An old friend of Zach Macklovitch's applied for membership at Marilyn's, the new private bar attaché below Old Montreal’s Italian seafood room, Mare. That friend got turned down, though not because they were broke, unstylish, or unknown, only that they wrote something to the effect of: I'm an OG, so I should be included.
"I didn't approve it," Macklovitch says, "because the other people that are putting applications in right now are writing, like, hey, this is what I do for work, this is why I feel this will be good, I'm really interested in a place where I can meet like-minded people. They bring the right energy to it."
Marilyn's soft-opened on June 28 and has been widening its offering since. Membership is invitation-only and free for now. "Our plan for the foreseeable future is to keep it that way," Macklovitch says. "Should we expand to more locations and offer more amenities that may change, but as we stand it is a free membership." Applicants are being screened on the merit of whether or not they're someone worth sitting beside. There's an objection to make here, and we'll get to that.
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