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Agreed on all the above.
Plus in the plateau area between St. Laurent / St. Denis - there's a cool little walking street running East/West called Prince Arthur. No cars allowed and leads to this nifty little park with a big fountain all lit up in it. Cool place to chill and check out the locals. Range of people from young couples, geezers, potheads/tamtammers, etc.
Prince Arthur Street:
http://www.go-montreal.com/areas…If you're into sushi - wicked sushi restaurant called Maiko on Bernard and Parc. Yum! Lots of vegetarian options too. Then when you're done if you walk a bit west on St. Bernard, there's an amazing ice cream shop called Bilboquet (sp?). Usually huge lineups cause it's so good. (I lived two blocks from both places when I lived in Montreal - awesome neighbourhood)
Review of Maiko:
http://www.montrealfood.com/rest…Review of Bilboquet:
http://www.frommers.com/destinat…A little south of that area has two amazing bagel shops. Seriously get a bag and take them home, cause they're amazing amazing. Can buy smoked salmon and homemade cream cheese there as well. Tons of different options.
http://www.fairmountbagel.com/en…
http://www.stviateurbagel.com/in…
If you're into high fashion shopping - the west bit of St. Catherines has good shopping. There's a decent-sized Holt Renfrew by Sherbrooke/Peel as well.
St. Laurent / St. Denis north of Sherbrooke also has really cool boutique style fashion stores, as well as pretty dope indy music stores where you can find rare / eclectic albums.
And yes - the old port / vieux montreal is cool to see. Notre Dame Cathedral is down there if you're into big gawdy churches. Old Montreal's cool to walk around in for 2-3 hours but pretty boring. Not much to do there.
Check out the contemporary art gallery in Montreal too - it's decent.
http://www.macm.org/fr/index.htm…
Lots to do in Montreal. :)))