August 6th, 2008
No-Name Deps
The old axiom “build it and they will come” certainly applies to dépanneurs. You don’t need an attractive façade, windows or even a sign — as long as people know that it’s a dep, and that they can purchase there the holy trinity of Montreal needs (beer, lotto and cigarettes), they will come. The city is full of no-name deps (a figurative term, since many do have names — sometimes two or three — but nobody actually knows or cares) that manage to eke by with only the most minimal of investments.
Tags: Depanneurs, Exploring the City, Montreal
Donal Hanley says:
Mais non, the first one is “Depanneur Steve’s”, complete with offending apostrophe. But I bet next to no one knows it is called that.
August 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pm