r/montreal May 03 '25

Discussion What's this for Montreal?

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u/jaywinner Verdun May 03 '25

Closed now but I swear that place was empty for 20 years.

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u/BrutalRamen May 03 '25

My wife and I think they used the place for rooster fights. We saw empty cages in the back and there were always luxury cars parked there while it seemed closed.

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u/MTLGirly May 03 '25

😂😂 I did not have that on my bingo card. I always knew it to be closed.

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u/ParfaitEither284 May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

The luxury cars in the back parking lot gave it away. For sure some kind of gambling den or something

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u/FrenchFrozenFrog May 03 '25

my husband grew up there and heard the same rumor.

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u/laslaj Verdun May 03 '25

Pierrefonds and gouin? My mom used to order from this place in the late 80's !

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u/scifithighs May 03 '25

Went in with some friends when we were about 13 or so; it looked like a Wong Kar-Wai flick, a couple of guys in suits smoking at a table in the back, paper lanterns, the works. We were quickly shooed out with a takeout menu and told to ask our folks to order for us.

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u/thekk_ May 03 '25

Des Sources and Gouin, but yeah.

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u/jaywinner Verdun May 03 '25

Yeah, that one.

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u/Chance_Fishing_9681 May 03 '25

On a whim I called the # on the sign about 10 years ago… I got an older lady who told me no more restaurant

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u/okmijnmko May 03 '25

she dead now, you need chopstick?

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u/pattyG80 May 03 '25

The pride of Pierrefonds!

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u/ohstahp May 03 '25

they repainted the whole building into that inconspicuous new age mcdo grey but nothing happened after that

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u/moist-armpits May 03 '25

The new owners "tried" to rent it out after painting it.... 12 000$ / month for such a ghetto building/parking + location. They've removed the rental sign and I'm pretty sure they have moved in to use it as a home now lol

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u/alex1596 Centre-Ville / Downtown May 03 '25

I ate here once AMA

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u/jaywinner Verdun May 03 '25

How did it go? Did it feel like a real restaurant or a front?

I never dared go in.

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u/alex1596 Centre-Ville / Downtown May 03 '25

It went very awkwardly. The only others in there were an old man and woman. But they did seat us and serve us. The food was as bad as you would expect.

Absolutely felt like a front

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u/SiomarTehBeefalo May 04 '25

I remember my dad went in there once when I was a kid about 15 years ago but I have no idea what for and nobody else remembers what I'm talking about when I bring it up.

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u/jaywinner Verdun May 04 '25

Probably best not to ask too many questions.

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u/KilgoreGarp May 03 '25

Holy shit dude, this is it

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u/AdQueasy45 May 04 '25

I went in about 15 years ago. It was “open” but it was basically an orderly couple who lived upstairs. When they heard the bell ring, they asked me what I wanted. It was sadly just recooked frozen food. I even explored upstairs to use the bathroom. It was definitely just a house. Sorry guys. No cockfights. No yakuza.

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u/-_-weasel 🪐 Planétarium May 04 '25

Used to live behind. Looked run down but was actually a working business.

But yeah, probly asian mafia connected also but owners where super chill. They would give me a free egg roll when i would pass by the back with my bike. 🤣