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On terrasses, vintage shops, horny summer vibes, and drinking beer under the Van Horne underpass.
April 30, 2026
Juliette Gariépy was born in Outremont, spent time in Griffintown (didn't love it), Petite-Patrie (loved it), and has landed back in Mile End, where she grew up and just shot a movie.
It's been a full-circle kind of year: she took her film Deux Femmes en Or to Sundance, won a Special Jury Prize, then came home to play Madeleine in Mile End Kicks, an aspiring DJ trying to crack a scene that doesn't always make room for women.
Gariépy knows that world. She's been part of the neighbourhood's cultural fabric long enough to tell stories about drinking under the Van Horne overpass during COVID, watching the Canadiens win on someone's phone while Saint-Jean-Baptiste went off around her.
The film industry keeps pulling her toward bigger stages. Mile End keeps pulling her back. Below, she shares the spots that make it easy to understand why.
"During COVID, everything was closed and we still had to drink beer, you know, we had to find a way. We would go under the Van Horne underpass near the skate park and drink there. Winter, summer, anytime—we would just go there and it truly became our little hangout spot. One of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste nights it happened to be during the hockey season and the Canadiens happened to win that night. So it was Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the Canadiens winning, and everyone was just freaking out. We were watching the game under the bridge and that is just imprinted in my memory forever."
"What I really like is watching the soccer games at Club Social. There are so many people, you have to arrive like four hours early, sleep there, and just wait and hope you get a place. And everyone's so crazy. But just walking on Saint-Laurent when it's a little hot—it's a fucking fashion show. People are horny. It's such a special experience just in itself to be there, act cool, do as if you haven't noticed your millions of exes standing there. And that's a whole performance in itself."
"There's this crazy vintage place but also has a lot of unique fashion, Montreal fashion designer pieces… It's relatively new but it's so cool. All the hot girls, you know where they are. They're there. You buy a piece, yes it's going to cost $6,000, yes. But it's absolutely worth it."
"I love to go to Maguire on Saint-Laurent. They sell shoes, they sell leather boots. Everything is just so pretty, so beautiful, so cool. And it's all about looks. I don't want to admit it, but it kind of is."
"I love to go to Cinéma Moderne on Saint-Laurent. It's this small indie cinema where you can drink and watch a movie crouched with like 60 other people because the place is so small. But they always have a really good catalogue of older and newer movies that I really like."
"Just hanging out at Parc Lahaie in front of the SQDC. You have everything you need. It's in front of the church. It's random as fuck but we go there and sometimes there's a fountain. During COVID, I don't know why, the fountain was always full of soap. Like people would just put soap in there. I don't think it was really good for the birds, but that happened."
"I like going to Taverne Atlantique because the terrasse is crazy. You can't even look at the person you're talking to because the sun is fucking burning your eyes. But I really like the terrasse."
"I really like the terrasse of Buvette Chez Simon. It's on this little weird street near a park. It's like not even a street. It's almost hidden near the train tracks. That's really fun."
"Bruno Sports Bar is like not quite Mile End but it's still near. You eat a sandwich, you play the slot machine, and you watch a game. And that's good enough for me. I went to Bruno Sports Bar on my first date with my boyfriend, which was kind of funny. You need to be low-key but also flexing, so a place like that is valid."
"My sister works in a bar called Aux Verres Stérilisés. It's one of the only places where beer is still affordable. We watched the Oscars there. It's a bunch of either old alcoholics who've been there since two o'clock or really young, no-brows, cool bitches. It was a great mix.”
"ESPACE GO always has some bold choices. I just got into theatre lately and did perform there. It was honestly such a fun crowd—they're ready to be disturbed. They're ready to not understand anything, which is not always easy nowadays, especially when we're fed all the information really quickly. I like that they're woman-owned and just bold."
"I love to go to Théâtre Sainte-Catherine. They do a bunch of improv workshops on Mondays and it's free. Then you can watch the improv show after that. They mix Anglo and French, which is good. Right now, it's fun."
"I do love Darling actually. Maybe I would go to Mural Festival, walk that street, there's so much going on. Cool people, families. I love the drama, trying to see what's going to happen. Last year we went and there was a bunch of—I guess they were TikTokers or aspiring TikTokers—and they did a fake marriage proposal and everyone bought into it until they left."
"I like to go to Robin des Bois near Parc La Fontaine. It's a good cause—all their profits go to help the homeless community and a bunch of other organizations. There are dancing nights there too and it's huge so you always find a place. You can walk in the park after, or just sit outside and drink a beer."
"My boyfriend lives nearby and there's a shop called Spedzira. They make really good Italian sandwiches. I tried Renzo too—they're a bit big for my outfit because I don't want to spill anything on me constantly—but that's a good spot as well."
"The rotisserie on Saint-Viateur—you get the chorizo sandwich and that's just easy."
Every place here was visited by someone on our team.
