What Living in Montreal is REALLY Like (NDG Montreal Vlog)

[@sundriedolive]

NDG is in my opinion the hidden gem of mtl. I moved here in 2017 after a lonely first year in the city and immediately felt so accepted and enveloped by the community. Getting a job in this neighbourhood and being introduced to the local crowd changed my life, for many years I actually watered one of my regular's plants while she went away in the winter! Best food, best people, diverse and loving community. I seriously can't say enough about NDG.

[@eddi8209]

Ndg is best place

[@juliobonilla2222]

I grew up there as a kid I loved every second of it I love your montreal videos keep up the good work my friend

[@phxyle4936]

@@juliobonilla2222 Same full

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, I like NDG too.

[@mauricegauvin6217]

I stumbled upon your channel by accident, but I enjoyed seeing how someone new to the city sees it with fresh eyes. I was born outside of Montreal, moved to the South Shore with my family and as soon as I could moved into the city in the early 1980s. I worked, studied and partied all throughout the city until opportunities brought me to Ottawa, Whistler and Kingston. Through it all I would come back to see family and friends and feel the vibe again. It's always in motion, hot spots come and go, trends change, neighborhoods evolve and that all adds to the mix. I came back again in the winter of 2019 only to find my old hood of NDG still standing, but much ... much more expensive than my old student days. Still, with a bit of searching, I found something that people in Toronto, or Vancouver would die for. "The Deege" is still in my opinion one of the best neighborhoods in MTL.

[@susiex6669]

My parents moved from Massachusetts to Montreal when I was two, in the late 70s, and settled in NDG. Ive lived in this neighborhood all my life and for as long as I live in Montreal, will never leave. Protect this neighborhood and keep it from becoming a gentrified hellhole, its a gem.

[@KyleRuggles]

I LOVE NDG! Moved here back in 2014 from Ville St Laurent, it's my home now. ^_^ Lived in Cote Des Neiges, TMR, VSL, can't see myself living anywhere else but NDG now. ^_^

[@logeluan1]

As always, fantastic video: you never disappoint.

[@Dan-pd9ys]

Very solid video. I’m a native anglophone Montrealer and I will say that the anglophone community spends a lot of time in NDG, especially in the Monkland Village and Sherbrooke areas. Others do too but definitely one of the more anglophone and multicultural neighbourhoods. Tons of pubs, restaurants, cafés, chill atmosphere. You explored a good chunk of it!

[@Dan-pd9ys]

Also FYI the modern building at the start of the video next to Vendome station is the new McGill University Health Centre! Finished 5 years ago. One of the biggest hospitals in the country.

[@sophielachapelle8423]

Whaaatt you guys passed by two of the main gems of NDG : The Corean - Japanese Grocery and Akhavan, a Middle-Est grocery right beside (corner of Sherbrooke and Beaconsfield)! If you are around... Don't miss going there!

[@SkooksLaster]

i love NDG everytime he went next to a spot that my childhood was built on i smiled

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

Grew up in NDG, near Monkland, and you've stirred some incredible memories for me. Thanks!

[@DisruptedSinner]

Thanks for the Montreal area videos, I'm really enjoying them and how viewers are being included in the tours. I think this should be a regular segment even if you do revisit some areas multiple times. I'm actually moving back to Montreal after being away for almost 20 years and these videos really bring back a lot of memories. I can't wait to move back. :)

[@canadious6933]

I am super excited to see you continue to show off each unique section of Montreal island. No one else has done it on youtube

[@rochelleeallenn]

so weird seeing my street being filmed and put on KZbin !! i walked by every spot in this video 19377226 times happy to see people visiting / showing my neighbourhood i grew up in it’s so underrated!!

[@NJack-uu8ej]

After some reflection, I realize that a major reason I've enjoyed this lovely video so much is that it doesn’t report on a tragedy or violent crime. I hadn’t realized how over-saturated I’ve been with video footage of our beloved neighbourhoods showcasing only tragic news events or wild weather (such as the tornado-like storm that hit NDG Park in 2017, which, btw, was the last thing I remember watching about NDG until I came upon your vid). Thanks!

[@danf8047]

0:51 that'd be the GLEN hospital :). It's cool to see my old stomping ground (from 1991 to 2010) I lived on Benny, Grand, Decarie and NorthCliffe which was just a street over from Vendome. Spent my youth there attending higshool/cegep and university. While quite a few things have changed some stayed the same. So many good memories.

