Was just at Montreal for F1, had a blast.
Didn't do a WHOLE lot of sightseeing, as we spent most of our day, every day, at the track. Didn't do any clubbing either, because I'm not into clubbing and wanted to get up early for the races.
But we managed to spend thursday in Old Montreal. We had lunch in at "Montreal Poutine"
Montreal Poutine - Restaurant/Cafe - Montreal, QC | Facebook. It's got a really neat courtyard where we ate.
Then we went and saw the festivities on Peel & Crescent, and had drinks on Crescent. I got a raging headache by 7:00 from flight fuckups and sleep deprivation, and went back to hotel to sleep.
After friday Practice we had dinner at Garde-Manger, which is Chuck Hughes' restaurant from the Food Network Show "Chuck's Day Off". It was great food, but the menu was heavy on seafood. Being from the west coast, seafood is the last thing on my mind at a city like Montreal. Note: This restaurant is usually booked up months in advance, we were just lucky and they had some bar seats available when we got there.
·: Restaurant Garde Manger :·
We went to another place in Old Montreal for dessert, with a cool courtyard but I can't remember the name of it.
We did Schwartz's on Saturday after Qualifying, we got there JUST before the giant line started (~4:00pm). Personally I thought this place was just a little overrated. The smoked meat is good, but I would never line up as long as people do for this place. If there was a huge line, we probably would have kept walking.
The area that it's located in is a great euro-ethinc type spot. We spent some time going through the various delis & markets, salivating and wishing we brought a bigger suitcase to bring stuff home in. We really get the shaft here in BC.
Sunday after the race we walked around St. Catherine st a bit, they had the Franco Folie Festival going on with outdoor concerts. We had dinner at a restaurant called "F-Bar" in their "patio" which was right next to one of the biggest stages and got to watch a francophone concert going on. The food was great too.
Monday morning we took the Via Rail train to Toronto to visit my wife's uncle. We were only there for one day and didn't really do any touristy stuff , so I don't really have much to say about Toronto.
FYI: Underground city in Montreal is just a giant mall. I stayed the fuck away because the last thing I wanted to do was waste my Vacation in a mall.