Eating is an art, too. Here in Montreal, I've been mostly doing groceries and making my own to save $ better spent on alcohol, shopping, and the usual rock debauchery. So a few of the things I love to eat are as follows:

1) Fairmount sesame bagel, cut in half and lightly toasted with Liberte cream cheese and honey drizzled on top.

2) Liberte maple yogurt and/or Dare maple creme cookies.

3) Tuna with hot peppers, dill and lemon on a bed of greens.

4) Rye toast spread with eggplant, tomato, and sweet peppers and havarti cheese.

5) Baraka hummus with tahini.

6) The eggs benedict brunch with niçoise salade from M sur Masson.

7) The 'untraditional' poutine from Café Local on St. Viateur.

8) The after 10 PM $20 special at Café Leméac on Laurier (I haven't tried this yet, but at $20, how can I not?)

9) Tapeo or pinxto tapas...

I don't like smoked meat so much, so Schwartz is not on there, and since I feel the same about foie gras, the Cochon is not on my list, either.

Some good bars to go to in Montreal to meet good people:

1) L'Escogriffe (Wed - Sat)

2) Foufounes Électriques (Wed - Sat)

3) Casa del Pop...

4) Salon Daomé

And, if you go after midnight, the green room on St. Laurent.

I wish someone would have told me this two weeks ago. Hmpf.

We're experiencing the quiet before the storm (ie. Do Make Say Think and two Justice shows on Friday), and people aren't going out much during the week.