On terrasses, vintage shops, horny summer vibes, and drinking beer under the Van Horne underpass.
April 30, 2026
Juliette Gariépy was born in Outremont, spent time in Griffintown (didn't love it), Petite-Patrie (loved it), and has landed back in Mile End, where she grew up and just shot a movie.
It's been a full-circle kind of year: she took her film Deux Femmes en Or to Sundance, won a Special Jury Prize, then came home to play Madeleine in Mile End Kicks, an aspiring DJ trying to crack a scene that doesn't always make room for women.
Gariépy knows that world. She's been part of the neighbourhood's cultural fabric long enough to tell stories about drinking under the Van Horne overpass during COVID, watching the Canadiens win on someone's phone while Saint-Jean-Baptiste went off around her.
The film industry keeps pulling her toward bigger stages. Mile End keeps pulling her back. Below, she shares the spots that make it easy to understand why.
"During COVID, everything was closed and we still had to drink beer, you know, we had to find a way. We would go under the Van Horne underpass near the skate park and drink there. Winter, summer, anytime—we would just go there and it truly became our little hangout spot. One of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste nights it happened to be during the hockey season and the Canadiens happened to win that night. So it was Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the Canadiens winning, and everyone was just freaking out. We were watching the game under the bridge and that is just imprinted in my memory forever."
"What I really like is watching the soccer games at Club Social. There are so many people, you have to arrive like four hours early, sleep there, and just wait and hope you get a place. And everyone's so crazy. But just walking on Saint-Laurent when it's a little hot—it's a fucking fashion show. People are horny. It's such a special experience just in itself to be there, act cool, do as if you haven't noticed your millions of exes standing there. And that's a whole performance in itself."
"There's this crazy vintage place but also has a lot of unique fashion, Montreal fashion designer pieces… It's relatively new but it's so cool. All the hot girls, you know where they are. They're there. You buy a piece, yes it's going to cost $6,000, yes. But it's absolutely worth it."
"I love to go to Maguire on Saint-Laurent. They sell shoes, they sell leather boots. Everything is just so pretty, so beautiful, so cool. And it's all about looks. I don't want to admit it, but it kind of is."
"I love to go to Cinéma Moderne on Saint-Laurent. It's this small indie cinema where you can drink and watch a movie crouched with like 60 other people because the place is so small. But they always have a really good catalogue of older and newer movies that I really like."
"Just hanging out at Parc Lahaie in front of the SQDC. You have everything you need. It's in front of the church. It's random as fuck but we go there and sometimes there's a fountain. During COVID, I don't know why, the fountain was always full of soap. Like people would just put soap in there. I don't think it was really good for the birds, but that happened."
"I like going to Taverne Atlantique because the terrasse is crazy. You can't even look at the person you're talking to because the sun is fucking burning your eyes. But I really like the terrasse."
"I really like the terrasse of Buvette Chez Simon. It's on this little weird street near a park. It's like not even a street. It's almost hidden near the train tracks. That's really fun."
"Bruno Sports Bar is like not quite Mile End but it's still near. You eat a sandwich, you play the slot machine, and you watch a game. And that's good enough for me. I went to Bruno Sports Bar on my first date with my boyfriend, which was kind of funny. You need to be low-key but also flexing, so a place like that is valid."
"My sister works in a bar called Aux Verres Stérilisés. It's one of the only places where beer is still affordable. We watched the Oscars there. It's a bunch of either old alcoholics who've been there since two o'clock or really young, no-brows, cool bitches. It was a great mix.”
"ESPACE GO always has some bold choices. I just got into theatre lately and did perform there. It was honestly such a fun crowd—they're ready to be disturbed. They're ready to not understand anything, which is not always easy nowadays, especially when we're fed all the information really quickly. I like that they're woman-owned and just bold."
"I love to go to Théâtre Sainte-Catherine. They do a bunch of improv workshops on Mondays and it's free. Then you can watch the improv show after that. They mix Anglo and French, which is good. Right now, it's fun."
"I do love Darling actually. Maybe I would go to Mural Festival, walk that street, there's so much going on. Cool people, families. I love the drama, trying to see what's going to happen. Last year we went and there was a bunch of—I guess they were TikTokers or aspiring TikTokers—and they did a fake marriage proposal and everyone bought into it until they left."
"I like to go to Robin des Bois near Parc La Fontaine. It's a good cause—all their profits go to help the homeless community and a bunch of other organizations. There are dancing nights there too and it's huge so you always find a place. You can walk in the park after, or just sit outside and drink a beer."
"My boyfriend lives nearby and there's a shop called Spedzira. They make really good Italian sandwiches. I tried Renzo too—they're a bit big for my outfit because I don't want to spill anything on me constantly—but that's a good spot as well."
"The rotisserie on Saint-Viateur—you get the chorizo sandwich and that's just easy."
Every place here was visited by someone on our team.
