Bar Le Mal Nécessaire

Montreal, Canada

Whatever the weather outside, it’s the tropics in this Downtown Montreal drinking den, with an urban-equator aesthetic that combines tall pillars, soaring ceilings and a long polished bar. 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. (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.) When you can’t decide, turn to the list of Snaquiris – mini daiquiris that aptly showcase the bar’s collection of rums – best sipped to the backdrop of nightly DJs spinning vinyl, or occasional sets of live piano, jazz or R&B.

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Location

1015 Rue St-Alexandre, Montreal, Quebec, H2Z 1N9

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