AND IF YOU LOVE GOOD FOOD, Montreal will definitely exceed your expectations. PLATEAU RESTAURANTS: Au Pied de Cochon, Buona Notte, Casa Tapas, Khyber Pass, L'Express, Laloux, Les Infideles, Pintxo, and Schwartz's, among many others. OLD MONTREAL RESTAURANTS: Aix, Aszu, Boris Bistro, Chez Queux, Gibby's, Jardin Nelson, Le Club Chasse et Peche, Modavie, Olive et Gourmando, Restaurant Bonaparte, Restaurant du Vieux Port and Stash Cafe are just a few of many.

SINCE THERE ARE MORE RESTAURANTS PER CAPITA in Montreal than in ANY OTHER North American city, the choices seem unlimited. Greek, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Middle Eastern, etc. It's all there and for the most part locally owned (hurray!) instead of chain restaurants. You can learn a lot about the local food scene at the Montreal Chowhound website. 

FOR A CHANGE OF PACE we would go to the Latin Quarter, which, like in Paris, is jammed with students. Drinking beer in the huge terrace at St.Sulpice is required, as is tea at the very cosmopolitan Camellia Sinensis. Some say the best hamburger in town is at La Paryse in the Latin Quarter.

SO WHEREVER YOUR ITINERARY TAKES YOU. the city will not disappoint. Montrealers have figured out how to live!