An Ethiopian restaurant on the awesome street of St. Denis in the Plateau region. The best thing to get is the injera with a variety plate of different dishes. You get to eat it with your hands! They provide you with warm napkins at the table to wash up with before and after. It's very special, and also delicious.

3435 St Denis, Montréal, QC H2X 2L1;
tel: (514) 281-0111;
métro: Sherbrooke
www.abiata.com

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Free (although donations are encouraged and special shows cost) art gallery just west of downtown. Includes artefacts, textiles, and many schools of paintings, with good groups of Canadian and Quebecois pieces.

Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
: 1380 Sherbrooke Street West;
Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion and Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion: 1379 Sherbrooke Street Pavilion;
tel: (514) 285-2000;
www.mmfa.qc.ca

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This is a set of two little Chilean restaurants that have particularly good empanadas. Many varieties, including several delicious vegetarian options. Also serves nachos, quesadillas, tacos, and burritos - quality ingredients and sauces.

152 Napoléon; tel: (514) 286-6075;
64 Marie-Anne W; tel: (514) 982-9212

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This is a part of the National Film Board of Canada centre in the Latin Quarter. It's a big room with comfortable individual viewing stations, where, for a very cheap price, you can choose to watch films/shorts/newsreels/anything from the NFBs entire selection for a few hours.

1564 Rue St Denis; tel: (514) 496-6887 www.nfb.ca/atonf/events/cinerobotheque.php?lg=en

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Fantastic resto with great poutine selection, as well as a summer garden patio. Their poutine has both quantity and quality. Either eat in, or get it to take out to eat in nearby Parc la Fontaine.

994 Rue Rachel, at Parc la Fontaine;
tel: (514) 525-2415

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Outstanding Greek bring-your-own-wine restaurant on the lovely cobblestoned street of Duluth. Generous servings of well-made food. I can't say it's imaginative, but it does all the familiar Greek dishes with flair. Also has a lovely outdoor patio in the summer (Montrealers love their patios).

521 Duluth Avenue East, (Near Chateaubriand);
tel: (514) 521 4206

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I've stayed at this place a few times, and always had a positive experience. It's moderately priced and in the downtown core. Rooms are generously sized, well maintained, and feature kitchenettes. The decor is simple but not in a distracting way. A particularly good place for families to stay. Close to the metro, lots of shopping, as well as culture and nightlife.

455, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B7;
tel: (514) 284 3634, or toll free in Canada on 1 800 363 3010; fax: (514) 287 1431;
www.appartementhotel.com

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Great food market in the Mile End portion of the main (St Laurent Boulevard). Cheap cheap, authentic corn tortillas and fantastic nachos, as well as a good selection of Mexican foodstuffs.

5274 Boulevard Saint-Laurent;
tel: (514) 495-0606

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