Is There A Montreal Fpn Chapter?

[Jeje3325]

Still very new here and wondering if there is a GTG with some Montreal and area fellows.

 

Cheers,

 

Jéjé

[willard]

If you find one, count me in!

[discopig]

I'd love if there was, but I don't think there is.

[eli2011]

I'm in for sure.

[PlasticFantastic]

Count me in as well

[Al-Bajaa]

I am in

[Scrawler]

There are enough of you to form your own. Go find a popular coffee house and start from there.

[discopig]

It would be interesting to schedule a meeting, I'd definitely go.

[Al-Bajaa]

How about a nice coffee shop where can have a table to sit? Caffé Italia?

[wastelanded]

And this is the nicest part of FPN, when this happens

[willard]

Café Italia is near where I live, but I'm not sure it could be the right place. It's all linoleum so it's noisy and there's a big in-house crowd.

[Jeje3325]

Soooo... I use to live next to Cafe Italia and its not a place we can stay long and because of the crowd / area / qty of patrons per hour. I think its barely safe enough for our beloved pens. One might hit the table(s) and make a mess... Also parking is nightmarish nowadays in that area... Of course this is only my opinion and I'm not the one deciding the final location. This belongs to the group

 

i'm on the south shore of Montreal, I know of a great ST Hubert BBQ next to the Champlain Bridge ( 3 minutes) free parking, plenty of it.

 

I also collect watches and we held a few GTG over there. Every time was great and the food is decent as well. They are nice, also have a bar, so they sell beverages of all sort. They even have an electric gizmo outside if you have an electric car.

 

They are not the pushy type and we can stay for hours, as long as we end up ordering some food / beverages.

I could do a reservation.

Proposition of dates:

 

Saturday April 26 or May 3. around 5 - 6 PM?

 

Of course I'm also open to a place on the island, perhaps not everyone has a car / or the willingness to come on the South shore. Totally understandable, since I'd rather not go all the way to the North shore...

What say you O mighty Montreal penmen?

 

[Al-Bajaa]

I think proximity to a metro station is a must. I still think a coffee shop would be ideal, maybe a quiet one somewhere central.

Edited April 11, 2014 by Al-Bajaa

[Jeje3325]

I like coffee

[willard]

We could find something near Berri/UQAM. It's central and someone on the South shore could park on Longueuil Metro (wink wink). I used to go to the Croissant de Lune, where the coffee always was great. It's not a big place, but if we're 7-8, there used to be a big, round table.

 

Another way to target centrality would be to find something near the 40, say Crémazie métro. But I don't know of any good coffee around that place.

 

On the north side, there's a St-Hubert on Lajeunesse, near the Henri-Bourassa métro. Lots of parking spaces, and a beautiful park right in front.

 

For a simple place to meet, there's always around stylo.ca's shop.

 

If people can add some properties, I can find other places.

[Al-Bajaa]

Quartier Latin sounds good. Croissant de Lune is fine by me. Oops it seems that according to urban spoon they are permanently closed.

Edited April 11, 2014 by Al-Bajaa

[Scrawler]

Quartier Latin sounds good. Croissant de Lune is fine by me. Oops it seems that according to urban spoon they are permanently closed.

Jealous. I wish I had a Latin Quarter to have meetings in.

 

Good luck to you all. The Ottawa Pen Posse started in Planet Coffee in the Byward Market in Ottawa.

[Al-Bajaa]

How about Cafe St-Henri on Emery street

[cbbp]

This could be nice:

 

http://artere.coop

 

On Avenue du Parc, between Beaumont and Jean-Talon. Parc metro closeby. Pretty central N/S/E/W.

 

Interesting coop café, plenty of space (never been there on weekends though). The coffee is good, as well as the food.

[Al-Bajaa]

Sounds perfect. Lets do it