With a name like House of Beers (translated of course), you might expect there to be quite the…read moreselection of chips, no silly -- beer, and they don't disappoint in that category. It may be one of the most diverse selections of single can offerings I've ever encountered in the realm of specialty beer stores. That being said, they do also have a nice selection of snacks (which do include chips) and other related beverages like artisanal root beers, ciders and the like. The shop has a bit of a rustic saloon feel from what I can remember on a quick visit at night. Another quick notable is the person behind the counter was quite friendly and say them helping another customer with their selection among the various rows of shelves and beer fridges lining certain walls. The only negative is that the prices did seem on the high side (and I tried to find exceptions), even for specialty bottles and cans that are known not to come in at run-of-the-mill brand prices. I also didn't notice anything on promotion and seemed most were at the retail price. In a beer keg shell -- great selection, cool ambiance, neatly kept, but boohoo pretty pricey.

This is NOT an inexpensive store, you're getting high end beers at relatively high prices…read more I gave the employee the ability to pick out six different beers for me and he hit it out of the park on five of them (the sixth was very good, but not amazing). I wish I could (legally) bring twenty or thirty bottles back with me into the USA every time I visit my daughter at McGill! Looking forward to my next visit to this fine establishment.

SAQ is Canada's equivalent to Bevmo. The liquor sold at grocery stores is quite minimal. Therefore,…read moreit is not rare to find a SAQ located next to one. At SAQ you will find aisles of red wine, white wine, spirits, and mixers. The selection and variety is pretty good. The store itself looks a little posh, is definitely user friendly, and quite organized.

Sold me expired cheese. I should have checked the date. Meat I had was decent but the service was…read morejust alright.

At first I thought the name of this business was the "avenue of flowers"...BUT, alas, since I…read morereally do not know french (at all)... Champfleury is a famous art critic and novelist, thus, the name of this butcher. Apparently there is a french "intellectualist" behind this business.. LOL. I find this butcher to be the perfect "yuppie" butcher. Has all the markings of being "yuppie-fied". Has artisanal beers, artisanal meats, charcuterie (also artisanal). Will also, cut a carcass in front of you if you want. But the most important thing of all, that makes this butcher more yuppie than most... is the fact that they have a chalk board that shows you the name and area of where they get each specific meat, locally sourced and super organically grown and farmed. All the buzz words that you have come to know and love.

AMERICANS: READ THIS…read more They have an absolutely phenomenal beer selection here. That is the only reason I went here. I went to Dieu de Ciel, and ole boy told me to come here to buy their beer... They don't have everything that is on tap / available at Dieu de Ciel, but they had several. I picked up a couple six packs. Then went to pay the bill. This is where the AMERICANS READ THIS comes from. Ole girl / Little Lady only accepts Canada bucks. Not US. Not US Credit Cards. So I had to get rid of one of my six packs and use up the rest of my Canadian Bongo Bucks to pay the bill. Other than that, I had an absolutely wonderful experience.

So this is just a dépanneur corner store where you can pick up a pop and some smokes or whatever,…read morebut what is special about it is the beer selection. Rows of local and imported microbrews i.e. deliciousness. Downstairs is a video store which, in this day and age, must make like 0 dollars, so hopefully they will expand their knowledgable and tasty collection of brews and make this place beer lover heaven (beer emporium!) The second thing worth noting about this sweet brightly lit shop is that the woman who works here (and is the owner I believe) is hilarious. She has a great dry, sarcastic sense of humour that gets me every time, and she's quick to let me know when a beer I'm looking at on the floor is available cold in the fridge instead. Highly recommend for both the beer and the dearheart.

Visiting this craft beer store was one of the highlights of my most recent trip to Montreal…read more While the space is small, the beers are very carefully curated. We ended up talking to one of the guys who works here for over half an hour, learning about different beer styles (broadly), Quebec beer laws, and some special brews in Quebec. You can tell this store is special, as many locals were coming in and out while we were there. There also seems to be a nice rapport with the people who work here, who are obviously willing to help. For any American coming to this store - they will do trades for special, highly-coveted beers (think Treehouse or Alchemist), and you'll get a very nice trade with what you bring. This opportunity is definitely something we plan to take advantage of when we inevitably return to this store.

