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    Perpetual tropics in downtown Montreal, regardless of what February is doing outside. Le Mal Nécessaire is a sprawling cocktail bar with tall pillars, soaring ceilings, and a long polished bar that commits hard to the urban-equatorial bit. Drinks split neatly between breezy coconut-and-rum constructions and more serious, grown-up pours, so the crowd tends to contain both people unwinding and people who actually read the back of an amaro bottle.

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    • Coco supremo

      “Easy-breezy drinks like the Coco Supremo – cachaça, rum, coconut cream and mango and horchata – are tight on technique and come contrasted with more serious pours.”

      The 50
    • Necessary evil

      “For example, The Necessary Evil, the drink that gives the bar its name, features a grown-up combo of aged rye, coriander seed, whisky, lime, honey liqueur and amaro, with just a playful hint of pineapple.”

      The 50

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    1015 Rue St-Alexandre Montréal QC · Montréal
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    • Monday 4:30 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Tuesday Today 4:30 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Wednesday 4:30 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Thursday 4:30 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Friday 4:30 PM to 3 AM next day
    • Saturday 4:30 PM to 3 AM next day
    • Sunday 4:30 PM to 2 AM next day
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    +15143971118
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