As we had a few hours before Kevin needed to leave for the airport we took walk around the city. It was very productive. I have a lot of photos. Meanwhile here are some highlights.
The breakfasts at Eggspectation continue to be awesome.
The archaeological museum, Pointe-à-Callière, will be having an exhibition about pirates during Worldcon.
Old Town (Vieux-Montreal) is well worth a visit. There’s a long stretch of Rue Saint-Paul where every second or third shop is a restaurant. We found a Polish restaurant, a Portuguese restaurant, several places that advertised good beer and so on. Really, it is hard to go hungry here.
After that we checked out the IGA grocery store just up the road from the Holiday Inn. It has everything you need for party supplies, and if the order is over CA$50 they’ll deliver for CA$4.75. It also happens to back on to a large shopping mall with a big SAQ (government liquor store) if you don’t like the wines and beers in IGA.
There are also several small grocery stores in Chinatown.
The short version is that Montreal is starting to look like a really good Worldcon venue.
Kevin has his own assessment here.
It is a good venue for Worldcon and I am glad there is a Liquor store and Grocery store nearby.
I was only able to spend one full day exploring Montreal back in 2004 (or ’03), and do remember the many streets that seemed like every third place was some sort of restaurant. Do remember that there were a wide variety of places, that is for sure.
Will make the Eating Guide a little hard to do, but should be full of choices!