I'm not a big beer afficionado so I guess I'm missing the main attraction to this cramped little…read moreboutique. I find myself coming back for the pretty jars and delicacies. As the name indicates, the shop makes an effort to offer products from Quebec, which is great to calm my conscience after splurging. :) The selection of maple and maple-derived products is great and full of surprises. I'm a big fan of the caramel-themed shelf: caramels, caramels and chocolate spreads, caramel and ginger spread etc..etc..Don't miss out on the delicious dips and jellies on display on the back wall and their tea selection from Camelia Sinensis!

"So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society…read morehowl" (Elton John) The SAQ stands for the Société des Alcools du Québec. It's the network of government-run liquor stores in Quebec. It manages the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages across the province and operates its own retail stores. We were fortunate enough to win a gift card to SAQ at a charity event last week, so one of our final visits in Montreal was to walk over to this small store at the Place D'Armes and pick up whatever we could for our C$50 prize. Although the store wasn't very large it was very neat and fully stocked, with prices clearly marked for every bottle and can in the store. One of their sales associates was very friendly and helped us find what we were looking for. I'm a big Bloody Mary fan, and from previous trips to Canada knew that "Bloody Caesars" are favored up here. The differ from a Bloody Mary by using Clamato juice instead of a tomato juice base. So, when I saw a shelf with plenty of Clamato choices, I knew one would be coming home with me. I selected a 16 ounce can of Clamato Caesar "With the Works" (Le Tour Garni) with extra spices, seasonings, hot sauce and horseradish (C$3.80). We rounded out our purchase with a bottle of Cliff 79 Shiraz (C$11.75), a bottle of Folonari Pinot Grigio (C$14.95), a bottle of Casa Santos Sangria (C$12.45), and a nifty little branded tote bag for (C$2.95). The only down note of our visit concerned a bottle of SIVO blueberry liqueur I had hoped to buy. I had some at a social function on Thursday night and liked it so much I took a photo of the bottle. When I showed the photo to the sales associate, he not only told me they didn't carry it, but he also told me it was just syrup, and not alcoholic. He said any grocery store would have it. I learned that he was wrong, it is an alcoholic product made in a Canadian distillery.

Excellent selection and what seems like decent prices. I found what I went for: maple whiskey and…read moremaple cream liqueur.

I needed a couple of bottles after 6pm and my normal SAQ on Beaubien/Boyer is closed by then…read more I don't like the selection at the Express locations so I found out this location stays open later. The space is not very impressive but the selection is more than decent and there is almost no lineup to pay.

Lots of saq are running low on bottles, the large 40 oz or even simple good wines. This place…read morewasn't huge but wasn't the best saq I've been to. Sometimes it's nice to have help on the floor but this location was pretty quiet. Quick in and out but crappy thing the email I got said I would get extra points didn't say when so when I went to saq she said it started Friday. Not her fault but that's the location I went to after getting the email. Tricky

Outside of two traumatizing experiences related to language (English / French) it has always been a…read moregood experience shopping at the Morin Heights SAQ. One such experience was when a customer flew into a huge rage because English was being spoken in the store. The other very recent experience unfortunately came from an employee I'd never seen there before. He said something very fast in French as a customer was entering the store. She did not understand him and she just nodded and continued toward the interior of the shop. He kept shouting the words in French until the customer asked if he spoke English. He angrily explained that he needed to see proof of vaccination. He went on to accuse the customer of ignoring people who speak French. The customer apologized at least three times and even said that she appreciated that vaccination proof was required. The man never accepted or replied to the apology. Each time she apologized he continued in silence to give the customer a very angry expression and this made the customer cry.