Pub entertainment in Montréal
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Bières & Compagnie
This relaxed pub has a great choice of European and local microbrews alongside excellent pub grub and mussels.
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Ziggy’s
Walking into this European-style pub and sports bar, you’d never guess it was once the watering hole of some of Montréal’s most infamous writers and journalists (boisterous late newspaper columnist Nick Auf der Maur practically lived here). These days, Ziggy’s features imported draft beer, nine televisions and celebrity memorabilia, included a hockey jersey autographed by Habs hero Maurice ‘The Rocket’ Richard.
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Sir Winston Churchill Pub Complexe
This Rue Crescent staple is the go-to spot of the block. Winnie’s cavernous, split-level pub draws a steady crowd of tourists and students and an older Anglo crowd. In fact, the late, great author Mordecai Richler used to knock back cold ones in the bar upstairs. With multiple bars, pool tables and pulsating music, meals are served all day and happy-hour drink specials abound.
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Grumpy’s Bar
This unassuming basement bar is a former stomping ground of Anglo intellectuals of an era gone by. Open-mic night presents stand-up comedy and spoken word on Wednesday, and most nights feature live blues, jazz, rock, country or folk. Grumpy’s Moonshine on Thursday nights is legendary, with acoustic bluegrass jam sessions reeling in famous local musicians.
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Reservoir
We adore this low-key, friendly brasserie. It’s nice but not too pricey and the mixed crowd is artsy but unpretentious. If you appreciate good beer, the owners brew their own on the premises. A small kitchen prepares gourmet lunch, after-work snacks and weekend brunch. Come summertime, the 2nd-floor terrace overlooks the bustle of this busy corner.
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Pub Ste-Élisabeth
Tucked off a side street, this awesome little pub is positively revered by Montrealers for its heavenly vine-covered courtyard and drink menu that includes beers galore, whiskies and ports. It’s got a mind-whirring repertoire of beers on tap, including imports and rare-to-find microbrewery fare like Boréale Noire and Cidre Mystique.
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Brutopia
This fantastic brewpub has eight varieties of suds on tap, including honey beer, nut brown and the more challenging raspberry blonde. The brick walls and wood paneling are conducive to chats among the relaxed student crowd. Live blues bands play some evenings. It really picks up after the night classes from nearby Concordia get out.
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Ye Olde Orchard Pub & Grill
A Celtic pub in the middle of the Plateau, who knew? Yes, the third Montréal location of this popular chain is a lucky charm for its diverse clientele. Beers on tap, good food, waiters in kilts, live music, sports broadcast on TV, poker tournaments and other fun events keep this place rollicking from afternoon to night.
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Burgundy Lion
This trendy take on the English pub features British pub fare, beers and whiskies galore and an attitude-free vibe where everyone (and their parents) feels welcome to drink, eat and be merry. Things get the good kind of crazy late-night weekends. Tip your cap to Queen Elizabeth, whose portrait adorns the bathroom door.
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Cock ‘n Bull Pub
This weird joint is part dive bar, part Irish pub and all good times for students and low-rent party seekers. Located on a semi-seedy strip of Rue Ste-Catherine, its not-so-Irish food menu is – wait for it – Chinese. But cheap beers and theme nights like karaoke and bingo attract a fun, smart crowd.
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Pub St-Paul
In the heart of Old Montréal’s most touristy drag is this rock pub, a hit among students, jocks and passersby. A lunch and dinner menu of upscale pub fare (think yummy chicken wings) is served, live bands rock out weekend nights, and drink specials complete the Top 40 formula.
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Nyk’s
Its artsy-chic vibe makes this warm bistro pub the preferred lunch and after-work spot of Plateau cool kids who happen to work in downtown offices. Daily happy hours and pub finger-foods are a joy to downtowners seeking an authentic experience. Sometimes it even has live jazz.
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Club Date Piano-Bar
This gay tavern knew what it was doing when it karaoke-fied the spot. A mixed crowd cheers on aspiring vocalists from all walks of life, from hilariously awful to downright star-worthy. Cheap drinks and a weird saloon vibe guarantee you a night to remember – or forget.
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Dieu du Ciel
Packed every night with a young, francophone crowd of students, this unpretentious bar serves a phenomenal rotating menu of microbrew beers, running from classic ales to stouts that taste like chocolate or espresso, to a beer so smoky it’s like sucking ash.
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Peel Pub
This barn of a pub is a student institution for its cheap pitchers of beer and greasy-spoon menu. Happy hour is lengthy, from 3pm to 7pm. During televised sporting events fans hurl vocal abuse at the 30 big-screen TVs and it gets so crowded it’s hard to move.
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McKibbin’s
With its garage-sale furniture, McKibbin’s cultivates a familiar, down-at-heel pub atmosphere. Its live entertainment varies from Celtic, pop and punk music to drinking contests. The office crowd pops in at lunch for burgers, chicken wings and salads.
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Hurley’s Irish Pub
This cozy place features live rock and fiddling Celtic folk on the rear stage and beer-soaked football and soccer matches on big-screen TVs. Standard pub grub – fish ‘n’ chips, meat pies and burgers – is also served.
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Les Trois Brasseurs
This chain of European brewers has set up a great locale in the Quartier Latin. Four homegrown beers are always on tap and the menu has a number of great bistro-style bites. During summertime, sliding garage doors let in the cool night air.
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Le Vieux Dublin Pub & Restaurant
The city’s oldest Irish pub has the expected great selection of brews (about $6 per pint) and live Celtic or pop music nightly. Curries rub shoulders with burgers on the menu. Fifty single malts.
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Quartier Latin Pub
This cool bar with 1950s lounge-style decor has a small dance floor and a DJ playing new wave on weekends. A great, reliable hangout any night of the week.
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