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      The Bulletin: 70th Anniversary Hamburgers, the Avant-Garde, Solstice Yoga, and a Movie If You Like Piña Coladas [Issue #186]
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      The Bulletin: Mafia Patrons Shut Down a Local Brasserie, a Mile End Landmark Retrofit, a Research School Beach Party, Montreal’s New Holocaust Museum, and Other Oddities [Issue #10]

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      The Bulletin: Mafia patrons shut down a local brasserie, a Mile End landmark retrofit, a research school beach party,  Montreal’s new Holocaust museum, and other oddities [Issue #10]

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      From a pizzaghetti party and a fight club inside a swimming pool to local media seeing shutdowns and cutbacks and a Montreal-themed restaurant opening in Washington, D.C., this edition of The Main’s Montreal Bulletin—a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal—is going to be a weird one.

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      The Bulletin: Mafia patrons shut down a local brasserie, a Mile End landmark retrofit, a research school beach party,  Montreal’s new Holocaust museum, and other oddities [Issue #10]

      The Main is reader-supported. Subscriptions are what keep us independent. Five dollars a month — the restaurants, the guides, the weekly bulletin, and what to do each weekend. Support us today.

      From a pizzaghetti party and a fight club inside a swimming pool to local media seeing shutdowns and cutbacks and a Montreal-themed restaurant opening in Washington, D.C., this edition of The Main’s Montreal Bulletin—a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal—is going to be a weird one.

      And not that we mean to sound like your parents, but try to stay warm during this weekend’s cold snap. Those of you heading out can check this out for inspo:

      @amineammicanada

      #montreal #quebec #canada #ski #canada_life🇨🇦

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