In 1945, a neon-lit palace opened on Décarie Boulevard and became the place where Montreal went to see and be seen.
Today a hotel, Ruby Foo's was once a 6,000-square-foot spectacle where politicians rubbed shoulders with Broadway stars, where Maurice Richard slipped in through the back door, and where Pierre Elliott Trudeau ate duck à l'orange almost every Sunday.
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