before yelp canada arrived, i had to go to the streets to find the cool, local spots in quebec. thanks to an awesome dood that held down a convenient store, he let me in on what he called the current hot-spot in montreal.
made it to old montreal via cab in less than 6 dollars from le centre sheraton. the lounge is actually connected to a beautiful hotel- notre dame.
i went in and was impressed by the exquisite design aspects that reaked of pretentiousness, but this was deflated when i was serviced by the very down to earth barkeeps that were both very model-esque.
after swigging on a generous pour of macallan, i asked of any jazz bars that were open...the monica belluci doppelganger asked if i made it to the terrace yet. that is one thing you realize in quebec, all the hit-spots have a terrace.
made it to the eighth floor from the elevator, confused...walked through a kitchen which brought me to one of the f*cking most incredible skyline views i have witnessed.
the dj was kicking some 90's hip-hop- black sheep's blue cheese and from there the stage was set.
beautiful people, very international crowd (heard like six languages being spoken among groups), well-mixed drinks. i ended up taking it all in, along with a few gin-tonics- which is one of the most ordered drinks in this town and then headed out to cruise old montreal a bit.