Toronto vs Montreal (nightlife, architecture, parking)

[Atticman]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Montréal has Le Village. That alone beats anything Toronto has.

Toronto also has a "village" centred on Church and Wellesley streets.

Church and Wellesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Atticman

Toronto also has a "village" centred on Church and Wellesley streets.

Church and Wellesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You don't understand. Montréal has "Le Village". It's not juat "a" village.

[Atticman]

I know that "Le Village" is a gay neighbourhood, and that's also what Church and Wellesley is. People in Toronto call it "The Village". Same thing, only in English.

[LusciousEyes]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Montréal has Le Village. That alone beats anything Toronto has.

What's Le Village?

[BIMBAM]

Odd you can't tell from the thread. It's the gay village in Montreal near Beaudry metro.

[ssiguy]

Montreal's gay village is one of the ugliest in the country. It still looks and feels like a 1970s sleaze district where only people looking for hookers would go.

Toronto's village is clean, upscale, has lovely architecture and great shopping nearby. I don't really go to gay villages but Montreal's is sleazy, dirty, and unattractive.

[UrbanLuis]

I remember the area around the bus station being very sleazy.

[daynet]

I think that Montreal's shopping is better than Toronto's...not just for clothes, but for food, too.

And Montreal has the Underground City, though we haven't needed to use it this winter, as it's been so mild.

[Yvanung]

For restaurants there are two cuisines where Toronto has a clear edge over Montreal: Asian (esp. Chinese food, which is Toronto's primary claim to fame in the restaurant world, much like Calgary with Indian food) food and Mexican food. On the other hand, the reverse is true of Middle Eastern food.

Originally Posted by rgj88

yeah montreal is a crazy town and dont worry about the french everyone speaks english here
but try to learn abit they do like it

Especially since the English of many Montreal residents isn't up to par with their French, one way or another. There actually isn't that many fully bilingual Montreal residents...

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Yvanung

For restaurants there are two cuisines where Toronto has a clear edge over Montreal: Asian (esp. Chinese food, which is Toronto's primary claim to fame in the restaurant world, much like Calgary with Indian food) food and Mexican food. On the other hand, the reverse is true of Middle Eastern food.
..

I think overall Toronto has a decently wider range of high quality ethnic cuisines.


Montreal has a more unique and interesting homegrown cuisine scene though.