Noooo let's not do this again.
In talkin to my friend about how much me n Pat loved Monkees, Alberto seemed determined to show me another awesome dive bar. This is not the case.
If we were to come here for Pub Golf* then maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But otherwise, unless u wana slit ur wrists.. or gamble all ur welfare check away until u wana slit ur wrists: maybe skip this place.
*Pub Golf is a game created by my friends which fking kicks a$$, contact me for more details if interested.
Waitress/ barmaid was friendly and sweet enuf but let's just agree this place is depressing as sh*t on the whole.
3 bars, 2 of which empty.
I would assume: at all times, since we came on a Friday at 8pm. My buddy explained: here in Mtl you can legally have 5 poker/lottery machines for each bar (and I mean the actual bar with booze and stools not the building itself). So you guessed it: 15 poker machines here despite 2 bars in zero service. Ahhh logistics. Fk u Sergakis u know what ur doin sux ballz and I wish u had a bigger philanthropic bone than wallet (and I say that having worked for you many, many times so seriously, fk u.)
Now to add to the depression: we arrived on Welfare Check day. (For my American friends thats Canada's way of making sure people don't starve to death in the freezing cold).
Oh boy.
Out of the 15 lotto machines...14 were occupied. I work in mental health, I'm pretty good at sizing people up without talking to them...I would be willing to bet my life that out of those 14, 11 or 12 MINIMUM were gambling away their welfare checks. My tax money. Your tax money. That we worked fkin hard for, btw.
2 regulars approached me during my visit (both of which definite Welfare recipients) and I interacted as if they were old time friends, but their stories left me sad and weary. I will spare you the details, but again working in mental health I had to resist all urges to pull the nursing card.
I needed to get out asap, insisted my friend chug his beer 'cuz there was no way I was having another drink in this depressing hole.
Not a fun dive bar by any means. Ghetto and ugly. Definitely avoid. Though the service was nice and the regulars friendly, it was just a sad state of affairs I don't ever want to experience again.
Seriously Sergakis: with all the money u have, don't you wana do some good in this city for once instead of being part of this sh*t?!
Naïve stupid Kandi. He's been like this since I was 18 and now I'm 35. Yahhh I bet a change is just around the corner.. read more