[@stevenhiggins2258]

Hi Dan, I really enjoy your videos and I appreciate them. I'm also from Winnipeg, and I moved to NDG over a year ago, and your videos really helped me make my decision on where to go. As an Anglophone, NDG seemed like the best place for me to land in. I'm glad you enjoyed the area and that it treated you well, not to say that I've had a different or worse experience. All in all, NDG is a beautiful borough and Montreal is a beautiful city with so much history and culture. I've lived here, in Hochelaga, and on the Plateau, and I've worked in Dorval, Mount Royal, and in Saint Laurent, and so far I like it here the best.

[@stevenhiggins2258]

Also, winter really isn't that bad here compared to back home, amirite

[@alexsanti4098]

The architecture and craftsmanship of old buildings is amazingly beautiful, worth sparing from demolition, if you ever pay attention to details... Old architecture is definitely beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing 🐢🐢🐢

[@macrostephanie]

My old neighbourhood, lived around the corner from that theatre, saw many great movies there over 40 years ago!

[@m.e.3862]

Glad you found the neighborhood. It's great in it's walkability and full of small shops and restaurants. You missed chalet BBQ though which is legendary in the area. I'm happy la louisiane is still there after 20+ yrs. Had a good birthday dinner there once. The Empress used to be cinema 5, a repertory theatre and I saw lots of films there like The Terminator. It had a great interior and if you sat in the front row you could put your feet up on the stage and dump your coats and bags there in the winter. Too bad it's been left to fall apart like that. The neighbourhood has always been great, but recently rents have been going up and people are being priced out like one guy in the news who has to move to Brossard. You should check out Cote de neiges next! 🐢🐢🐢🐢😊

[@SkooksLaster]

4:30 is my favorite park, the Park Girouard. 6:14 Monkland is honestly my favorite street som many places that are so convinient and you can walk on any road and feel like this neigborhood is so welcoming.Also that particular corner shown at 6:14 has my favorite restauraunt: Al Dente 9:00 that Esposito has probabluy gone out of stock of kitkats the amount of times i stole some as a kid. 10:21 fun fact that restaurant was open only for like 8months so they were pretty lucky to be there at that time. 11:24 ahh the Benny library just infront of it is the swimming center were i stole so many lost and found goggles im getting so nostalgic ahh I LOVE MY CHILDHOOD!! i love seeing all of this

[@chipotleburrito]

that’s so sick

[@kristinereyes9942]

Welcome to our neighborhood. I lived just across ndg park 🙂

[@sierralvx]

This was beautiful! 🐢 I usually go right through this neighborhood on the bus to my friends house in West Montreal, I should walk through more often! I can't wait to run into you on the street one day!

[@maritimus_]

cool to see my neighbourhood and even my street in one of these videos haha

[@sutileza6409]

Mon quartier d'amour, my NDG!! 9 years of my life in Montréal.

[@ishaannayyar]

Why did you you leave ?

[@iwantakittyful]

what an awesome wholesome video! Leigh seems like an awesome and sweet person too! You asked great questions and she had really interesting responses.

[@ieatcheese9013]

wow! it's so nice to see one of my favourite places through a lens!

[@StefanG5]

Huge thumbs up to you The New Travel for taking the time to show off NDG. I'm a local guy who spent about two years in NDG living in a 3 1/2 on Madison avenue. NDG has some nice restaurants, parks and relatively cheap housing ( I think, anyway, as it's been over ten years since I lived there). Because of all that, It's a good place for uni students to live since it's also only about 20-30 minutes away - by bus and/or metro, to reach any of the campuses on the island.

[@katiescott8576]

Have been loving this Montreal series! Can't wait for more!

[@TheNewTravel]

Thanks Katie

[@coconutnghtmr9931]

Just stumbled upon your channel and seriously, you've got some great content on here. I especially like that you're showcasing parts of Montréal that just don't get the love they deserve. I really hope that in the next few years, more tourists will dare venture off the beaten path of Downtown/Old Montreal/Plateau and get to truly experience our beautiful city. You should totally do Ahuntsic next, which is another of Montréal's hidden gems in my opinion. Gouin boulevard, Île-de-la-Visitation nature park and Fleury street are some of my favourite spots in the entire city.

