Marché Atwater is one of Montreal's most popular food markets, featuring fresh produce, over ten butcher shops, three cheese shops, a fish shop and over a dozen specialized boutiques. Marie and I walked there from the duplex on Saturday morning to pick up some fresh fruit, corn and meats, enjoying another hot day in the city. Atwater Market has been around since 1933 and is one of the most recognizable landmark on the Lachine Canal with a beautiful Art Deco building, recently renovated, and the tallest structure in St. Henri. I had been to the other big market at Jean Talon but this was my first visit to this one - they had everything here: local produce like pain au chocolat, French pastries and breads of every size and shape, fresh strawberries, delicious Quebec cheeses and maple syrup products, varieties of sausages I could never have imagined, and stalls cooking up wonderful smelling crepes. It was a kaleidoscope of colour - huge baskets of fruit, stalls of red, yellow, and green vegetables and enormous bouquets of multihued flowers covered every inch of available space. I took some photos of the variety of products one never sees in the grocery stores so start drooling!.... I cannot wait to go back! gws
