Your 5 à 7 could end at 3 a.m.

Montreal, the city that goes out

In Montreal the evening often starts with a 5 à 7: a beer or a glass of wine after work, with colleagues or friends, on a terrace as soon as it's mild enough to take your coat off. The kind of 5 à 7 that, on a good night, turns into dinner, then one last drink, then a "shall we keep going somewhere else?".

Bars pour until 3 a.m., the dépanneurs keep the beer cold and bring-your-own-wine restaurants turn any Tuesday into a night out. In winter people go out anyway: you dash from door to door, settle in somewhere warm and chat until closing. In summer it's the opposite, the whole city lives outside, from the back alleys to the parks.

YesTonite is made for that kind of evening. No match to wait for, no chat dragging on for three weeks: you see who is out tonight near you, write a message, and if they reply, you choose where to meet.

Thursday to Saturday is when it happens, and bars pour until 3 a.m. Plenty of evenings start with a 5 à 7 and end after the last metro.

Where Montreal goes out

• Boulevard Saint-LaurentThe Main: bars, clubs and restaurants, from the Quartier des spectacles up to Mile End.
• Le PlateauAvenue du Mont-Royal and rue Saint-Denis: terraces, neighbourhood bars and small restaurants.
• Mile EndCafés, bars and small music venues, with a creative crowd.
• Petite-PatrieAround Little Italy and Plaza Saint-Hubert: relaxed bars and good restaurants.
• Le VillageRue Sainte-Catherine Est, heart of the LGBTQ+ community, lively until late.
• Saint-HenriRue Notre-Dame Ouest: cocktail bars and restaurants near the Lachine Canal.