"Titanic, Old Montréal West. Owners Patrick and Rob have been at the helm of Café Titanic for 30 years. Considered an institution in Old Montreal, the cafe is nestled in the basement of a heritage building, and grew from a 10-seat bar (the small size of which gave the café its ironic name) to an ever growing network of rooms and nooks. All the food is homemade, down to the bouillon from which the soup is freshly made every day, and very vegetarian-friendly. Look out for a decorative cash register dating back to 1950 (and belonging to Titanic’s predecessor Cafe Sandy) that can only charge a maximum price of $2.97. Or the owners’ office door, unearthed from a separate part of the heritage building in which Café Titanic is located, and which previously belonged to a company that once sold return tickets for the Titanic (though as history tells us, they were never used). Or a dry room that was once a safe, and now holds the world’s most carefully kept sugar. Overall, a must-see in Old Montreal."
