Casa del Popolo

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised… but the burrito was really good. Solid selection of nice québécois beer, too. The venue is a classic dark and small CBGB-​style Rock box with well-​worn floors, a great vibe and a quality sound system.

I’ve hit this bar on every trip I’ve made to Montréal, and it has never failed to be a good time. The beer selection is always great, the DJs always spinning good tunes, and somehow a seat is always available to be found. This time around we also ordered some nachos (which were delicious), and purchased a little graphic story from a Distroboto (super cool)!

Chill place.
This place is very different. It’s a bit grungy and smells of smoke/​mildew/​alcohol from the night before, and is more of a ‘help yourself’ type of atmosphere. The service is relaxed and chill, but do not expect more than that. I sat at the table 45 minutes after I had finished eating (on my computer), and wasn’t spoken to once, which leads me to believe it’s a ‘get up and help yourself’ type of place, which I am cool with. If not then the service was despicable.
What I liked about the place is that it was rather empty and had comfortable seating, low lighting, unlike the more popular café down the street that is crammed full and bright lights and white surfaces. I was in a chill mood so this was better… until the music volume would shoot up then down again depending on what song played — that was a bit tacky, but completely forgivable.
I had the burrito which was decent. I also had a soy latté which was decent as well.
For a daytime coffee I would not return due to the smell and grunginess. I would return for a beer with some friends for sure. Price is right, and chill atmosphere.

I have to give Casa Del Popolo this, after 7 years as a server and bartender, they did show me something new.
The food was timely and good, the liberal accompaniment of nachos and salsa was greatly appreciated. I had a vegan burrito, it was totally solid and I would definitely have it again. ³⁄₅ on the Burrito.
The service though…
We were there at maybe 6pm on a Saturday in a group of maybe 8. There was probably 12 – 16 people in the place at the time and 4+ staff. Our orders hit the kitchen in a set of 4 and then another set of 4 maybe 20 minutes later. TL;DR Casa Del Popolo was overstaffed at the time, as it was preceding peak hours.
Which makes the following completed F’d up.
My friend and I received our orders, we were sitting on the terrasse in the back. We had no utensils and given the size of the burritos they were needed. My friend asked for utensils and the server responded with… direct quote «Get them yourself.»
WTF ¹⁄₅.

RUDE SERVICE, WRONG FOOD, 1H WAITING TIME (for a sandwich!).
This place is not even worth one star. I never got such a bad experience in Montréal.
45 min after having ordered and paid my meal, the cook came to see me and asked me what I ordered. She then told me that as she didn’t have what I wanted anymore, she prepared something else, and she gave me the plate without even asking me if I was okay with it. Let’s not talk about apologies as they were none. No, no. «Take it or leave it, you stupid customer!»
What’s actually better than that? Maybe the fact that she had no problem telling me how dumb I was be for asking cutlery to eat that sandwich I didn’t even order in the first place which was falling apart! As she explicitly said: «other costumers manage to eat it like that, so deal with it!» How nice to go out after a long day and hear so many kind words from a person I actually paid and tipped in the first place (fyi, they only take cash: yes, everything about that place is awesome… NOT)!
Coming back? I’d rather stay home for a whole month than set foot there.

My group of friends was looking for a fun, hip place to grab a drink and hear some bumpin’ music. They didn’t have bumpin’ music, but they did have pretty good drinks. The servers were lovely and the clientele was youthful and funky. Overall we got great feelings from the bar but disaster struck towards the end of our outing. When I was a still sips away from the end of my whiskey sour, a server came to our table and snatched the drink without asking and without us noticing.
I would have given this bar 4 stars at least, but taking an unfinished drink is the cardinal sin of bars.
We recommend trying this bar for it’s fun atmosphere, good drinks, and cheap prices — just make sure to keep track of your drink.

About as French as it gets :)
Great atmosphere, better beer, good eats.
Well worth a visit.
THEY ARE CASH ONLY

I like Casa del Popolo. They often have great bands and local DJs. I also love seeing shows there, but it can be annoying if it’s too crowded. However, when there’s a DJ, the music is usually very loud inside and the place packed most of the time, so I enjoy it more in the summer, because of the patio. As for the food, their nachos are some of my favorite in town (even though they’re microwaved)! Also, the pints are pretty cheap and they have a decent selection on beer on tap! And they have a very pretty ceiling!

