Drink Boréale Rousse, one of the great beers of the world. St Ambroise or Griffon blond are pretty tasty too.

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Many Montreal restaurants don't have a license to serve wine, but this is a good thing, because you can bring your own and there's no corkage. Combined with the competitive Montreal restaurant market, it makes for a cheap way to eat and drink very well. Look for restaurants with the sign "Apportez Votre Vin".

Wine can be bought at one of Quebec's SAQ (Societe des Alcools du Quebec) stores or at a depanneur (corner store).

Away from the big streets on the Plateau is good AVV hunting territory. Les Infideles on Rachel (near St Hubert) is a great example, but there are lots of cheaper places too. The closest SAQ is on St Denis just up from Duluth.

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Les Trois Brasseurs is a wonderful brew-pub with all the shiny copper brewing paraphenalia in situ. The interior is enormous as is the warm North American welcome. Lots of bar-stools lots of tables and chairs, good music and the custromers are chatty, not exhibiting the normal big city paranoia.

Apparently there are three such Trois Brasseurs so they are not exactly a chain. I discovered the bar in the depths of last winter, minus 20°. Talk about coming in from the cold! Anyway there were their own three draught beers on offer blonde-bitter, brune-mild and rousse-amber. I would have tasted the lot a few times each but my better half put the brakes on.

Women would be at ease on their own there as it is very cosmopolitan quite different than the average bloke's tavern.
Be warned the stools and seats are very comfortable...it is very hard to leave especially in January.

The old town. Just ask where.

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