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| Habs and wives at BB's 1954 |
Emile "Butch" Bouchard's steak house was at 881 Demaisonneuve East, not far from the bus station, just across from the northside entrance to Dupuis Place.Bouchard was one of several Habs to pad their income with a drinking establishment, as Toe Blake, Henri Bouchard, Bernie Geoffrion and Shayne Corson are among the others who did the same over the years.
Bouchard retired in 1956 after 15 years in the league.
The large-sized defenceman was fined in 1961 for serving beer on a Sunday other than with a meal. In 1970 a big lotto draw of $25,000 was picked out by Bert Cannings and Maurice Ricahrd at the restaurant.
He ran the joint from about 1947 until the late 70s before his son Pierre Bouchard took it over after being placed on waivers.
Pierre Bouchard initially chose to run the restaurant rather than play for the Capitals, but eventually went south to join his new team but soon after suffered injury.
Top floor of Place Ville Marie.
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Howdy!
ReplyDeleteRivard and Mount Royal, where the caisse pop (unfortunately) is now.
Was he a lesbian?
ReplyDeleteNo, that was Mont-Royal Barbecue. I believe that belonged to Shirley Théroux (but I could be wrong here).
ReplyDeleteIt was at Saint-André and De Maisonneuve.
ReplyDeleteHey Femme...he did have an eye for the ladies.
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Bouchard's was the site of the inaugural luncheon reception to mark the refurbishment of the Voyageur Bus Terminal at 505 de Maisonneuve E. in 1970...the enlargement of the former Terminus de l'Est into the full-block Voyageur terminal which saw the consolidation of services from the former Dorchester/Drummond terminal.
ReplyDeleteThere is a letter in the STM archives in which Power Corp's Louis Desmarais (later the MP for Dollard) invites then CTCUM Director-General Lucien l'Allier to lunch at Bouchard's to celebrate the occasion.
After Bouchard's, it was, for awhile, the site of an O'Toole's Pub franchise.