Casa is awesome. I go here several times a month. Either to eat awesome nachos, drink cheap drinks, see a band, or listen to a friend DJ. Really cool place that is good for various times of day/​week/​year.
I only don’t like it too much on weekends as it’s too packed and a younger college crowd. But otherwise, great place.

I’m not sure how you could not love this place.
FOUR DOLLAR PINTS!
I love everything about this bar. Let’s start with the room it is broken up into four sections the front part has some couches that you can Loungin and it’s right before the bar the middle part of that room has a bar and some bank at seating. The bar is a really good place to sort of loiter and cozy up next to the good-​looking person beside you ordering a drink. The back of that room has seating for larger groups and is a great place just catch up with friends.
Then if you go back through the back door turn right you will get to the patio it’s a small patio but it’s a cozy one. It is certainly not the best patio in Montréal and I would not choose it for the patio, but it is an option if you’re smoker
From the back room if you turn to your left it is a small and intimate live music venue with some great bands
This is probably the real gem of the place. It is an entire definitely different room and five, or at least it can be on some nights
This bar is definitely a crowd pleaser
I didn’t have any of the food, but everything looked pretty good and large portions
Online you can check out the schedule for live music in the back room. I think they have live music everyday
You’ll also figure out pretty quickly that this is a fairly iconic music venue with some of the best indie bands starting from here

eclectic, easy chill environment. I love coming here when i when just want to get out for a beer & snack. Always hits the spot! Ps. I wish they had El Jimador tequila & cognac for coffee!!!

Cet endroit à tout pour plaire: un menu végétarien plus qu’abordable disponible jusqu’à la fermeture, de la boisson pas chère (les pintes de bières et de cidres à 4 $ les lundis et mardis = joie!), un décor un peu bohème, une salle de spectacle et une jolie terrasse.
Après un spectacle donné par mes amis à la Sala Rossa, tout était fermé, on avait faim mais pas envie de McDo. C’est là que la Casa del Popolo est venu à notre rescousse. Si vous hésitez, allez y avec le sandwich au miel et chèvre, il est vraiment délicieux! Mais on passé pour les desserts, ils n’en valent pas tant la peine. C’est agréable d’avoir un endroit où se nourrir sans remords jusqu’à tard, et j’ai bien hâte d’y retourner durant la journée pour boire une bière tranquille en lisant sur leur terrasse!

Cheap drinks, comfy seats.
Unimposing atmosphere.
Perf’ for tight wallets.

I’ve always loved the ambience here. Plus it has lots of good lookin’ vegetarian and vegan food (and did I hear the bartender say the kitchen was open until 2:30 AM?) and $ 5 pints of beer.
It just feels classy, with the high tin ceilings and warm colors. But then it’s not too classy, either.
I used to come here for shows. They’ve still got lots of ‘em, and I bet they’re fun.

Cheap beers? Check!
Good vegetarian eats? Check!
Broody bartenders? Check!
Weird hipsters? Check, check, and check!
Casa Del Popolo is mi hogar lejos de casa (that means my home away from home for those who never studied Spanish). I go here to drink the best poured pints of St-​Ambroise Blonde and to eat their nachos. Their nachos are topped with homemade salsa, homemade guacamole, sour cream and black beans. For cheese they use old cheddar cheese which really holds everything together for me. Accompanied by a beer (on Mondays and Tuesdays, they sell their pints 4 $ each hence all the hipsters) it’s the best late night snack. Hell, it can definitely be dinner as well! I love this place.

This bar is an institution and rightly so. It is a cornerstone of mtl’s indie music scene and a great meeting place for musicians, artists, activists, etc. The prices are decent, the food is tasty and bonus points for rocking the vegetarianism. The place is generally super welcoming and comfortable although be advised that later in the evening/​night it gets pretty crowded and loud. In the summer, they have a very charming courtyard with tables.
My reason for 4 stars instead of 5: I have a friend who has gotten sick from their food a couple times which is a little scary (that being said, I have eaten there dozens of times and never had a problem and am not personally discouraged from eating there).

