Bar licence suspended over drugs and fighting
A bar in Hochelaga has seen its licence suspended for 40 days over many unruly incidents including fights, drug dealing, shots fired and alcohol served past closing time. The owner, Tong Li, is cited as saying she’ll stay open unless the police come and close her down. The Journal is at pains to note that Li spoke in “un anglais approximatif.”
Sounds like a fun place for a beer.
Dhomas 11:07 on 2019-08-24 Permalink
To be fair, this is not exclusive to traditionally poorer areas like HoMa. A few years ago, I was at a trendy bar in Old Montreal after a company Christmas party. Lots of people with seemingly lots of money. I went into the bathroom and saw a guy selling another guy some coke. As I exited, I saw the bouncer walking towards the bathroom. I was sure he was going to throw those guys out, but I didn’t give it much more thought. A little later, I went back to the bathroom only to see the same bouncer this time participating in the drug deal. Same place also allowed us to stay past closing time and continued serving alcohol. Looks like Chez Francoise’s worst crime was not paying off the right people.
Dominic 15:27 on 2019-08-24 Permalink
@Dhomas Oh no, I hope you were wearing your best pearls to clutch and almost faint!
MarcG 15:38 on 2019-08-24 Permalink
That doesn’t seem to have been his point at all – I guess we hear what we want to.
Dhomas 16:10 on 2019-08-24 Permalink
Seems like MarcG got my point. Dominic, not so much.
You don’t hear much reporting on these “higher class” spots, though they’re just as “guilty” of these “transgressions” as those in HoMa. And… I’ve used up my allocation of quotation marks for today.