Best of MTL 2014: Nightlife

So much love for le Belmont, the top nightclub on the Main, and for LGBT/hipster-oriented Notre Dame des Quilles up in Mile Ex (technically Petite-Patrie). Datcha’s new to Club list as it’s new to the city, but the cozy club on Laurier clearly has loads of loyal patrons already. As for our new category in this section, Best Underground Venue, we won’t tell you where these places are but if you hear their names whispered on wind, follow the smell of B.O. and cigarettes and you’ll probably find yourself at an awesome party. On the drug front, we’re happy to see cocaine drop from the Top 5 (it was #3 last year), but marijuana and MDMA remain our readers’ mind-altering toxins of choice.

Best Bartender
1 Alain Poirier (le Belmont)
2 Michael McCarthy (Notre Dame des Quilles)
3 Ram Krishnan (Grumpy’s)
4 Gern F (Grumpy’s)
5 Annie (Brasserie Beaubien)
6 Garth (Grumpy’s)
7 Taina Faucon (le Belmont)
8 Rashta Kruger (Blue Dog)
9 Vito Ciacco (le Bremner)

Best Waiter/Waitress
1 Julie Paquet (Notre Dame des Quilles)
2 Vanessa Vick (Sparrow)
3 Cam (Nouveau Palais)
4 Evano Mellone (Nesta)
5 Rachel (Brutopia)
6 Daniel Noble (Vices & Versa)
7 Samantha Garritano (Casa del Popolo)

Best Bar
1 Notre Dame des Quilles
2 Casa del Popolo
3 Sparrow
4 Le Belmont
5 Snack and Blues
6 Distillerie
7 Dieu du Ciel
8 Bar de Courcelle
9 Rockette
10 Royal Phoenix and Burgundy Lion (tie)

Best Fancy Bar
1 Big in Japan Bar
2 Sparrow
3 Le Belmont
4 Furco
5 Datcha
6 Dominion Square Tavern
7 Flyjin
8 The Wiggle Room
9 Emerald Hotel
10 Baldwin

Best Sleazy Dive
1 Barfly
2 Bifteck
3 Snack and Blues
4 Brasserie Beaubien
5 Le Belmont
6 Maz
7 Idée Fixe
8 Midway
9 Bar de Courcelle
10 Korova

Best 5 à 7
1 Notre Dame des Quilles
2 Casa del Popolo
3 Furco
4 Buvette Chez Simone
5 Waverly
6 Distillerie
7 Vices and Versa
8 SuWu
9 Dominion Square Tavern
10 Burgundy Lion

Best Wine Bar
1 Pullman
2 Buvette Chez Simone
3 Vin Papillon
4 Le Comptoir Charcuterie et Vins
5 Furco
6 Philemon

Best Pick-up Spot
1 Le Belmont
2 Bareoke
3 Rockette
4 Royal Phoenix
5 Notre Dame des Quilles
5 Snack and Blues
6 Cook and Date
7 Casa del Popolo
8 Korova
9 Furco
10 Blizzarts

Best Club
1 Le Belmont
2 Datcha
3 Tokyo
4 New City Gas
5 Unity
6 Stereo
7 Salon
8 Rouge
9 Nesta
10 Apt 200

Best Club Night
1 Bass Drive (Le Belmont)
2 Bareoke (Cabaret Playhouse)
3 Mess Around (Divan Orange)
4 Cousins (Royal Phoenix)
5 POMPe (Katacombes)
6 Faggity Ass Fridays (Cabaret Playhouse)
7 The Goods (la Sala Rossa)

Best Underground Venue
1 St-Dominique
2 Drones
3 The Plant
4 The Fall
5 Death House
6 La Brique (RIP)
7 Fattal
8 Turbo Haus
9 Tarot
10 The Pound (RIP)

Best Promoter
1 Blue Skies Turn Black
2 Neon
3 Evenko
4 Passovah
5 Spazztic Ear Honey
6 Big Tooth
7 Samourais des Jungles Urbaines
8 Greenland
9 Hello Darlin
10 Saintwoods

Best Strip Club
1 Cleopatra
2 Kamasutra
3 Amazones
4 Paree
5 Kingdom
6 Solid Gold
7 Super Sexe
8 Downtown
9 Stock
10 La Source du Sexe

Best Gay Bar
1 Royal Phoenix
2 Notre Dame des Quilles
3 Sky
4 Unity
5 Le Stud
6 Mado
7 Apollon
8 Club Date
9 Stock

Best Lesbian Bar
1 Royal Phoenix
2 Notre Dame des Quilles
3 Drugstore (RIP)
4 Unity
5 Cagibi
6 Sky

Best Drag Queen/King
1 Mado
2 Connie Lingua
3 Julie Paquet
4 Plastik Patrik
5 Tranna Wintour
6 Nat King Pole
7 Billy l’Amour
8 Cary Tauben
9 Lady Gaza
10 Kama La Mackerel

Best Poolhall
1 Boul Noir
2 Sharx
3 Fatz
4 Idée Fixe
5 Snack and Blues
6 Maz
7 Scratch
8 Brasserie Beaubien
9 Montreal Pool Room
10 Frappé

Best Comedy Club
1 Comedy Nest
2 Comedyworks
3 Blue Dog (Mondays)
4 Burritoville
5 Théâtre Ste-Catherine
6 The Wiggle Room
7 Grumpy’s
8 Comedy Hostel (MBar)
9 Jimbos

Best Comedian
1 Sugar Sammy
2 DeAnne Smith
3 Tranna Wintour
4 Joey Elias
5 Dan Haber
6 Mike Paterson
7 Louis José Houde
8 Walter Lyng
9 Jeremy Dobski
10 Jess Salomon

Best Drug
1 Marijuana
2 MDMA
3 Mushrooms
4 Alcohol
5 Coffee/caffeine
6 LSD
7 Cocaine
8 Hash
9 Ketamine
10 Speed

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