Magnan’s is now history
Voix Pop says Magnan’s was the third oldest restaurant in the city, after Schwartz’s and the Montreal Pool Room, although it closed in 2014 and, as shown above, the building, which stood empty for several years, was razed this week (photo taken by me on Friday).
Jim Strankinga 14:00 on 2019-01-19 Permalink
Now what will take it’s place? I am naive to say that it can’t be new condos, as the terrain was zoned commercial?
Morgan 15:27 on 2019-01-19 Permalink
Jim: It appears to be mixed commercial/residential.
DeWolf 19:08 on 2019-01-19 Permalink
More specifically, it’s slated to become an IGA with condos on top.
Kate 19:50 on 2019-01-19 Permalink
DeWolf, that’s rather less classy, if possibly more useful to the neighbourhood, than the image shown at Morgan’s link.
Ian 20:21 on 2019-01-19 Permalink
Kind of weird since there’s an IGA just down the street already… are they tearing the old one by the rail bridge down?
DeWolf 11:53 on 2019-01-20 Permalink
I think it’s the same building as in Morgan’s link. Here’s the floor plan, although maybe things have changed: https://mtlurb.com/topic/15457-2602-st-patrick-ancienne-taverne-magnan-3-etages/?do=findComment&comment=288844. It looks like a fairly small IGA, maybe an “express” version like the one that just opened in front of St-Laurent metro.
Blork 15:00 on 2019-01-20 Permalink
@DeWolf, maybe not so weird. That IGA on Charlevoix is sort of a shitty old-school IGA that primarily serves that section of the Point. I suspect they don’t get a lot of patronage from the people living along the canal in the new condos. But the IGA in the to-be-constructed building is probably going to be a smaller and shinier “IGA Express” like the one at the foot of that new condo tower that popped up across from the St-Laurent Metro station (seemingly overnight).
So in fact, IGA is sort of cornering the market. They don’t have to renovate the big IGA, yet they still capture some of the condo crowd by installing a smaller and fancier outlet closer to the canal. There’s no cannibalization methinks.
Jim 16:03 on 2019-01-20 Permalink
Thanks Morgan and DeWolf for sharing. I was curious. Supermarket there is always a plus. Looks like ‘design by commitee’ from the image, not much character, as most of the new buildings in that area. Not that the old building was that special, but I was hoping for something more original.
Uatu 10:17 on 2019-01-21 Permalink
The passing of an era. Anyone missing their food can cross the bridge to their store in the dix 30.
Kate 13:26 on 2019-01-21 Permalink
The only thing I remember as good was a sauce they served alongside the meat, with a lot of black pepper in it.
Sylvain Daignault 18:28 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
Bonjour, I would like to use this picture for a book.
MarcG 18:32 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
@Sylvain: You might also be interested in contacting Vanishing Montreal in case you haven’t come across his photos yet https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=26843652%40N06&view_all=1&text=magnan