[@booknerdwithlipstick]

I'm a Montreal librarian that also offered to tour my neighborhood and so I found it very odd to see a fellow Librarian on the channel ☺️ Thank you for asking questions about our profession 👌🐢

[@shday1]

Wow! I just moved to NDG from the West Island and I've barely seen any of the stuff in the video. The map of your route is a great idea. Thanks so much!

[@KyleRuggles]

Welcome to NDG!

[@shday1]

@@KyleRuggles Thanks!

[@terryomalley1974]

What part of the West Island? I was born in Pointe Claire, but grew up in DDO.

[@3letta90]

Yeah cause he showed the great parts of this place lol

[@paulaannstewartTHANKFUL2024]

You went to my 'Hood!!! I love it!

[@TheNewTravel]

Thanks Paula!

[@hamel9673]

This is my neighborhood!! Thank you!

[@kevztunz]

The building behind you with the mural was my first ever apartment in Montreal!

[@deepesh1995]

Soon gonna move to Montreal and your videos are really nice.

[@AvroBellow]

DUDE! YOU MISSED CHELET BAR-B-Q!!! How does one walk so close to Chalet Bar-B-Q and not get drawn in by the smell? It's like walking down Atwater and not noticing the Forum! Ah NDG (aka No Damn Good)! The neighbourhood that William Shatner, Jay Baruschel and I all call home! That mural next to the Provi-Soir (or as it is now known, Couche-Tard) on Sherbrooke at Madison is very well-known. Our Lady of Grace! The mural with the child and the Rubik's Cube is my favourite and I didn't know what it was called until now. I think that it's on the northeast corner of Sherbrooke and Decarie Boulevard facing west not too far from the border with Westmount. You can see it from the legendary Chalet Bar-B-Q at the corner of Sherbrooke and Addington on the west side of the Decarie Expressway. Hahaha, Vendome Station. It looks like a moon base. It's pronounced "Von-Dome" and it's one of two stations in NDG. The massive modern-looking multicoloured building is the Montreal SuperHospital. The other Metro Station is Villa-Maria which is on the east side of the Decarie at Monkland. It has a red/orange/yellow colour theme with some circles of those colours (and for some reason, also purple). Vendome is a short walk down a few steps and is right under the street but Villa-Maria is DEEP because the gradient of the land rises considerably as you go north. This is especially noticeable on Girouard between Sherbrooke and Terrebonne. NDG is incredibly beautiful with its huge old Sugar Maples providing somewhat of a shady canopy over the streets and avenues. They give NDG its tranquil atmosphere. The Monkland village has some great restaurants and boutiques. NDG is one of the last bastions of Anglophone Montrealers, a stronghold that has endured despite not being on the West Island.

[@tanner.angelo]

Awesome video as per usual! Saint-Henri is also a really nice neighbourhood for a potential next video

[@joy2u7888]

I enjoyed seeing my old stomping ground and felt touched. I wish you had mentioned The 'Chalet Barbeque' restaurant, as it's an over 50-year landmark and the same today as years ago, on Sherbrooke st. So good tasting and has a homey feeling like no other! You still did a great job filming!!! The park at the corner of Girouard and Sherbrooke, I learned how to ice skate in the wintertime! All great memories!! Thank you!!!

[@LucasRodrigues-mv6zu]

What a beautiful place.

[@honeynut26]

Great video! 🐢 Nice to meet you Leigh! Thanks for your neighbourhood tour! 😊

[@omegadeltazero]

So happy you went to Ndg man grew up in that spot 🐢🐢🐢

[@jessebrigden2920]

Nice to see where I grew up on your channel! Not eating at Cosmos was a missed opportunity though. There was even a documentary about it called Man of Grease.

[@TheNewTravel]

Sometimes I wish I had three stomachs. I'll be back for cosmos! I've heard good things 👍

[@mariakoufalis1487]

@@TheNewTravel Grease being a play on words as the owner was born in Greece.

[@cnlicnli]

Leigh: Excellent co-host & NDG guide.

[@lesfatalspicards]

🦊 just could not find a turtle 🤭 Only found your channel yesterday - thank you You Tube… Am making my way though your videos and really enjoying them…👏👏 Hello from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@DanielleBallou]

🐢🐢🐢 thank you for posting these fun & informative videos! You are helping my research to move/fueling my wanderlust. lol

[@GermanKorb]

Turtle! Great video of NDG! Thanks!

