World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > North America > Canada > Quebec > Montreal Montreal -- Neighborhoods -- Downtown Montréal Main and East Montréa! Vieux-Montréal -- Sights -- Montréal's other attractions •  Montreal   · The City •  History •  Arrival, Information And City Transport •  Information •  Transport •  Eating •  Entertainment •  Gay Montreal •  Best Of •  Festivals And Other Events •  Listings •  Explore Montreal •  Hotels in Montreal MONTREAL - GAY MONTREAL Montreal has an excellent gay scene, with the action concentrated in the area known as The Village - roughly located on rue Ste-Catherine est between rue Amherst and the Papineau Métro station. Two English information lines provide up-to-date news on the latest events in the city: Gay-Info (24hr recorded message; tel 252-4429) is bilingual, Gayline (daily 7-11pm; tel 866-5090 or 1-888/505-1010) is in English and doubles as a helpline. Gai-Écoute (tel 521-1508) provides a similar service to French-speakers. For contacts, L'Androgyne, 3636 boul St-Laurent, is a gay and lesbian bookshop, and Priape, 1311 rue Ste-Catherine est, is a Village-based sex shop and clothing store that sells tickets to most events. Fugues is the city's monthly French gay and lesbian magazine (there's usually a small English section hidden among the ads and pictures). In early August Divers/Cité , the gay and lesbian pride parade, is the event of the year.   Cafes and restaurants Most of the restaurants and hangouts in The Village cater to a lesbian, bisexual and gay crowd, but are more mixed during the day. L'Amorican , 1550 rue Fullum. Excellent French eatery. Bato Thai , 1310 rue Ste-Catherine est. An excellent Thai restaurant with slow service - but the boys wearing sarongs make up for it. La Paryse , 302 rue Ontario est. Extraordinary and exotic range of burger fillings. Piccolo Diavolo , 1336 rue Ste-Catherine est. Hip place to eat Italian. Saloon , 1333 rue Ste-Catherine est. Pizzas, burgers, salads and brunch. Mixed crowd of young and old, gay and straight. Bars, clubs and discos Aigle Noir , 1315 rue Ste-Catherine est. Trashy leather bar. Cabaret l'Entre Peau , 1115 rue Ste-Catherine est. The best (and outrageously worst) of Montreal's drag shows, with a mixed fun-loving clientele. Drugstore , 1360 rue Ste-Catherine est. Multilevel bar complex that's busiest before 11pm. Rooftop terrace. Sisters , 1333 rue Ste-Catherine est. Upstairs from Saloon , this is a swanky joint allowing mainly women, though men accompanied by women are welcome. Sky , 1474 rue Ste-Catherine est. Two dance floors (one retro, the other more technofied), pool tables and a bar/restaurant on the ground floor, attracting the beautiful-people set. Sunday afternoon happy hour in the pub has two-for-one deals. La Track , 1584 rue Ste-Catherine est. Men-only gay bar and disco. Cruisey male leather crowd. Very cheap on Wednesdays and Sundays. Unity , 1400 ave Montcalm. The only real competition Sky 's had in years, Unity has become extremely popular, with two dance floors (one playing techno, the other retro Eighties hits), a huge rooftop terrace in summer and ground floor bar.