"In Quebec, the traceability is sh*t," says Chef Jean-Sébastien Giguère of the new h3 restaurant in downtown Montreal. Listen in on our happy hour conversation about how eating local here in Quebec is a marketing tool for Big Agriculture. We also talk sugar shacks, his two years to decide what to do with his chickens and why he's moved back to Montreal after years in his Beloeil restaurant.

The 5à7 Podcast is a series of happy hour conversations with creative people – with a nod to the Quebec happy hour, aka the 5à7. They’re based around food, but guests go beyond chefs and restaurant owners to artists, entrepreneurs and other inspiring people you might have heard of. Take a sneak peak into the homes and lives of these guests, to hear stories that only seem to come out over a drink with a friend…or by

Zoom during COVID-19.

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Here’s everything we mentioned on the podcast (in the approximate order we mentioned it):

Jean-Sebastien’s drink: Gin and tonic with Charlivoix-based gin Menaud

https://menaud.ca/en/liquor/gin/
https://www.saq.com/en/14108709

Amie’s drink: An unexciting Crémant (sparkling wine from the Loire Valley in France that I often find as satisfying as Champagne but much cheaper, but while this bottle was cheaper, it was nothing to write home about) that I topped up with Campari to mask the flavour (of the Crémant).

Where Jean-Sebsatien gets his chicken for homemade fried chicken: La Ferme des Voltigeurs https://www.fermedesvoltigeurs.com/en

Martin Picard = Chef of Au Pied de Cochon, aka the temple of foie gras (no one calls it that, but it is)

Au Pied de Cochon sugar shack: https://aupieddecochon.ca/en/info/sugar-shack

Taverne 1909: https://1909tavernemoderne.com/

Le Coureur des Bois Bistro gourmand, Beloeil, QC https://restaurantcoureurdesbois.com/en/home/

Cabane du Coureur is doing takeout: https://cabaneducoureur.ca/en/

Jo Gros Dard, Jean-Sebastien’s beekeeping guy, who’s associated with Apiculture Sirois, for local queen bees: https://apiculturesirois.com/accueil

Where to buy koji online in Montreal: https://www.mycoboutique.com/en/shop/stay-healthy/1275/koji-firm-granular-rice-koji

Info about the closures of maple sugar shacks in Quebec: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/a-quarter-of-quebec-s-sugar-shacks-have-closed-permanently-as-the-industry-is-drowning-report-1.5228649

Design of the h3 restaurant was done by Jean-Pierre Viau: http://www.jpvdesign.com/

Restauranth3.ca 

Andrew Whibley is the owner of Cloakroom, a popular speakeasy in Montreal, but more recently he’s become an activist. The co-founder of the Association Pour Spiritueux à Emporter Quebec wants Quebeckers to be able to order their negroni and coffee-infused kombucha cocktails for takeout or delivery. And he’s not alone. We talk batch cocktails, what Ontario and other provinces are doing right and how to sign the petition.

The 5à7 Podcast is a series of happy hour conversations with creative people – with a nod to the Quebec happy hour, aka the 5à7. They’re based around food, but guests go beyond chefs and restaurant owners to artists, entrepreneurs and other inspiring people you might have heard of. Take a sneak peak into the homes and lives of these guests, to hear stories that only seem to come out over a drink with a friend…or by Zoom during COVID-19. 

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Here’s everything we mentioned on the podcast (in the approximate order we mentioned it):

Cloakroom Bar Montreal:

https://cloakroombar.co/montreal/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecloakroombar/?hl=en

Jaw Lawson: https://bartenderatlas.com/bartenders/jay-lawson/

Andrew’s drink: Coffee Kombucha with Seedliphttps://www.seedlipdrinks.com/en-us/

Mapaq: https://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/Pages/Accueil.aspx

Amie’s drink:

¾ oz Chartreuse verte,

1 oz sake (I used the Otora Junmai from Bacchus76),

¼ oz lime juice.

Shake with ice. Strain. 

Toby Lyle at Burgundy Lion: https://www.burgundylion.com/ 

The Cold Room: https://www.thecoldroommtl.com/ 

PETITION: The Association Pour Spiritueux à Emporter - Quebec

https://www.change.org/p/r-ac-j-p%C3%A9tition-pour-spiritueux-%C3%A0-emporter-qu%C3%A9bec-3c869efc-7bf6-442d-bb74-2678a1e507fb

BC Beverage Technology Access Centre (BTAC): https://www.facebook.com/BCBTAC1/

Parliament Pub & Parlour: https://www.parliamentmtl.com/

Cocktail collaboration: Cook It https://www.chefcookit.com/en

Romeo’s Gin: https://romeosgin.com/

Atwater Cocktail Club (ACC): https://www.atwatercocktailclub.com/

Beam Suntory: https://www.beamsuntory.com/en

Cirka Gin: https://cirka.ca/

RTDs = Ready-to-drink beverages (e.g. coolers): https://www.saq.com/en/products/origine-quebec-products/ready-to-drink-beverages 

ASEQ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/401594061098295/media

ASEQ P

The 5à7 Podcast is back for a new season with Vancouver filmmaker Baljit Sangra, whose latest documentary Because We Are Girls aired virtually on the closing night of the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal. It chronicles the path of three sisters who press charges against their cousin, who allegedly raped them while growing up in an immigrant Indian family in BC. The film is available online to stream on the National Film Board of Canada website. In this episode, we talk about producing and distributing films during a time of social distancing, as well as Baljit's recommendations for Vancouver restaurants, because this is the 5à7 Podcast, aka the happy hour podcast, after all. 

The 5à7 Podcast is a series of happy hour conversations with creative people – with a nod to the Quebec happy hour, aka the 5à7. They’re based around food, but guests go beyond chefs and restaurant owners to artists, entrepreneurs and other inspiring people you might have heard of. Take a sneak peak into the homes and lives of these guests, to hear stories that only seem to come out over a drink with a friend…or by Zoom during COVID-19.

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Here’s everything we mentioned on the podcast (mostly in the order we mentioned them):

South Asian Film Festival of Montreal: https://www.saffm.centrekabir.com/en/2020-edition-en/films/

Viva Manta Films: http://www.vivamantra.ca/

Baljit Sangra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/baljitsangra604

Where to view Because We Are Girls:

Free: National Film Board of Canada,

Outside of Canada: Amazon Prime

Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU0CkXCnMOU

Film website: http://www.vivamantra.ca/because-we-are-girls

Savio Volpe: http://www.saviovolpe.com/

Les Faux Bourgeois: http://www.lesfauxbourgeois.com/

Fassil Ethiopian restaurant: http://www.fassil.ca/ 

Cioppino’s: https://www.cioppinosyaletown.com/

Vij’s: https://vijs.ca/

Minami: https://minamirestaurant.com/

About the “Jordan” application: http://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Right_to_a_Trial_Within_a_Reasonable_Time#:~:text=The%20%22Jordan%22%20framework%20sets%20a,of%20trial%2C%20minus%20defence%20delays 

UK Asian Film Festival: https://jeetipooni.com/documentary/

Hot Docs Toronto: https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/