I’m a fan
affordables prices, trésor music, nice ambiance and always some history to tell there…
spécial for whose are looking the music

À mon avis, le meilleur lieu pour découvrir la scèné indie à Montréal.
Jolie petite salle, intime, assez bonne sélection de groupes d’un peu partout, on retrouve souvent des groupes qui se produisent à NYC dans une des salles associées au Bowery Ballroom, pour ceux qui connaissent.
Et joie! la bière non seulement n’est pas chère (5 $ la pinte), mais en plus on offre toute la sélection des bières de McAusland, et même un cidre, toujours au même bas prix. Et le son est bon! Et l’entrée pour les spectacles est généralement très peu dispendieuse (8 – 12 $ pour 2 groupes).
Seul bémol, concernant les spectacles, leur site internet devrait proposer des liens directs aux groupes qui se produisent, et ce serait génial! Pour l’instant, ça demande de chercher un peu, à moins de connaître intimement tout ce qui se produit comme groupe indépendant à travers l’Amérique du Nord et ailleurs…
La première salle fait un peu restaurant et un peu bar, mais je né m’y suis jamais attardé, alors je n’en parle pas.
La terrasse arrière est très agréable et confidentielle. Un plaisir durant l’été!

I’m just in love with this place.
During a recent stay in Montréal my friend and I stayed in the rooms upstairs (Pensione Popolo) and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Not only are the rooms very nice and very inexpensive (double bed in a private room for $ 40/​night), but the staff is super sweet.
We didn’t check out the venue nor can I speak to their food or coffee but we enjoyed our fair share of nightcaps in the bar and loved the atmosphere. It gets pretty packed at night but not in an intolerable way. Great place to make friends if you’re passing through, lots of interesting travelers come by here.

Pretty solid in terms of a neighborhood watering hole. The drinks are very reasonably priced and they even have a decent snack menu (try the nachos).
What I like the most, though, is how the show bar is separate, meaning that you don’t have to pay cover or deal with bands if you don’t want to. There is also a very decent terrace out back in the summer (perfect for smokers).

Casa is 2 rooms now, one is tables and couches, tasty nachos and sandwiches, zine library — a pretty, ramshackle, dim, perfect space for thinking, drinking, drawing and eating vegetarian tasty inexpensive eats. The second room is a dedicated performance venue accessible from a backside door in the resto/​café. A perfect little venue for ~100 to cozy up to exceptional music and feel tucked away from the world. The people behind Casa also run the music venue across the street at Sala as well as a sweet space for travelers above Casa called Pensione Popolo, and they do a lot of the booking for Il Motore up on Jean Talon. They also run a festival of resistance music called Suoni Per Il Popolo that brings life-​changing music into close encounters with the city. 5 stars fer sure.

So I’m sitting at the bar killing time until the New Country Rehab set starts. I’m drinking a Glenlivet & water, which costs me a whole $ 5.50. I giggle about that for a good half-​hour. Guy walks up, asks the bright, yummy-​looking, and fantastically-​sincere barmaid on duty for a couple of Scotches on the rocks. She pours Glenlivet as the bar Scotch, charges him eleven bucks for the pair. We stare at each other.
«Did you just order Scotch on the rocks?»
«Yeah, and they poured Glenlivet!»
«I noticed.»
Glass of Jameson is $ 3.50.
Fantastic light over the bar. Bartenders are real people. Patrons aren’t assholes. Top-​shelf whiskies at Canadian Tire prices. McAuslan beers on tap. Tolerable noise levels. Oh, and usable restrooms.
Any questions?

Casa del popolo (maison du peuple), porte bien son nom. C’est un café intime, aux saveurs végétarienne, où y fourmille la culture sous toutes ses formes. Plusieurs événements musicaux de la scèné underground, prestations artistiques, galerie d’art, c’est un chouette endroit pour déguster un robuste café équitable, le genre d’allongé mousseux qui ressemble à de la crème sans même en avoir ajouté. Une chance que le café en vaut la peine, car leur chocolat chaud, assurément en sachet, est tout simplement infecte, c’en est décevant. En tout cas, ils ont de la bonne bière en fût…de la McAuslan (griffon et compagnie). La nourriture végétarienne est correcte, sans plus…
On vient partiellement ici pour l’ambiance décontractée. De beaux et grands divans à la victorienne, une musique éclectique et des rencontres stimulantes. Le service est assez nonchalant, surtout lorsque le personnel est occupé à bavarder… Il n’est pas impossible non plus d’être contraint à s’expliquer en anglais! Oui! Certains serveurs né comprennent absolument rien du français et à vrai dire, c’est assez embarrassant…à la limite, frustrant, de se voir refuser un service à Montréal dans la langue officielle de la province… Oui, la communauté anglophone montréalaise est en hausse perpétuelle, surtout dans les arrondissement du boulevard St-​Laurent, mais ce laxisme linguistique devient de plus en plus problématique pour l’identité franco-​culturelle de la ville…