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What the Hotel Loews Vogue’s L’Opera Bar lacks in size, it makes up for in Francine. You see, Francine has been the bartender there for 19 years (“I started when I was 15” she told me with a mischievous laugh) and legend has it she makes a mean cocktail.
It was clear that some serious investigation on my part was required…
Though Montreal does have a couple good ones, the Hotel bar is usually not a place that locals tend to frequent. Enter Francine, a smiling and flirting dervish behind the bar who is so beloved by her Montreal-abiding regulars that every October they throw her a massive birthday party that goes late into the night. How many hotel bars can boast that?
Francine is behind the bar, from 5-12 every Tuesday through Friday. If you’re wandering around Montreal’s downtown core and want to relax a bit while planning the night ahead, I recommend stopping in. Come for the cocktails, stay for the Francine.
(514) 285-5555
1425 Rue De La Montagne
Montréal is one of the best cities for music in the world - from massive international fests to tiny hole-in-the-wall spots. Montrealers like to go out, eat, drink and be social. Possibly because it's a fact that Montrealers are extremely beautiful people. It's a big city that behaves like a small town, or maybe the reverse. I've been a music journalist for about 10 years now, and there is no better city than this one to be doing it. It's going to be a busy year.
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