I’ve updated the Montreal Restaurant List. A couple of places have been taken off the “to try” side, some to disappear forever some to make to the “done and worth going back side.” And there have been some additions to the “to try” side as well. I’ve also added a list of “Must Eat” dishes at some iconic restaurants in town.
Remember to print it up double-sided and keep it in your wallet so that you have it with you at all times when it might prove useful – that or download it to your phone. As per usual if you have any comments, suggestions or ideas, please feel free to email me at zeke@zeke.com. And if anyone is interested, the previous versions have been downloaded more than 2,300 times.
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The only thing I could really find online were these two excerpts from videos by Ms. Biggs. M. Dorion does not appear to do the internet and Mlle. Moreau hasn’t updated her website in a couple of years.
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Installation view of Sylvain Bouthillette’s 15 Hertz at Galerie Trois PointsFlavie Boucher’s entry in L’Art du Style at Les Ailes de la ModeView of the New Sculpture Garden at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
It’s been a while. We jump from version 3.01 to 3.04. Numerous changes all over the place, both on the places to try side and on the worthwhile side. On top of that I also did some changes to the formatting. Hopefully, it will make it easier to read. Zeke’s October Montreal Restaurant List.
Remember to print it up double-sided and keep it in your wallet so that you have it with you at all times when it might prove useful – that or download it to your phone. And if anybody is interested the list has been downloaded about 830 times, so far.
Last week I went to see a performance of the Cirque Éloize‘s iD. If you would like to hear what I thought about it, listen here:
Cirque Éloize’s iD
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First off, props need to be given to all the performers: Ignacio Adar, Lisa Eckert, Nicolas Fortin, Jesse Huygh, Xuan Le, Nadia Lumley, Justine Méthé-Crozat, Baptiste Montassier, Samuel ‘Sam Sung’ Nadai, Thibaut Philippe, Jeremy Saint-Jean, Ryan Shinji Murray, Emi Vauthey, Kone Thong Vongpraseuth. I also have to thank Two Zombies Later for all the background music. Then during the podcast I mention 21 Jump Street
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Last month Eloi Desjardins from Un Show de Mot’Arts and I got together to discuss the fall art preview articles that appeared in La Presse, Le Devoir, and Art Intake.
The EZ Montreal Art Podcast episode 6
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Over the weekend I tried a new beer, Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset (so new in fact, that in this day and age, I can’t find a single useful link anywhere for either of them). I ended up recording my thoughts about it. Call it the Zekecast, Zeke’s Montreal Beer Podcast, a beercast or whatever.
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In a nutshell, it’s a very reasonable and nice beer made better by it being made locally. Bright yellow, 5% abv, it comes in thin 500ml brown bottles with a label that evokes baseball uniforms. It has strong hay overtones with a nice aftertaste, I also was able to taste and smell at first some celery then a vague citrus scent and flavor (somewhere in between lemon and grapefruit) and a slight hint of something approaching licorice. However the lasting image and memory is of a late summer pasture. It’s much better when drunk extremely cold.
A bottle of Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset
For those who are interested, the players on the Expos who wore the number 7 were Bobby Wine (1969 – 1972), Bob Stinson (1973 – 1974), Tony Bernazard (1979), Ron LeFlore (1980), Hubie Brooks (1985 – 1989), Lou Frazier (1993 – 95), F.P. Santangelo (1996 – 1998), Orlando Merced (1999), Todd Zeile (2003) and Tony Batista (2004). But as I point out Alain McKenna is probably wrong in thinking that there is any link to baseball, as here in Montreal the name will be pronounced “broh-kuhn set.” As the number seven is pronounced “set” in French. So it is much more likely that if there is any sports connection it is to tennis. And it only occurred to me now, that not only did he not write anything substantial about the beer, but what little he did write, he got wrong, implying that it is a Lager, when in fact it is an Ale.
The label for Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset
The label for Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset
A bottle of Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset
A bottle of Broken 7 by La Compagnie de Bière Brisset
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The Albert on DurocherThe Beau Chateau on GuyCastle Arms on Prince Arthur (I think)The Denise on Edouard MontpetitThe Elms on ElmThe Fort Crest on du FortThe Gameshire on Côte Saint-LucThe Julia on ParcThe La Salle on Sainte Catherine EThe MadeleineThe NordauThe Olympia on Sainte Catherine EThe Parkridge on Côte-Saint-LucThe ReadingThe San Marcos on Saint MarcThe Tower on Côte-Saint-LucThe Van Dyck on DecarieThe Westmount Chateau on de Maisonneuve
