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| - When I lived in Montreal, this was hands-down my favorite jewelry store. Along with three friends, we used to make a weekly visit to browse (after cheap Thai and 2 for $5 beer at Maison Thai, before it turned terrible!) Sometimes our grad school budgets even allowed for a purchase! I was a regular patron for about 5 years and have a number of pieces that I still wear regularly. Like Jane K., I also directed my husband there and told him any item he purchased would make me happy! Some prices are a bit high, but overall the quality is good and I never found another store in the city that satisfied my Sterling cravings like Freitag.
The owner has fantastic taste and although she never struck me as overly gooey nice, she was always helpful. She has her own line that she makes (marked by a tiny charm stamped "Freitag 925") which offers simple, clean pieces that I consider timeless. She also has helped with adjustments - she took a link out of a bracelet my husband bought and turned the link into a pendant for me, and after I shortened the chain on a Freitag necklace I bought and regretted it, she replaced the chain with a longer one (for a small charge, or even free, can't remember).
I miss my visits to Freitag and still make it a point to stop in when I'm in Montreal - I'm never disappointed!
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