[@disneyplay4]

I’m currently living in Vancouver, but can’t wait to finish college and move to Montreal

[@denizsezenakademi]

🐢 🐢 🐢 My neighbourhood! Love NDG and the Benny Library:) Thank you for the video!

[@kingastyanax]

you should also go to cote des neiges and visit the oratory! great video!

[@synthia.oficial]

You are amazing!

[@shapeoftimes]

Beautiful video! We'll be visiting Montreal next month. Till then, cheers from Toronto!

[@leahomer4149]

Thanks for filming my childhood neighborhood, aka the neighborhood nobody goes to except people who live there haha. The big modern looking building is the new super hospital. Sherbrooke street is the hipper younger area, the monkland village is the most gentrified posh area, and deeper in ndg near fielding and walkley is the "ghetto" or so people used to call it. Other great restaurants are the persian cafe toranj, they serve their food on golden platters, bangkok express and tacos tijuana. Cosmos is also an establishment, but more greasy spoon style. It also has akhavan market, which I miss terribly with bulk nuts and olives, and a few korean markets. Ijust needed to dump this information here.

[@eddi8209]

From walkey

[@3letta90]

In ndg the ghetto was/is walkley/fielding and under the tracks

[@mkraulis]

Not sure it's in NDG, but if you come out of Vendome and walk to the left, cross over the highway to Upper Lachine Road. On the west side of Old Orchard street is a restaurant called Momesso's. Go in and try their Italian Sausage Submarine sandwiches. Just fantastic.🐢

[@philplasma]

I haven't been to Cosmos in years, maybe I'll go tomorrow.

[@sleepyjj5]

Oh how I miss ndg...as soon as canada opens up I'll surely be there...

[@jeffreymcdaniel6813]

Is there a direct Metro into downtown or the village? Little Italy? I want to stay there but I don't want to get stuck late at night without transportation back to my hotel.

[@alexjohnson8209]

Awesome video i love ur tour guide montreal is so beautiful.

[@tigalbaby]

Very nice intro to NDG. Always loved walking along Sherbrooke from Rue St Laurent all the way to NDG …. simply to de stress . Did not know the food was so reasonably priced. And I may have visited the used bookstore referred to at its old location . Was looking for a Thomas Hardy and the lady owner was very helpful.

[@Susie470]

That modern bustling is the super hospital.

[@Vancouver_Dan]

I am enjoying this series - thank you. You were close, but would love to see a deeper dive into St. Henri with its very interesting history (Gabriel Roy, etc..).

[@karinturkington2455]

Great video, again.

[@michaelslob3581]

The Modern building outside Vendome metro is the MUHC super hospital.

[@nancychartrand7808]

I was born and raised on Benny farm ,,totally different from when we grew up on the farm

[@TheNewTravel]

I bet! I wonder how it used to look...

[@yurialenccar]

I'm really loving your channel. I'll be moving to montreal next year. For while, doing some french classes in Duolingo (For my lucky is similar to portuguese). Thanks for show the city as it really is. Greetings from Brazil

[@susiex6669]

You'll also find a lot of Portuguese speaking people in the city. A good Portuguese community and many Brazilians have moved here in the last few years.

[@hershey5790]

Always loved NDG. Looks a lot like some NYC neighbourhoods.

[@clairewillow6475]

Girouard park❤ almost as awesome at chilling on mount royal

[@Joey-sq8de]

Cool! You should have walked residential streets too, some streets have really awesome brick houses, if you're into architecture... cheers

[@aggiebattery8354]

🐢 Excellent video!

[@jeanblier8571]

Nice content ! Merci

[@RoshanMenon2876]

Fantastic as always. Next time please do go to Our beef of grace LOL

[@josephr9551]

I have been to Montreal a couple of times. I usually stay at the Auberge Alternative de Vieux Montreal. You have opened Montreal up more for me, so thank you man! I'll buy your next pulled pork sandwich, ha, ha. Take care.

[@nicoler.6309]

Great job Dan ! 🐢🐢🐢

[@joenroute9646]

From someone who has lived in Paris , you are not supposed to know how to pronounce 'Vendôme. Like la place Vendôme, next to the Opéra. It is famous for the very expensive and exclusive Jewelry boutiques and with the famous column with Napoléon .

