Quai Des Brumes

This bar has been a Montreal institution for the past quarter of a century. Named after a movie by the iconic French-Swiss director Marcel Carné, this has long been a haunt of the French Canadian literary set and is mentioned in many novels. There were a few years when the bar was ditched and fell into disrepair, but it has become popular again and is a great place to see a local band and sip on a pint.