Lots of PR about new hotel, resto
Lot of PR just now about the opening of a Four Seasons hotel here and its restaurant conceived by star chef Marcus Samuelsson. They keep using the phrase “the heart of the Golden Square Mile” (even in French) and defining it as located “between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Bell Centre” which isn’t, you know, an actual location.
david100 11:58 on 2019-05-09 Permalink
A few years ago when this project was announced, I was raving about how the new MBAM addition should have waited, that instead of taking down those Edwardian walkups, they should have delayed and plowed the money into getting the Holt Renfrew building. I wonder if that would still be possible. I’ve not seen anything about what they intend to do with the Holt building(s), and boy is it handsome.
Another stray thought: I really miss the Hotel de la Montagne, it somehow was a hidden gem, despite being a twenty whatever story hotel. There’s no place like that anymore in Montreal – very stiff and cheap drinks in the ‘lobby’ bar, underground passageway to a club, rooftop bar in the summer (have very fond memories of that place), little nooks you could just sit and warm up after popping in off the street in dead of winter.
Ephraim 13:02 on 2019-05-09 Permalink
Ah… david… you know what that “lobby” bar was famous for, don’t you?
david100 16:48 on 2019-05-09 Permalink
It was a very friendly place.