Bar Kabinet

Quelle belle découverte. Ce tout petit bar offre une ambiance super détendue où l’on se sent très vite à l’aise. La carte des cocktails tombait particulièrement dans mes goûts et ils étaient savamment préparés. Un bien bel endroit où aller discuter tranquilles.

coffee by day, bar by night. sounds like déjà vu. oh right, café sardine!
for anyone who ever went to the defunct café sardine, that tiny coffee shop on fairmount, well, bar kabinet will give you that very familiar vibe of sardine. it’s like «this feels fucking nice». as it turns out, café sardine is behind the coffee by day at kabinet. they’ve been promoting the shit out of kabinet on facebook and i’m happy they did! i went to sardine twice and its good to finally have another crazy hidden gem of coffee shop that no one fucking knows about unless you follow the right coffee drinkers on IG. that’s how i found out about kabinet doing coffee.
here, you find coffee from dispatch but its not the usual you’d get from the dispatch crew which goes into an acidic citrus notes. instead, you’re getting the more rounder notes of chocolate and caramel. no fancy latte art, just a great cup of joe like you’d find at italian cafés. actually, being located in a cozy european bar, it does feel like the heavy italian hitters.
since most people don’t know about it, the place is on the empty side of things. there’s only one cozy corner and the rest is all counter seats either at the bar or by the wall. either way, hidden but yet awesome coffee shop.

Location: Laurier, west of St. Laurent. I’d say the Laurier station is your best bet if you’re coming by subway. Street parking is available but metered (though I think the meters stop at 6pm — check the schedule).
The place: Super cozy and tiny! There’s one table and some bar seating — that’s about it. However, the vibe is unpretentious and casual, and like I said, cozy. I almost felt like I was hanging out in someone’s livng room. Loved the space!
The goods: I had the Pimms and it was amazing. So much so, that I literally sucked on that straw until I could get nary a drop from the bottom of the glass. The fresh mint and strawberry put a super fresh spin on the traditional Pimms cup. I approve!
Service: The bartender was also our waitress — she was friendly and we liked her.
Price point: $ 12 for the Pimms.

Can easily be added to the short list of places who’s vibe – turn of the 20^th Russian tea room here – is both style and substance. Small but intimate and unique space that’s a fantastic place to start or end a date. This is the kind of place you suggest your out of town friends definitely stop by. Coffee by 49^th Parallel and local MTL roaster Dispatch: coffee snobs. Went a bit too early to try the drinks, but any bar with more than one bourbon option is a well stocked bar in my book.

Bons cocktails originaux. Belle terrasse à l’extérieur et super décor à l’intérieur!

Bar à cocktails, très mignon, mais où l’on doit apprendre à faire des cocktails.
Je vais être très très court, j’ai demandé un sour à base de sortilège … avec une base d’alcool, peut-​être du whisky, ça me semblait logique.
On m’a fait un sour, avec uniquement du sortilège, vertict? J’ai eu une boisson au citron.
Conclusion: quand on né sait même pas faire de sour, on évite d’ouvrir un bar à cocktail. C’est un peu la base.
Pour le reste, les cocktails proposés sur la carte né me donnait pas vraiment envie, rien qu’en voyant la liste des ingrédients, je né pouvais pas faire confiance à la balance faite via les recettes proposées.
Par contre, l’endroit est super mignon d’où le deux étoiles, j’aime bien la déco, le bar, limite l’ambiance. A retester, le jour où ils auront pris des cours.

J’adore ce nouveau spot sur Laurier. C’est très intime et les bartenders sont attentifs aux clients. Perso, je préfère y aller avant l’ouverture du Batcha pour une expérience plus intime entre amis. Mais reste que quand on sort au Batcha, ça fait du bien de pouvoir transférer du Batcha au Kabinet et changer un peu d’atmosphère. J’adore le concept, le décor et la liste de cocktails. C’est maintenant dans mes places préférées pour aller prendre un verre à Montréal.

J’ai beaucoup aimé ce petit bar. Petite ambiance intimiste avec un bar russe/​ukrainien qui a du cachet. La deco est géniale, les cocktails et la musique aussi.

This tiny room next to Datcha is not immediately evident, the window is slightly hidden and there is no number on the door. But if you are in front of Datcha and tuck into the door between it and some indie fur designer place on the left, you’ll find yourself immediately at home. Datcha is the size of a small narrow livingroom, or boat, or coat room. There is a bar with a few plush stools and hooks for your coat, and a skilled and friendly bartender happy to chat about the different delicious cocktails, or art, or New York, or life. I tried the champagne cocktail and it was perfect, and perfectly pretty, and prettily suited to the sweet room.
I didn’t try the food but the drinks were all in the non-​insane, totally affordable cocktail range, and very delicious, plus I love me a romantic tiny tucked away room, so I’ll be back here for sure.