On Sunday mornings, the Plateau doesn't wake up: it surfaces, slowly, and converges on its brunch counters.
The ritual has its tacit rules: accept the sidewalk line as a decompression chamber, order too much (eggs Benedict, French toast, a mimosa, a filter coffee you'll have refilled three times) and settle in for the long haul.
Avenue du Mont-Royal, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal