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Went to Montreal in the first week of June. Nightlife is definitely buzzing and st. Catherine's is the place to shop.

I walk about 4km to get to Schwartz's from the sheraton and personally, I found their smoked meat sandwich exeedingly underwhelming. The meat was all shredded and wasnt in strips at all, i basically gave up since half the meat fell out and got all over the place. Got frustrated and threw out probably a quarter of the meat. My friend from Toronto tells me she had the same experience and she and I both got take out. Maybe it was because it was take out or the fact that neither of us spoke french and we offended them. I had a pastrami at their rival restaurant in NYC in Kats deli and I enjoyed that one way more as the beef didn't completely fall apart into the wrapper. Both were takeout. Both were as busy if not kats was twice as busy since I was there at lunch. Kats still gives a sample strip of pastrami where as Schwartz gives you a dirty look when you enter.

Schwartz was worth maybe half a try but I won't be going back ever. I like my sandwich not looking like a disaster hit with stuff all over the fucking place. Honest to god, McDonalds has better meat placement on their buns. It's like do you prefer perky firm tits or tits that look like a raw egg hanging off a nail. I have no tolerance for meat between two pieces of bread that looks like it just threw up on itself. This goes for all the "gourmet" burgers and sandwiches, if it can't fucking hold it's shape and I need a fork and knife to eat a disaster off a plate it ain't a fucking sandwich anymore. Might as well throw some shit on a plate then two slices of bread on top at that point.

Old montreal is great to walk around even at night. You'll want some proper footware for the cobblestone roads.

People there are hit or miss in terms of friendliness. Not all are rude not all are friendly. There are xxx massage places all over downtown but never tried. Otherwise the cathedrals are plenty and scattered throughout in the city.