Best of MTL 2013: Nightlife

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Fuck yeah, NDQ. You’ve occupied that weird little spot in Little Italy for only a year and a half, yet you’ve found a place in the hearts of many gays and straights alike. Read the feature for more about the north-side watering hole/ eatery/bowling alley. Of course, competing club/ bar/eatery Royal Phoenix has a couple of years on NDQ, not to mention more aggressive Facebook campaigning on the part of its advocates. And speaking of campaigns, le Belmont! With the exception of a certain spa, never has one business run such a successful rock-the-vote campaign. If you’ve seen their survey-result window displays in years past, you know they’re proud of their achievements. And they’re well deserved. Nice to see some other friends and favourites here, from Casa to Sparrow, Plastik Patrik (who’s not a drag queen, but whatever) to Blue Skies Turn Black, Dominion Square Tavern to, uh, marijuana.

Best Bar
1 Notre Dame des Quilles
2 Casa del Popolo
3 Sparrow
4 Vices & Versa
5 Le Belmont

Best Bartender
1 Alain Poirier (le Belmont)
2 Michael McCarthy (Notre Dame des Quilles)
3 Julie Paquette (Royal Phoenix/Notre Dame des Quilles)
4 Ram Krishnan (Grumpy’s)
5 Jesse Bordeleau (Cocktail)

Best Fancy Bar/ Club
1 Big in Japan Bar
2 Sparrow
3 Velvet
4 Salon Officiel
5 Dominion Square Tavern

Best Sleazy Dive
1 Barfly
2 Bifteck
3 Snack n’ Blues
4 Le Belmont
5 Maz Bar

Best 5 à 7
1 Notre Dame des Quilles
2 Casa del Popolo
3 Furco
4 Vices & Versa
5 Buvette Chez Simone

Best Wine Bar
1 Pullman
2 Buvette Chez Simone
3 Comptoir
4 Furco
5 Philémon

Best Pick-up Spot
1 Le Belmont
2 Foufounes Électriques
3 Royal Phoenix
4 Rockette
5 Notre Dame des Quilles

Best Club
1 Le Belmont
2 Royal Phoenix
3 Salon Officiel
4 Tokyo
5 Unity

Best Club Night
1 Bass Drive (le Belmont)
2 Faggity Ass Fridays (Royal Phoenix)
3 POMPe (Katacombes)
4 Lipster (Royal Phoenix, now at Notre Dame des Quilles)
5 Booty Bakery (various locations)

Best Promoter
1 Blue Skies Turn Black
2 Neon Productions
3 Les Samourais des Jungles Urbaines
4 DL Jones
5 Evenko

Best Strip Club
1 Cleopatra
2 Kamasutra
3 Supersexe
4 Chez Parée
5 Amazones

Best Gay Bar
1 Royal Phoenix
2 Notre Dame des Quilles
3 Unity
4 Sky
5 Cocktail

Best Lesbian Bar
1 Royal Phoenix
2 Notre Dame des Quilles
3 Drugstore
4 Cocktail
5 Cagibi

Best Drag Queen/King
1 Mado
2 Antonio Bavaro
3 Plastik Patrik
4 Connie Lingua
5 Nat King Pole

Best Pool Hall
1 Sharx
2 Boul Noir
3 Fats
4 Skratch
5 Barfly

Best Comedy Club
1 Comedy Nest
2 Comedy Works
3 Burritoville
4 Cabaret Mado
5 Improv Montreal/Montreal Improv Theatre

Best Comedian
1 Sugar Sammy
2 DeAnne Smith
3 Joey Elias
4 Dan Bingham
5 Walter J. Lyng

Best Drug
1 Marijuana
2 MDMA
3 Cocaine
4 LSD
5 Alcohol

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