada]

I never heard about Verdun! Sounds really great, I'd love to visit some other time, thank you for the information!

[@tommcfadden748]

Visited Canada for the first time last June, flew into Montreal. Lady beside me on the plane who was from Montreal recommended some places to visit, that included Verdun. So I visited on my first evening and walked along Rue Wellington. Delicious meal in Verdun Beach. On my last night in Montreal, by which time my pal had joined me, we returned to Verdun Beach for our last meal in Montreal. We visited Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto too. All lovely, but by far Montreal was our favourite! I've booked another trip for this year to visit beautiful Montreal and will be sure to return to Verdun!

[@andreraymond6860]

FYI the Maisonneuve market was built around a historic building dating back more than a hundred years. It was originally the city's custom's house. Produce would ship down the St-Lawrence seaway on barges from farms all over Québec and finish down the street where it would get transferred onto carts and hauled up to the market. Ships would unload in the same area and merchandise entering Canada would makes its way through the custom house, the big building next to the market to be evaluated and taxed. There used to be a train track at the rear of the building where the merchandise from around the world would be loaded and shipped west to the rest of Canada. The disused tracks were pulled up in the 1990s, but I saw them when I moved into the neighborhood in the late 1980s.

[@LivinginCanada]

That's super interesting, thanks!

[@michouriki]

Glad you enjoyed your stay in Montréal! But I would like to point out that the Darling is not in Mile End, which is located North of Mont-Royal Avenue. I would say it's in Little Portugal, which is another part of Plateau (as Mile End is).

[@LivinginCanada]

Good to know the precise location, thank you!

[@Robck27]

As always great video!! I had the chance to go twice, once with my family and then with my wifes family. Definitely the views from Mont Royal are totally worth the walk, I and I didnt knew about the markets, will totally try them on a future visit. Any plans on going to the west side? Vancouver/Alberta/Edmonton/Calgary ??

[@LivinginCanada]

Thank you! Definitely, I want to go there too, but perhaps next year!

[@Jonathan-e9y]

Next time , visit St-Louis square with amazing french architecture houses . Grab a baguette , cheese and wine at any grocery stores, SAQ( liquor store or convinience store and have a pcnik at La Fontaine park or Laurier park. You can drink alcool in parks as long as you eat food . For biking , go on Notre DAme Island and bike on the F! grand prix track ( Gilles Villeneuve) . Montreal has more than 1,000 biking infrastructures .

[@missOhdrey]

I've lived here all my life and I haven't been to half the places you visited ahah

[@LivinginCanada]

Not surprising, I didn't visit a ton of places in all the cities I've lived before :) There's never the time!

[@signupisannoying]

I'm planning to bring my 75 years old mom to see Niagara and Toronto. Is it worth taking extra 6 hours to visit Montreal too? We don't drink alcohol.

[@LivinginCanada]

I believe it is worth it, if you have the time of course because it takes a while to get there from Toronto

[@leftieknitter7392]

What did you tip for food at market

[@maestroadam]

I do shop at farmer's markets on the weekends - I recommend Jean Talon for sure. Atwater is too busy. I prefer my local fruiterie though, on Atateken -- extremely cheap

[@andreraymond6860]

FYI the biodome used to be the Olympic velodrome in 1976 for the Olympics. It was converted into a biodome some time in the 80s. In the 2000s the Montreal Dow Planeterium was transplanted to the Olympic site under the new name of Rio Tinto. Also one of the big cinema chains built a multiplex called Star Cité right next to Viau metro station. The city has done all it could to utilize the Olympic park and convert the stadium area into a viable tourist spot.

[@LivinginCanada]

Thanks for contributing!

[@jacquesdionne5686]

Maisonneuve Market belong to my sister and his husband (Dauphinais), my wife worked there for 2 years, it's one of kind market and very popular in hochelaga, at first it was an outside market with small table but one day they offered to the Montreal city council to invested and build and new section, that where you walked, and it's kinda funny you ended up at metro place st-henri cause i live 2 minutes from it ;)

[@J-Sebs]

Just a side note. In Québec, unless you are justly warned before hand, it isn't legal for the seller to add mandatory tip to the bill. If it isn't previously warned, it remains your discretion what to tip for the service you receive. This is covered in the "Loi sur la protection du consommateur". Consumer protection laws are severe and comprehensive in Québec.

[@LivinginCanada]

Good to know, thanks!

[@MrLuchenkov]

As a resident, I'd say that I personally go to such markets weekly (I'm 40 mins off Montreal, in a medium-sized town with this lovely historic open-air market dating back to 1832, very fresh produce because we're where the foodstuffs in Quebec are produced!). I'll do a part of my groceries at some supermarket and then head to an open-air market for fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, cheese and one or two cuts of good meat. Most of that stuff is grown on bio-friendly farms. As for prices, Quebec is slightly cheaper than Ontario on the average, but most items are on par. However, there's a few areas where life is definitely cheaper here: -Power bill. Hydro-Quebec has a monopoly and we have an abundance of affordable energy. It has went up (because the govt uses that money to finance other stuff) but it's still much cheaper than elsewhere. I have a 2BR with several appliances (two tv's, a dishwasher, washing machine and dryer) running frequently and I pay about 60 CAD a month. -Rent. Rent has went up in the past few years, as the government has dropped the ball on building new affordable housing so there is definitely an affordable housing crisis. With that said, Quebec as a whole is cheaper (even much cheaper when you go outside of Montreal) than the rest of Canada and the USA. My own 2BR, in a well situated town at the edge of Montreal's suburbs (about 40 mins, as I said), was 682$ CAD per month. It's a large 2BR, with a nice balcony, a large locker room and a parking spot. It's going to be 707$ starting in July. To come back to prices, you tended to go to slightly more expensive places who are often recommended to tourists. It's not a bad thing, they're well worth it, but living here, you'd likely find some equally good places where you'd pay less. Messorem, for example, is definitely a bit expensive for a brew as it's more of a brewery than a pub, if you will. Glad that you had a blast, though. Hope you'll come back for another trip. :)

