# Doperéal (MontrealDope) - Aug. 23-25 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072 "2002-07-15T15:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/1 "2002-07-15T15:56:53Z")
I’m starting the definitive Doperéal thread because the other one has far too many pages in order to cohesively plan anything. While it may seem a bit early, **LaurAnge** and I would like to have everything planned out before she goes to Europe. I’ll take care of last-minute things while she’s gone. So far we have a decent list of definite and possible attendees: **LaurAnge New & Improved Scott scott evil matt\_mcl detop Bryan Ekers Daerlyn racinchikki lno Maeglin Elenfair Hamish Eonwe** - possible, for a Saturday morning activity **Charmian** - possible (please come!) **iampunha** - possible **andygirl** - possible An effigy of **Esprix** 😃 … and hopefully some of the Toronto Dopers we met this past weekend. So far I think we’re agreed that doing the Labyrinth and strolling through the Old Port would be a fun activity. Here’s what I propose as an agenda - please provide input! 🙂 **Friday, Aug. 23:** For Montrealers and those already in town, drinks at Drugstore in the Village, possibly followed by some clubbing at Sky. **Saturday, Aug. 24:** Afternoon: Biodôme…? Evening: Dinner somewhere, followed by Labyrinth and a tour of the Old Port, possibly followed by drinks in Old Montreal or something. **Sunday, Aug. 23:** Afternoon: Obligatory brunch somewhere. Evening (for those still in town): Drinks somewhere - Grumpy’s? Anyway, those are my ideas. **Laur** , help me out here. 🙂 And all you Toronto Dopers: **You had better do everything in your power to make it up here!** I’m taking in **lno** , **Maeglin** , and **Elenfair** , but there’s still room for one in the **Evil Bed®** … if you so dare. Right! Let’s get this party started! 🙂 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/2 "2002-07-15T16:32:49Z")
Ooo, fun fun fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/3 "2002-07-15T21:07:18Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **scott evil** _ > > An effigy of **Esprix** 😃 I beg your pardon? 😕 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/4 "2002-07-15T21:14:22Z")
Well, it seems that the Labyrinth is no more. Suck. We’ll have to think of something else to do, then. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/5 "2002-07-15T21:56:34Z")
Chalk me up to a maybe. I am planning a trip to Martha’s Vinyard, and the dates are still very much in the air, but I’d be up for dinner and boogey-ing. (growing up in Northern Vermont means more school trips to the Biodome and Old Port than I have fingers to count, so I’m out for those.) ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/6 "2002-07-15T22:12:51Z")
What? They killed the Labyrinth? Those bastards! I’ll make them pay! . . . . Anyway. :embarrassed: I have couchspace. As previously mentioned in the other thread, it fits one person of six and one half feet in height or less, two of same if you’re friendly, or innumerable midgets. Sadly, my bed is not available. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/7 "2002-07-15T22:19:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\* > > I beg your pardon? 😕 > > Esprix \*\* Perhaps “effigy” was a bad choice of terms. What I meant was, a small stuffed animal or something that will attend all events, representing your presence in spirit. 🙂 (In the previous thread, you said you wanted to go with a ☹ … So this will mean we’ll be thinking of you. 🙂 ) - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/8 "2002-07-15T22:27:03Z")
Ugh. Well we’ll have to think of something else, then. Maybe dinner, a stroll around the Old Port, and drinks in Old Montreal would be just fine. Now we have to think of restaurants: one for dinner Saturday, and one for brunch Sunday. Ideas? **Laur** , **Daer** , anyone? We can always do Mövenpick again for brunch… Just NO EGGSPECTATIONS, please. Overrated. And I think a stroll along the Main & St-Denis is in order, perhaps on Sunday after brunch. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/9 "2002-07-15T23:18:43Z")
Oo! A stroll down St-Denis is a necessity 🙂 Lookin’ forward to the Dopereal festivities… 🙂 E. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/10 "2002-07-15T23:59:39Z")
Will I have to crammed into a car for 6 hours this time around? And also, can we “drop” lno into some Quebecois food. “This is lno in the poutine, and here he is in a tortiere!” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/11 "2002-07-16T02:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\*Now we have to think of restaurants: one for dinner Saturday, and one for brunch Sunday. Ideas? **Laur** , **Daer** , anyone? We can always do Mövenpick again for brunch… > > \ > > And I think a stroll along the Main & St-Denis is in order, perhaps on Sunday after brunch. \*\* If I may make a suggestion for Sunday brunch. Since a stroll along the Main and St-Denis seems to be the activity, why not a dimsum in Chinatown ? _Originally posted by New & Improved Scott_ > [@](#): > > And also, can we “drop” lno into some Quebecois food. “This is lno in the poutine, and here he is in a tortiere!” Why does this sentence gives me a vision of **lno** swimming in an Olympic poll sized plate of pig knuckles and meatball stew ? ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/12 "2002-07-16T03:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by New & Improved Scott \*Will I have to crammed into a car for 6 hours this time around? It was a _ **clown car!** _ A _ **clown car!!!** _ (Referring to TorontoDope.) > [@](#): > > And also, can we “drop” lno into some Quebecois food. “This is lno in the poutine, and here he is in a tortiere!” We’ve done **lno** (well, so to speak). Besides, **lno** will be here in person. Our mascot this time will be **Esprix** , and it’s a little stuffed animal bunny of mine, so no stains! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/13 "2002-07-16T03:36:24Z")
**detop** : Dim Sum creeps me out… I say Mövenpick for brunch… Any ideas for dinner on Saturday? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/14 "2002-07-16T06:07:46Z")
You asked for suggestions. Mövenpick or another choice is fine with me, as long as it’s not Nickels (Céline Dion has enough money, thankyouverymuch and does not need my meager funds). ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/15 "2002-07-16T06:27:41Z")
I’ll be there in spirit. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/16 "2002-07-16T13:42:30Z")
OK are we agreed on Mövenpick for Sunday brunch? Now, where to go for dinner Saturday? ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/17 "2002-07-16T21:08:46Z")
I’m putting forth some options for dinner on Saturday: - Moe’s Deli and Bar (near the Molson Centre): Pretty much a bit of everything - roadhouse-type food. - Casa Grecque (co-worker says there’s one in either the Old Port or Old Montreal): Not really that Greek. Steaks, shrimp, chicken brochettes. Cheap. - Chez Opal, but it’s far too expensive. - Dundee’s (Crescent & de Maisonneuve): A bit of everything. Suggestions? Concensus? Is anybody awake? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/18 "2002-07-16T21:39:07Z")
I’m actually kinda for Chinatown on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/19 "2002-07-16T21:42:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LaurAnge \* > \*\*I’m actually kinda for Chinatown on Sunday. \*\* Well, if everyone wants dim sum, then I’ll go, but beware: dumplings make me gag and even vomit. :eek: **Laur** , what do you think of the Saturday resto suggestions? Any other ideas? The place must be relatively inexpensive, with a menu that will appeal to everyone (e.g. nothing like sushi - blech), and able to accomodate a group of 15 or so. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072/20 "2002-07-17T16:42:45Z")
OK, here’s one for dinner on Sunday. There is this absolutely wonderful Greek/Italian restaurant on the Plateau (Villeneuve and Jeanne-Mance, not too far from Metro Laurier) called the Terrasse Lafayette. Run by absolutely charming people, huge & delicious portions, and my parents used to live above it. How can you not?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopereal-montrealdope-aug-23-25/119072.md?page=2)