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

Phillips Square, Some Photographs

There are thousands of historical photographs of Phillips Square, here are a few that follow the changes in the square.

Here is Phillips Square when it was still treed and rural; the AAM in the background;
the city plans to restore some of the trees

The building on the right was owned by Alfred Joyce, a prominent Montreal businessman;
the building was demolished and the Canada Cement Building constructed 
on this site in 1922

The Canada Cement Building is directly behind
the statue of King Edward VII

Morgan's Department store on the left; 

Phillips Square is across the street from Morgan's

Phillips Square, 1950s