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- Best Nights:
- Wed, Thu
- Alcohol:
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4 reviews for Korova Bar Terroir
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Korova Bar Terroir
10/6/2009
LOVE this bar! It's so nice to find someplace so laid back yet FUN in this classy town.
Reminds me of my old college bars- no rules on dress, no rules on debauchery, no rules.
Pool table, baby-foot (fuzbol) and a round of tequila shots at midnight to ring in my sister's 21st birthday! I will always remember this place!
Listed in: MONTREAL
Korova Bar Terroir
3/10/2009
Chill place. Laid back. Dress codes? Not here! Come in pajamas and it's cool.
I noticed a lot of people working here have beards.
When I was there the DJ was playing some folk-type music a lot. That isn't really my thing.
But if you are with a good crowd, it is a perfect place to be silly and no one cares in the slightest.
Yeah, I agree. It is kind of like a basement, but it is on the 2nd floor so hold on to something/somewhone when you stumble down the stairs later and proceed to the next stop on St Laurent.
Korova Bar Terroir
11/5/2008
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This is a completely biased perspective, given that I DJ the Saturdays, but I'll say that my involvement with Korova is entirely based on the fact that 1) I like the staff and 2) I like the place.
Since being taken over by a consortium of one self-declared prick, a pint-sized Persian, a surfer and a mysterious Portuguese man, this place has grown better by leaps and bounds. The decor has been described as what you'd imagine a late 70s basement rumpus room would look like if the older teenaged brother had been indulged his decorating tips - classic table-top video games used as tables, some kitschy Pabst Blue Ribbon signs, and Catholic icons. And yet, Pop's firm hand can be witnessed, too - in the form of two fireplaces, a gigantic stuffed caribou head on the bar, and three stuffed deer heads above the booths across the room. There's a pool table and a foosball table, as well.
Korova also boasts and hosts the varied DJ nights (natch), which cover the spectrum from - good Jesus - occasional bluegrass nights, classic rockabilly, post-disco boogie/rare groove, disco, classic rap, whatever newest indie hits are being hyped on Hype Machine, some of that dastardly blog house, and the perkier moments of 90s hip hop.
The Thursday night is one of the newer and sweeter nights - hosts Trevor Anderson (from the High Dials) and George Donoso III (formerly of the Dears, the guy even has his own Wikipedia entry. Wow.). It's called Thrills, Pills & Bellyaches and focuses primarily on the sorta pan-Atlantic hits from the mod and northern soul scenes, as well as classic R&B and soul. Always packed, plenty of dapper gentlemen and well-dressed young ladies packed onto the dancefloor and swinging away under the dull glow of the blue neon sunglasses above the DJ booth.
Wednesdays are hosted by two brothers and a Mennonite runaway from Saskatchewan. They play new-wave, sweet post-punk gems from way back when, and damaged post-rock that isn't lame, like Six Finger Satellite and associates. I bet they've played the Monorchid before.
Korova Bar Terroir
9/1/2008
Really cool upstairs bar on St Laurent. Really under the radar as far a bars and places to dance goes. Definitely no dress code. Admittedly a little bit of an American Apparel vibe, but that's what's awesome- it just means that you dont deal with egos, fights etc- it's just chill. Standard bar, like $5 Boreal.. Id say the best part is the dancing. Its basically a DJ with maybe a group of like 2 dozen people dancing in the front of the place. One of the best sets I've heard, some Justice, some Kanye, some Latin stuff, some remixed oldies, just everything- truly awesome. No thumping techno here.
Go to korovas- honestly, it's really cool
