Comments on: An Introduction to Depanneurs http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/an-introduction-to-depanneurs/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jejune.net » Blog Archive » The Persistence of Memory http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/an-introduction-to-depanneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-308616 Jejune.net » Blog Archive » The Persistence of Memory Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:32:15 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/depanneurs-1-an-introduction/#comment-308616 [...] list, the difficulty of using the ATM at our bank three blocks away, the number of drug stores and dépanneurs immediately surrounding our apartment, and the ethics of using our low-limit secured credit card [...] [...] list, the difficulty of using the ATM at our bank three blocks away, the number of drug stores and dépanneurs immediately surrounding our apartment, and the ethics of using our low-limit secured credit card [...]

]]> By: Sarah R. http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/an-introduction-to-depanneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-257011 Sarah R. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:33:13 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/depanneurs-1-an-introduction/#comment-257011 Just back from my first visit to Québec and Montréal. As a French speaker, as I saw the word emblazoned on the side of several gas stations off the Interstate after first entering Canada, I thought it was making reference to the fact that those stations had garages/repair facilities for breakdowns (the reference being to a "voiture en panne"). When in the city itself, however, I saw several obvious snack/convenience shops with the same name, and I figured something had to be up. Voilà, no wonder I was thusly confused! Just back from my first visit to Québec and Montréal. As a French speaker, as I saw the word emblazoned on the side of several gas stations off the Interstate after first entering Canada, I thought it was making reference to the fact that those stations had garages/repair facilities for breakdowns (the reference being to a “voiture en panne”). When in the city itself, however, I saw several obvious snack/convenience shops with the same name, and I figured something had to be up. Voilà, no wonder I was thusly confused!

]]> By: Chris http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/an-introduction-to-depanneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-46697 Chris Tue, 08 May 2007 15:01:54 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/depanneurs-1-an-introduction/#comment-46697 One thing I've noticed about Montreal deps is that they almost always have cookies on the counter. I brought this up to a past roommate who had spent some time in Toronto who remarked that doughnuts replaced cookies in Toronto convenience stores. My favourite "themed" Couche-Tard is on Decarie in Old Ville Saint-Laurent that has a New York theme complete with a Brooklyn Bridge that makes up the upper half of there store where can be found a little used Internet cafe. One thing I’ve noticed about Montreal deps is that they almost always have cookies on the counter. I brought this up to a past roommate who had spent some time in Toronto who remarked that doughnuts replaced cookies in Toronto convenience stores.

My favourite “themed” Couche-Tard is on Decarie in Old Ville Saint-Laurent that has a New York theme complete with a Brooklyn Bridge that makes up the upper half of there store where can be found a little used Internet cafe.

]]> By: AJ http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/an-introduction-to-depanneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 AJ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:26:50 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/01/27/depanneurs-1-an-introduction/#comment-2101 I live upstairs from a 7 Jours dépanneur, it's always busy right until closing; I can hear the dangling cowbell on their door clanging throughout the day. They're sort of the poorer cousin in the Couche-Tard family of brands; inevitably a bit shabbier, a bit less modern (and the cookies, stale) but they serve a wide variety of products and specialize in making fresh sandwiches and a few Korean specialty items. My great-grandfather, an Irish immigrant, ran a corner store in the Plateau around the turn of the century; I'm told it was on Drolet and Mount-Royal or thereabouts, it's something I'll have to research, but apparently he delivered groceries and ice on a large horse-drawn carriage all over the area. I live upstairs from a 7 Jours dépanneur, it’s always busy right until closing; I can hear the dangling cowbell on their door clanging throughout the day. They’re sort of the poorer cousin in the Couche-Tard family of brands; inevitably a bit shabbier, a bit less modern (and the cookies, stale) but they serve a wide variety of products and specialize in making fresh sandwiches and a few Korean specialty items.

My great-grandfather, an Irish immigrant, ran a corner store in the Plateau around the turn of the century; I’m told it was on Drolet and Mount-Royal or thereabouts, it’s something I’ll have to research, but apparently he delivered groceries and ice on a large horse-drawn carriage all over the area.

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