Philip's Square seen from The Bay, 26 February 2011

Photographs of Philip's Square taken from The Bay on Ste. Catherine Street on 26 February 2011.

Restaurant Julien near Phillips Square

We used to enjoy Friday evenings in downtown Montreal. Sometimes we'd eat at Restaurant Julien on Union Avenue; it was a great place but is now closed. When there was a hockey game at the Bell Centre this place would be full of out-of-towners; now, due to Covid, there are no out-of-towners. . . BTW, Union Avenue was named after the union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1840; before that it was called Brunswick Avenue.

The people who worked at or owned Restaurant Julien should know that many of us enjoyed their restaurant and still miss going there.  

Photos taken in 2013.

Phillips Square at night; the Canada Cement Building is on the far right

We're on Union Avenue looking back at The Bay and Phillips Square;
that's the Canada Cement Building on the right

I can see that Union Avenue isn't the greatest for foot traffic at night, maybe another reason
Restaurant Julien went out of business... location

Restaurant Julien on Union Avenue

The bus on the right is a dedicated service to Habitat 67, the still innovative housing complex
constructed for Expo 67

Interior of Restaurant Julien

Phillip's Square from The Bay

All but one of the following photographs were taken in 2011 when we used to go to The Bay and my wife would buy clothes at The Bay's Jacques Vert department, I think it was on the second or third floor. In Vancouver The Bay has a terrific cafeteria, full course meals, while the cafeteria at the downtown Montreal Bay store is good but not great.  Next to the cafeteria is a small, free, museum on the history of The Bay and it's worth visiting. Some of these photos were taken from the dress department just above the Ste. Catherine Street entrance to The Bay; that's Phillip's Square directly across the street, this is the entrance where the organ grinder played back in the 1950s.

Spring 2011

June 2011

Where the Burger King is located was the location of the Art Association of Montreal; June 2011

Birks is on the right, now it has a hotel built on top of the original store

The Canada Cement Company building behind the statue of King Edward VII

Taken from Ste. Catherine Street, this is the entrance to The Bay, in 2013