Anniversary

Magnan's serving up 75 years of memories

CATHERINE SOLYOM, The Gazette

Published: Sunday, March 18, 2007

When Magnan's tavern first opened in 1932, the world was in the midst of the Great Depression.

One-quarter of Montrealers were lining up at soup kitchens, the factories along the Lachine Canal were languishing and prohibition in neighbouring Verdun meant workers couldn't even drown their sorrows in a pint of beer.

But in Point St. Charles, Armand Magnan - himself newly unemployed - decided to open a tavern anyway, catering to the workers with homespun meals cooked by his wife, Marie-Ange.

 

I guess the rest is history!!!!!!!!!!

Gary Mace

Saanich BC