The Top 3 Places to Drink Near 1608
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Rank 1. 1608
Cocktail Bar
Sipping a cocktail in the same turret room where Churchill allegedly planned the Allied endgame is a solid way to spend an evening. This refined hotel bar inside the Château Frontenac wraps around a circular brass bar with sweeping St. Lawrence views, and the cocktail list leans into Canadian literary figures and local ingredients. The whisky selection has also grown considerably since Churchill's day. Dress like you mean it.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #41 · Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
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Rank 3. jjacques
Cocktail Bar
Jjacques is a tiny, elegant speakeasy in Saint-Roch that pulls triple duty as cocktail bar, oyster bar, and restaurant, and somehow nails all three. The cocktail menu riffs on a golden age of travel theme, and the food leans into seafood and caviar with the kind of casual confidence that makes you feel like you've stumbled somewhere special. Weeknights are intimate and low-key; weekends, the room turns festive fast.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #11 · Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada