Restaurants and Local Businesses

The restaurants were located at the corner of st-Jacques and Glen road. The most famous was Lalumiere’s and Denis the Greek for their beans. “Un Toastan” was the favorite order and consisted of beans and toasts with a coffee, for thirty five cents. People came from all over Montreal and elsewhere for the beans. These restaurants also were famous for their hamburger steaks , soup and desert included for fifty-nine cents. The coconut pie was also very good.

Higher up on Glen road was the Coney Island restaurant which was well known for their club sandwiches. This restaurant was very popular with the street car conductors who worked across the street at the Montreal Tramways Co. The Home Depot now is located on the MTC property

After a night out, people from la Glen would always end up at one of these three restaurants who remained open twenty-four hours a day.

Our area was peppered with many local businesses that provided the services to the residents. There were five grocery stores ( those were the days befor Supermarkets). There was Chenier’s, on St-Jacques near the church, Vincelli’s on st-Jacques near Desnoyers, Charette’s at the corner of Desnoyers and Cazelais, Yolanda’s on Cazelais street, and Lafaille/Levitsky at the corner of St-Remi and Cazelais. All of these stores did a thriving business.

North, along St-Jacques from the Glen Road, There was Lalumiere’s restaurant on the corner, then Steadfast shoes that made slippers, the Mastro barbershop, Denis the Greek restaurant, the pool room, Di Giacomo shoe repair, Mr. Stedman the tailor, the White Owl Social club, Vincelli’s, and further west there was the Orsini hall, the blacksmith who were very busy renewing shoes for horses. Then there was Leveille the barber and Last but not least there was the famous First and Last Tavern near St-Remi and st. Jacques streets. N.D.G and west had no taverns so this bar was the first one coming into our parish and the last one leaving. Those who wanted variety would go to the Glen tavern or at Duffy’s on St. jacques near St. Ferdinand. I believe it is now called a brasserie.

On the south side of St. Jacques there was the Charlevoix school, then Luigi Barucco’s shoe shop, and the Mongeau hardware store. Further west there was the pain Supreme stables for the horses that pulled the breadwagons.

Our area also had three candy / cigarette / newspaper stores which would today be called depanneurs.

Most of medicines and drugs were dispensed by La pharmacie Goulet at the corner of Delinelle and St-Jacques.

Lalumiere restaurant