Tommy

Old Montréal


Tommy feels like a slightly fantastical cafe. It might be the tables at different minimezzanines occupied by laptop clickers, or the dangling plants against velvet couches. Yet it works and people constantly flow in from nearby Place d'Armes for good coffee, pastries and bagels.


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