This is a tucked-away, warm little getaway from the wintery streets outside - a place where laptops and lingering are welcome. I came here as a break from my home office, and to try it out because I'd never been in before. There isn't much storefront on Mont Royal, so it's easy to miss, but it broadens once you step through the door, just like any vortex. Coming inside IS like entering a new... plus

This place is deceptively spacious. From the street, it looks like a small little hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, but inside the room goes on and on!

I've come to Le Placard a number of times, because it's the nearest place to my house that's guaranteed a cheap cup of coffee and an open electrical outlet for my laptop. That said, I don't love it here. The decor is quirky antique-store chic,... plus