[@leojf1ca1]

Très intéressant, comme toujours! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@XlON___]

Interesting to see new-ish/modern buildings in Montrèal. It would be cool if you ever make a video in some neighborhood where all buildings are like that.

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Modern means bland ... all the same in north america..

[@zulmakarnacha]

ooooh la la , merci voucoux

[@renaudhobden4236]

NDG have the greatest Judo Club in Canada : Shidokan. Nicholas Gill (who i think the first Olympic Champion for Canada in Judo) (Located in Le Manoir ).

[@antonboludo8886]

NDG is a cool area.

[@jdhjimbo]

Looks like NDG is a great neighborhood - very diverse architecturally and ethnically, and the kind of place to easily call home. That pulled pork sandwich looked wonderful! Too bad that great Empress Theatre has to be taken down - hope they can retain some of the facade, as they do not do this architectural detail anymore.🐢

[@benjiprice3348]

J❤ NDG. Mon quartier ❤

[@lulupaz9366]

Nice video,I would love to be there🤔

[@jato6269]

But the 1 year I’ve been back in Mexico, I got to apply to go to Canada to work and study which I Love!

[@cranker100]

It wasn't on your radar because of how expensive the rent is in NDG. Enjoyed the vid.

[@jamesmclean5636]

I'd like to show you the Montreal metal Sean ..its why I live here.!

[@TheNewTravel]

hey James send me an email or msg let's talk instagram @thenewtravel email danvineberg (at) gmail (dot) com

[@NOVAsteamed]

If I'm not mistaken, the Empress theatre will be demolished but the facades will be kept which is half the good news.

[@TheNewTravel]

Hopefully they do something good with it.

[@drebotz]

🐢great video!!! this is a biased op, but i grew up in NDG and it's by far the best hood in MTL. I said what I said.

[@iamanisland]

NDG is an amazingly beautiful neighbourhood to live in but if you live west of Cavendish, it takes forever to get anywhere in the city on account of the lengthy bus ride to metro Vendome.

[@charleslemoyne9920]

Yes, it’s officially called NDG park but most people call it Girouard Park. And Vendome is pronounced VON-dome

[@emiriebois2428]

Parc Girouard SVP

[@longjohn77]

​Cry about it​, frog@@emiriebois2428

[@equinn2911]

You should have went to calem ! Best and most trendy place in NDG right now

[@naomikahsay-dd5hf]

you went to montreal and i live there and u showed my houseeee

[@imachination2560]

Montréal seems to be really open minded and a cool place for a student life Nice to meet your interviewed ❤️ is it common to see us move to Canada to live?

[@jennross6466]

A native NDGer all my life. An enjoyable video. Were you pronouncing libraries as libaries?😆

[@Alex_Plante]

Great video! I'd show you my part of town, but I walk like a turtle...

[@adrianm111]

I watched to the end, Dan, but I can't figure out the emojis on my laptop :)

[@Axel_Noboo]

If you want to easily remember the paths of your visites, you should use a running/biking app that records your route.

[@ShinobiScience]

Fun fact :William Shatner lived 1 block over from Chalet BBQ! 👍👽

[@eddi8209]

Thx for video and making home sick for the food and ppl in ndg

[@dariodefelice9540]

Check out the West Island 🐢

[@terryomalley1974]

As a native of DDO, I can honestly say that Dan will need to rent a car to do justice to touring the West Island.

[@turnleftrighthere2605]

Great work! I want the $9.00 special please!

[@TheNewTravel]

Mmm I could go for another one right now 😀

[@jeffreymcdaniel6813]

@@TheNewTravel is there a late running metro or bus to downtown or Little Italy? Or le village from NDG? Do they run late. I am going to be visiting from Detroit.

[@QuocVinhVan]

The Empress Building, was it the place William Shatner did go to see movies. I need to walk in Anjou to see what it is interesting.

[@richies6420]

🐢 of course... I love libraries..

[@iamanisland]

It would be fantastic if it turns out to be true about them trying to save the facade of the Empress to integrate it into the design of the new building. It’d be so sad if it vanished completely.

[@iangurudata]

Welcome to my neighbourhood! 🐢

[@jato6269]

My only question is, like I lived in the states from 4 immigrated involuntary into the states lived there till 23 years old. Now I came back to Mexico Voluntary to do things right