Unprovoked little boost for St-Henri

I don’t often do this kind of thing, but I’ve been working in St-Henri for a year now, and while I can’t say I know it well, I know it better than I did. Here are some things I’d like to recommend:

Atelier Pops-Art on Beaudoin south of Notre-Dame, in a kind of undefined space between rows of houses. The best popsicle type things I’ve ever tried. Right now I’m in a cucumber-lime phase but that could change.

Saint-Henri Books, on Therien, a tiny street that runs along the west side of massive St-Zotique church on Notre-Dame. They offer an exquisitely curated selection of titles in English and French in a small storefront on an obscure side street. New, not used.

Coffee from Campanelli.

These three things can be usefully combined in a visit to leafy George-Étienne Cartier square nearby, one of the city’s finest classic squares with a terrific fountain in the middle.