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 1. Sofitel Montreal

1155 Sherbrooke Rue W
Montreal, QC H3A 2N3
Canada
(514) 285-9000

Category: Hotels

4.0 star rating
  7/3/2010

Husby and I stayed here for 4 nights during the Jazz Fest (which is still going on); actually, we just checked out yesterday early morning.

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*Allowed early check-in.  We got in from the 747 bus from Trudeau Airport, which dropped us off at Rue…More »

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 2. Brutopia

1219 Rue Crescent
Montreal, QC H3G 2B1
Canada
(514) 393-9277
4.0 star rating
  7/3/2010

Husby and I came here Monday night.  We were trying to find this place amongst all the other bars on Rue Crescent.  It was raining and we were walking back and forth trying to find Brutopia's sign- it's kinda hard to spot but we eventually saw it.

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 3. Fairmount Bagel

74, avenue Fairmount Ouest
Montreal, QC H2T 2M2
Canada
(514) 272-0667

Category: Bagels

4.0 star rating
  9/12/2010

Cute bagel shop and restaurant in a French-speaking part of Montreal.  I felt like I was pretty far away from the city center even though it was a short metro ride away.  The menu is in French so I had to use what I remembered from high school to…More »

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 4. Saigon Style

91 Rue St Catherine East
Montréal, QC H2X 1K5
Canada
(514) 313-2080

Category: Vietnamese

2.0 star rating
  7/3/2010 First to Review

This is a Vietnamese restaurant.  When we walked by, it looked like a busy, modern, and clean (!) space  inside so we thought it'd be a good bet.  Everything on Rue St. Catherine is tourist-y so we were trying to find some authentic eats.

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144 Useful, 63 Funny, and 104 Cool

Location

San Mateo, CA

Yelping Since

February 2007

Things I Love

kare-kare, bagoong, garlic noodles, pancit, bagels, diniguan, chicken adobo, rain, Wizard aka Wiz, a great hair day, chocolate glazed doughnuts, Ben and Jerry's CoffeeH.B.Crunch, my husband, Tony Bourdain, Mitchell's Ice Cream, chocolate, soup, Lola's cooking

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a vat of nutella

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The Last Great Book I Read

God Never Blinks

My First Concert

Rolling Stones, I think

My Last Meal On Earth

adobo dripping with garlic and vinegar flavah, ben&jerry's coffee heath crunch!

Most Recent Discovery

Chateau Kabab in Montreal

Current Crush

blueberries & honey atop Greek yogurt