crinolinegirl
Alumni
A vintage place that I miss...Eaton\'s 9th floor restaurant
I was just surfing this afternoon and came across a photo on Wikipedia of the 9th floor restaurant that was in the Eaton's department store in Montreal.
You can read the history of it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton's_Ninth_Floor
I used to go there after work for something to eat when I worked downtown in Montreal in 1998- 1999 right before Eaton's closed down. I was young, had money and always wanted to go up there to eat (my mum would never take us there when we were kids as it was too expensive).
It was wonderful in that restaurant as you got out of the elevator and it was like you stepped out of a time machine. The hallway leading from the elevator had old dark parquet wood flooring that creaked as you walked on it (I LOVE that sound!) and to your left as you got out of the elevators, were old 1920's/ 1930's style phone booths that were built into the wall with glass doors on them so you could sit down inside the booth in privacy. Then finally at the end of the elevator hallway, you turned right and continued a few steps it opened up into this:
Where you came around the corner from the elevator hallway, was situated at the right side of the photo where that single dark chair is at the back. You can see the parquet flooring that I said creaked and it STILL looked like the photo (minus the cool Art Deco furniture unfortunately although there were modern chairs to sit on) even in the late 90's. The chrome doors were still there and that crazy ceiling light too!
Then you went through those HEAVY chrome doors and came into this:
The first time I went there was with my mom and it literally took my breathe away. It was so cool and refreshing in there and there was a small water fountain in there too. There was musak playing over the radio but because the ceilings were so high and the sound of the water cancelled out most of the tune of the bland musak, all you heard was this eerie floating music in the air. It was weird and wonderful and I used to go there all the time to eat just so I could soak up the wonderful atmosphere from another time. It had a wonderful vibe to it. There wasn't many people eating in there and sometimes it was only me but it was wonderful.
The restaraunt STILL looked the same in 1999 as it did in the 1930's, I think the chairs were original too.
The food was good too!! I always used to get the club sandwich and fries and was the best club I have EVER had, EVER.
I miss it and wish it was still open as it was a unique place.
Lei
I was just surfing this afternoon and came across a photo on Wikipedia of the 9th floor restaurant that was in the Eaton's department store in Montreal.
You can read the history of it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton's_Ninth_Floor
I used to go there after work for something to eat when I worked downtown in Montreal in 1998- 1999 right before Eaton's closed down. I was young, had money and always wanted to go up there to eat (my mum would never take us there when we were kids as it was too expensive).
It was wonderful in that restaurant as you got out of the elevator and it was like you stepped out of a time machine. The hallway leading from the elevator had old dark parquet wood flooring that creaked as you walked on it (I LOVE that sound!) and to your left as you got out of the elevators, were old 1920's/ 1930's style phone booths that were built into the wall with glass doors on them so you could sit down inside the booth in privacy. Then finally at the end of the elevator hallway, you turned right and continued a few steps it opened up into this:
Where you came around the corner from the elevator hallway, was situated at the right side of the photo where that single dark chair is at the back. You can see the parquet flooring that I said creaked and it STILL looked like the photo (minus the cool Art Deco furniture unfortunately although there were modern chairs to sit on) even in the late 90's. The chrome doors were still there and that crazy ceiling light too!
Then you went through those HEAVY chrome doors and came into this:
The first time I went there was with my mom and it literally took my breathe away. It was so cool and refreshing in there and there was a small water fountain in there too. There was musak playing over the radio but because the ceilings were so high and the sound of the water cancelled out most of the tune of the bland musak, all you heard was this eerie floating music in the air. It was weird and wonderful and I used to go there all the time to eat just so I could soak up the wonderful atmosphere from another time. It had a wonderful vibe to it. There wasn't many people eating in there and sometimes it was only me but it was wonderful.
The restaraunt STILL looked the same in 1999 as it did in the 1930's, I think the chairs were original too.
The food was good too!! I always used to get the club sandwich and fries and was the best club I have EVER had, EVER.
I miss it and wish it was still open as it was a unique place.
Lei
