Is this really happening! Montreal bars will be open until 6:00am! To be exact, 19 locations have been chosen for what they’re calling a test pilot. This was officially announced by Mayor Denis Coderre himself this Friday afternoon.
All in all, 7 bars on Crescent applied for the special permission, along with 12 other bars in the ”Quartier latin”. This would allow them to serve alcohol until 5:30am and keep their doors open until 6:00am. The pilot would take place on weekends only, and would last from June 12th till July 5th (for a complete list of these bars scroll below)!
Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves however! The “Régie des alcools et des jeux” will have the final say on the topic. On top of it, a public notice was made this morning in ”Le Devoir”, giving the opportunity to any individual or organization to express their opposition to the project within the next 30 days.
For this to go through, the SPVM would need to interview every participant of the pilot and as mentioned earlier, the ”Régie” has the final say. Once approved, the pilot will be strictly supervised by a special committee and public opinion would be taken into consideration by the ”Office de consultation publique de Montréal”
Here are the participants for the pilot project:
Quartier latin:
Le Bistro à Jojo, 1637 Saint-Denis
Point Bar, 2017 Saint-Denis
Café Hookah Lounge, 1699, Saint-Denis
Bar Passeport, 2037 Saint-Denis
Pub L’Île noire, 1649 Saint-Denis
Pub L’Abreuvoir, 403 Ontario Est
Loup-Garou, 1738 Saint-Denis
Bar Diablos, 1693-A Saint-Denis
En cachette, 1765, Saint-Denis
Le Saint-Bock, 1749 Saint-Denis
L’Amère à boire, 2049 Saint-Denis
Pub Quartier latin, 318, Ontario Est
Crescent:
Ziggy’s Folies, 1470 Crescent
Burger Bar Crescent, 1465 Crescent
Bar Électric Avenue, 1476-A Crescent
Bar Winnie, Pub Winston Churchill, Cellier Karina, 1455-59-61-65A Crescent
Xotica, 1466-A Crescent
Club Jet, 2020 Crescent
Club Roxbury, 1432 Crescent
Source: La Presse
