CHLOE Magazine Summer 2014 Volume 5 Issue 1 | Page 128

Montréal Fairmont’s The Queen Elizabeth in Montréal is a foodie’s dream come true. Not only is the hotel situated directly over Central Station with links to both Via Rail and Amtrak Services, it is in close proximity to some of the best shopping and dining experiences Montreal has to offer. But why go anywhere else to eat when the ultimate in gastronomic pleasures can be found right in the hotel itself? A visit to Montréal would be incomplete without dining at the landmark Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth’s Montréal restaurants. Locals and travellers alike enjoy the lively ambience of Le Montréalais BistrotBar.  As part of the hotels dedication to exquisite fare, this hotel was the first downtown Montréal hotel to create a lush rooftop garden and host to the finest fruits, vegetables and herbs harvested for daily use in the hotel’s kitchens. If those efforts in urban rooftop gardening aren’t impressive enough, the garden is also home to six beehives which produce approximately 300 pounds of honey harvested 3 times a year. The honey, which includes traces of infused elderberry, lilac and blackberry, is both used by kitchen staf