[@LivinginCanada]

Thank you for the very detailed explanation! It's quite eye-opening. Rent does make a huge difference. I thought so, yes we enjoyed the places but I bet there are a lot more unique and affordable places. I'll definitely come back and explore more of Montreal!

[@SylvainCote-d3k]

if you like to run there is a nice tracks in the park kent in cote des neige nice little park

[@LivinginCanada]

Sounds great!

[@spoitras]

In Montreal fruits and vegetables are bad and expensive at the grocery store, so I buy at the fruit shop, and I often go to Atwater and Jean-Talon markets where you get the in-season produce first

[@LivinginCanada]

I also like to go to the fruit and veggies store here in Toronto, they have much better quality too!

[@johnvermette9466]

22:31 It's actually called "Mile End" (as in the american miles) and the reason for it , it's mainly because in the 1850's the majority of the inhabitants of that "square mile" were anglophones. So the name stuck and is still referred as the Mile End

[@LivinginCanada]

Nice to know a bit about the history, it makes it easier to remember! Thank you!

[@Erick-w4h9e]

What can you recommend for mall or amusement areas?

[@LivinginCanada]

I didn't go to any mall, so I would ask anyone from Montreal to contribute here!

[@Erick-w4h9e]

Your in Montreal?

[@mariakoufalis1487]

@@Erick-w4h9e She visited last year. Doesn’t live in Montreal.

[@malvaashdown]

Downtown, Centre Eaton is the main mall, it’s a nice place to shop. As for amusement areas, we have a Six flags amusement park, but it’s pricey. As shown in her part one video, the Old Port is a fun place for families with a lot of activities, a big maze, a science museum, Imax, zipeline, etc.

[@mariakoufalis1487]

Mile End is simply pronounced like the word mile. Your pronunciation is for the word mille meaning thousand. The few streets that make up Mike End in the Plateau refers to the tail end of the Plateau that ends one street over on Hutchison.

[@LivinginCanada]

Good to know, thank you!

[@wnose]

0:58 Montreal's core is dominated by plexes, which allow for medium density, resulting in much more accessible rental/real estate prices. LOL, you can't compare Maisonneuve Market to St Lawrence Market. Like comparing Hamilton to Toronto and saying "Oh, Hamilton is pretty small." A proper comparison is Jean Talon Marche, which is the largest outdoor market in Montreal.

[@LivinginCanada]

After visiting Jean Talon Marche the following day, I see what you mean! In any case, I loved Maisonneuve Market because it's so easy to navigate. Thanks for the insight on the housing market!

[@Centurion3D]

The Biodome use to be the Velodrome that was build for the 1976 Olympic. It was repurpose for the Biodome.

[@LivinginCanada]

Good to know, thanks!

[@TonkyTube]

Me again! Local montrealer answering your questions 1. Personnally I don’t go to public markets for groceries so much but more for logistics reasons since I’m living quite far from all of them and I mostly go to cheaper grocery stores, but I do go to Jean-Talon Market once and a while when I pass near it, usually for vegetables since it’s very fresh. In my opinion, Jean-Talon Market is the best public market in Montreal but Atwater is a very good choice too. 2. Mile-End is usually pronounced the Anglo way even by Francophones. But we do hear people say « Meel-End » too, but it’s a little strange.

[@LivinginCanada]

Thanks for sharing your experiences, interesting!

[@ziwang]

21:40 that was belvedere kondiaronk, not the sunset outlook

[@LivinginCanada]

Glad finally someone told me! Thanks

[@jean-claudebertrand7125]

I do shop at markets and prices are quite reasonable compared to Supermarkets

[@LivinginCanada]

Nice, good to know that!

[@etow8034]

A little history of "Lachine" or "The China" in French, when the French explorer Jacques Cartier got here in 1534 he thought he found China the voyage he was tasked with and thought the First Nations People the Iroquois and Mohawks were Chinese, little did he knew he had found North America instead.

[@act_sion]

Like Montreal staircase , it makes it so unique . Unlike Toronto

[@LivinginCanada]

Although I'm not the biggest fan of it, but it does add a lot of character at least!

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Can I learn French in Montreal?

[@EliasBac]

Canada doesn’t do Cheap 😂

[@reyflowers6011]

Hope i can ask you for a date

[@LivinginCanada]

I'm married😆

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Croissants are a French tradition, not a Montreal one. Montreal is not a slice of France in North America.. It is North America in a hillbilly version of the French Language.

[@alainbellemare2168]

Markets are tourist traps overpriced

[@slyvainLebeau]

You guys are cheap. lol