pubs in Quebec?
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pubs in Quebec?
I'll be spending the three day Thanksgiving weekend in Quebec, and I'd love to catch late night US football highlights and have a few beers. I've done just that in Toronto and Vancouver, and I'm wondering about the popularity of pubs in Quebec.
More specifically, is there a pub near the Courtyard Hotel
(850 Place DYouville)? It doesn't have to be fancy or English speaking.
On a related note, I spoke with reservations people at several Quebec hotels this afternoon. One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
More specifically, is there a pub near the Courtyard Hotel
(850 Place DYouville)? It doesn't have to be fancy or English speaking.
On a related note, I spoke with reservations people at several Quebec hotels this afternoon. One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
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On a related note, I spoke with reservations people at several Quebec hotels this afternoon. One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
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Forgot about the pub question.
There are restaurants across Place Youville from the Courtyard, one of the bar areas may have a TV going. Or you could walk through the fortifications and go down rue St-Jean. I'm quite sure there is an Irish pub down that way. Or ask the hotel to pont you towards the nearest Cage-aux-Sports.
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There are restaurants across Place Youville from the Courtyard, one of the bar areas may have a TV going. Or you could walk through the fortifications and go down rue St-Jean. I'm quite sure there is an Irish pub down that way. Or ask the hotel to pont you towards the nearest Cage-aux-Sports.
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I'm not expecting to watch an actual game, I"m hoping to find a pub (around 10pm) whose TV is tuned to something like ESPN.
I know that the Seattle Seahawks are very popular in Vancouver and that my Chciago Bears played the Buffalo Bills in Toronto last season and the stadium looked filled to me.
I know that the Seattle Seahawks are very popular in Vancouver and that my Chciago Bears played the Buffalo Bills in Toronto last season and the stadium looked filled to me.
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Even with French roots from <1759 there is hardly any soccer on the QC spectator radar. I think the surrender in 1759 by France predate International Football.
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One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
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On a related note, I spoke with reservations people at several Quebec hotels this afternoon. One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
Sure, we might cook a turkey and get together, but then again we might do that on any Sunday, and we might just as easily head out of town for a long weekend in Seattle (or wherever). Certainly nobody I know 'flies home for Thangsgiving' in Canada. Families come home for Christmas, not Thanksgiving, and the big shopping day is Boxing Day.
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Even in English Canada, Canadian Thanksgiving simply isn't the big deal it is in the USA.
Sure, we might cook a turkey and get together, but then again we might do that on any Sunday, and we might just as easily head out of town for a long weekend in Seattle (or wherever). Certainly nobody I know 'flies home for Thangsgiving' in Canada. Families come home for Christmas, not Thanksgiving, and the big shopping day is Boxing Day.
Sure, we might cook a turkey and get together, but then again we might do that on any Sunday, and we might just as easily head out of town for a long weekend in Seattle (or wherever). Certainly nobody I know 'flies home for Thangsgiving' in Canada. Families come home for Christmas, not Thanksgiving, and the big shopping day is Boxing Day.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day#Shopping
Most stores won't accept returns on Boxing Day. They're too busy with their sales.
Most stores won't accept returns on Boxing Day. They're too busy with their sales.
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Our boxing day is the equivalent to Black Friday in the US.
None of the major retailers will take/process any return until after the new year.
There are at least four distinct cultures north of the US/Mexico boarder in North America. Canadian, US, Quebec and Texas.
None of the major retailers will take/process any return until after the new year.
There are at least four distinct cultures north of the US/Mexico boarder in North America. Canadian, US, Quebec and Texas.
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On a related note, I spoke with reservations people at several Quebec hotels this afternoon. One of them (who spoke English with a thick French accent) told me that Thanksgiving is basically an English Canadian holiday and isn't celebrated all that much in French Canada. She said the banks and schools are closed, but people treat it as though it's just a day off from work. She admitted that this would be her first Thanksgiving in Quebec City (she's from a small town somewhere in French Canada.) Is she correct?
Sure, we might cook a turkey and get together, but then again we might do that on any Sunday, and we might just as easily head out of town for a long weekend in Seattle (or wherever). Certainly nobody I know 'flies home for Thangsgiving' in Canada. Families come home for Christmas, not Thanksgiving, and the big shopping day is Boxing Day.
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A good option is Pub St Patrick which is down Rue ST Jean from the Courtyard. Another option is Saint Alexandre which is on your right a couple of blocks after you pass the city walls.
Both have large TV's and show sports
Have a Great trip.
Both have large TV's and show sports
Have a Great trip.
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Follow-up on Quebec pubs and Thanksgiving
I visited the Irish and English pubs on Rue St. Jean, but I was most fond of Le Chantauteuil - a great little bistro with nice, chatty patrons. As no one was watching the Leafs/ Canadiens game on TV, I asked the bartender to turn on the baseball playoff game and she was happy to do so. (I'm not making this up.) There was a great local lager beer on tap (whose name I can't recall). Like everything else in Canada, especially beer, it was more expensive than I'm used to paying.
Regarding Thanksgiving... it's a tale of two provinces.
In Nova Scotia, I saw several signs in supermarkets urging folks to order their Thanksgiving turkey. There were no silly turkey cartoon displays, however, like I see at home.
In Quebec, I asked all the young people working at the Courtyard if Thanksgiving was a big deal in Quebec. They all smiled and said, "It's a holiday, but that's about all."
We spent ten nights in Canada, and except for a speeding ticket in Quebec, we loved every minute of it (okay - every minute not involving the metric system).
Saint John, NB, gets a bad rap in the travel books. We loved it.
Regarding Thanksgiving... it's a tale of two provinces.
In Nova Scotia, I saw several signs in supermarkets urging folks to order their Thanksgiving turkey. There were no silly turkey cartoon displays, however, like I see at home.
In Quebec, I asked all the young people working at the Courtyard if Thanksgiving was a big deal in Quebec. They all smiled and said, "It's a holiday, but that's about all."
We spent ten nights in Canada, and except for a speeding ticket in Quebec, we loved every minute of it (okay - every minute not involving the metric system).
Saint John, NB, gets a bad rap in the travel books. We loved it.