Atwater’s new day centre
Radio-Canada visits the building at Atwater and Ste-Catherine that was most recently an Asian fusion restaurant but will soon – “si tout va bien” – be open as a day shelter for frequenters of Cabot Square.
Nakuset should be put up for an Order of Montreal. I’m not in a position to do it, but maybe I can put the idea out there.
Ghost of Ginger Baker 19:24 on 2019-10-21 Permalink
Wasn’t that once the first McDonald’s in Canada/ Montreal, built in the run-up to the 76 Games?
Michael Black 19:48 on 2019-10-21 Permalink
I don’t think it was first, but it was the first one I was ever in, so definitely first in downtown Montreal. Maybe first in the Montreal area.
If I remember properly, the franchisee did later open the first McDonald’s in Russia, I think based on some connection here during the 1976 Olympics.
As I recall, the building was built for the McDonald’s.
Michael
Uatu 17:27 on 2019-10-22 Permalink
It was the 4000th McDonald’s to open in Canada. There used to be a plaque on the side of the building to commemorate this. It’s also why the windows facing Cabot square kinda sorta looks like the number 4000 ; 3 round windows and one long one in the back. It used to be crazy busy on game nights and concerts, but it is better it’s across the street in Alexis Nihon because they get lots of$$ from the mall/metro/Dawson traffic
Blork 21:44 on 2019-10-22 Permalink
Um, that 4000th McDo thing sound apocryphal, especially given the address is 4000 Ste-Catherine O. Seems like too much coincidence.
dhomas 06:11 on 2019-10-23 Permalink
The first McDonald’s in Quebec was opened in June 1972 in Montreal, though I cannot find which location opened first after a quick search. There were “over 2000 restaurants” at the time, so the 4000 number seems wrong.
See here for a job posting from 1972:
http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2720324?docsearchtext=Premier%20restaurant%20McDonald%27s%20Montr%C3%A9al
As a side note, it’s shocking today to see the overt sexism in the ad (“des postes intéressants pour des HOMMES débrouillards”). Was that pretty much par for the course at the time?