Montréal Shopping

  1. Birks Jewellers

    For more than a century this upscale vendor of baubles and bangles has been Montréal's answer to Tiffany's of New York. After the business went bankrupt an Italian group took over and completely refurbished the weighty Romanesque-Renaissance building in 2001. Just the coffered ceiling in Wedgewood blue warrants a visit to the sales floor.

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  2. General 54

    The hats! The bags! The community consciousness! Mile End artists have created almost everything stocked at this great little boutique. Goods here are sold on consignment with creators getting the lion's share of the proceeds from the store. You'll find stuff here you won't find anywhere else including funky T-Shirts and some of the coolest leather handbags ever.

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