I am going to Montreal in early April for 3-4 days. I plan to visit Julius Vesz and buy a raindrop pipe if possible. Beyond that, are there any other pipe shops? Also, does anyone have any favorite places to eat there? Thanks.
Montreal... Any Advice on Pipes and Food?
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You won't find Vesz in Montreal.
Blatter and Blatter is worth a look, they are right downtown.
If you go down the hill there's a place that does awesome smoked meat, Brisquet du Montreal, a little cafe. Get the red beer, I think it's Gryphon, it's very very good.
Blatter and Blatter is worth a look, they are right downtown.
If you go down the hill there's a place that does awesome smoked meat, Brisquet du Montreal, a little cafe. Get the red beer, I think it's Gryphon, it's very very good.
Unfortunately, Schwartz deli is gone, so the best smoked meat award is up in the air, but Dunn's is worth a trip (don't forget the pickle)
Find a proper montreal bagel place with a wood fired oven and pick up some of those, I believe there's a place downtown on St. Catherine.
Don't buy any tobacco, the prices will make you swoon
Find a proper montreal bagel place with a wood fired oven and pick up some of those, I believe there's a place downtown on St. Catherine.
Don't buy any tobacco, the prices will make you swoon
Blatter&Blatter for pipes and you might find some McClelland tobacco there 35-40 CAD for 50 grams, 60-75 CAD for 100 grams. Also Pat and Roberts on Ontario street, an amazing collection of old Petersons and even S Bang pipes. Tobacco wise you might get, if lucky, some vintage mixtures at the same Canadian prices.
For Montreal bagels try St.Viateur or Fairmount street. For a meat lover restaurant, try Rodisio not to far from the Courthouse on Notre-Dame street, all you can eat meat, Brazilian style for 30 CAD.
Also, if you want, we could have a smoke at Stogies on Crescent street. E mail me if interested.
For Montreal bagels try St.Viateur or Fairmount street. For a meat lover restaurant, try Rodisio not to far from the Courthouse on Notre-Dame street, all you can eat meat, Brazilian style for 30 CAD.
Also, if you want, we could have a smoke at Stogies on Crescent street. E mail me if interested.
+1 for Blatter & Blatter. Look at their "Select" line of pipes, made in house by Robert Blatter. The design is very robust, the vulcanite or ebonite they use on that line is of great quality, does not oxidize and they are amazing smokers! They have a very nice selection of cigars as well!
Thanks! Blatter and Blatter! Cool... I have seen some great pipes from them... Oh... Vesz is in Toronto... Darn! Boy will I feel stupid when he opens that email I sent him...
Thanks for the invite as well. I'll let you know. It's sort of a romantic getaway as she just agreed to marry me as of a few days ago. So, we are taking a train up and back.
Thanks for the invite as well. I'll let you know. It's sort of a romantic getaway as she just agreed to marry me as of a few days ago. So, we are taking a train up and back.
Geoff,
For breakfast I liked Olive & Gourmando. Very central location and great food.
If you like authentic french food, try l'Express for dinner. It is located in French quarters, and you absolutely need a reservation there. Few years back we managed to get a reservation for 9:30 pm on Wednesday. We left just before midnight and folks were standing in a hall waiting for their table. Not cheap, but well worth it.
Enjoy 8)
For breakfast I liked Olive & Gourmando. Very central location and great food.
If you like authentic french food, try l'Express for dinner. It is located in French quarters, and you absolutely need a reservation there. Few years back we managed to get a reservation for 9:30 pm on Wednesday. We left just before midnight and folks were standing in a hall waiting for their table. Not cheap, but well worth it.
Enjoy 8)
Absolutely do Blatter and Blatter at 375 Avenue Kennedy for their excellent pipes. Both the handmade Select line and the machine made regular pipes are great value for money and superlative smaokers. Their tobacco range is good and some of their bulk house blends are superb if expensive due to punitive Canadian taxes. Blatter Reserve is a favourite English blend of mine.
My favourite meal out in Montreal with the wife is to do the taster's menu at Maison Publique. They just keep bringing little samplers out of everything on the menu. It's fun, the food is excellent (Jamie Oliver is an investor) the decor is shabby chic bistro and comfortable and the beers are local and tasty.
Have a great trip.
My favourite meal out in Montreal with the wife is to do the taster's menu at Maison Publique. They just keep bringing little samplers out of everything on the menu. It's fun, the food is excellent (Jamie Oliver is an investor) the decor is shabby chic bistro and comfortable and the beers are local and tasty.
Have a great trip.
If you are an art museum rat, like I am, their major museum is centrally located, walking distance to many hotels, and excellent, reminds me of the Chicago Art Institute in its presentation of the work. If I went back, I'd hope to get a Blatter & Blatter pipe as a souvenir; I've heard everything good about them. I try to be careful with purchases on trips. Travel is pricey enough. But that would be a good purchase. If you enjoy boat rides, the St. Laurence River tour is worth an hour or two, partly to appreciate the adept piloting of the skipper who navigates the rocky protrusions in the channel with aplomb. River currents are the very devil for boats, especially big boats, and those guys are artists. You also get to see the old Montreal World's Fair ground, a sort of ruin, but quite a sight, notably the big geodesic dome.
lasttango, congratulations on your engagement. I am a proponent of marriage, having been married for 23 years, then a widower for ten, then remarried for 7 1/2 years. Being married is like gaining binocular vision. Your better half can see social situations and emotional weather that you can't; it's a whole new day.
Congrats on the pending nuptuals and have a great trip! All I've seen of Montreal is the airport, and I highly recommend you don't go there :D
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The Express restaurant, in Montréal, located in the "French quarters"? 8O It's located in the "quartier latin". :wink:
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