My wife and I were totally lost in Montreal, stopped here to get directions, and with no indication we were going to buy take-out coffee and tea, the server gave us great and detailed directions.
We all need the "kindness of strangers," and any place that has that on tap is going to be good for a neighborhood. The coffee and tea were both great.
One of the arguments I make in my e-book, Food for City Building, is that vibrant main streets anchored by a range of food stores, add enormously to the social capital of a neighborhood -- as we see happening in front of our eyes in Saint Henri.
Thank you for your hospitality.