Le Café Provincial
Canadian entertainment establishment located at the corner of St-Hubert and Dorchester (805 boulevard René-Lévesque East) in Montreal. Closed in 1985, it was transformed into a "Centre De La Moto" and demolished in 1991. "Rufi Sur L'Onde", a radio program was recorded there (1956). Ginette Reno began there, at the age of 15, her career as a singer.
It was possible to accommodate, spread over the three floors, more than seven hundred people. The establishment was divided as follows (1956):
- Ground floor, refreshment bar (Buvette).
- Second floor, dining room (then Western Disco then "Au Lovers" in 1970).
- Third floor, there will now be the discotheque "Aux Kolons".
(The "Salle Martinique" was the name of one of the three rooms but cannot be identified)
Directors (co-owners?): Messrs. Jerry Johnson and Hamel (since 1955).
Owner: L. E. Demers - Léo Demers (1948-9).
Manager: René "Pit" Germain (1948).
Manager: Bob Desjardins (1949).
Owner: Roger Parenteau (1970-1978).
Manager: Luc Sansouci (1970).
Owner: Henri Richard, Rosaire St-Jules and Gilles Wilkie (born May 6, 1930 and died December 12, 2007, insurance broker, former Montreal Canadiens player (with Henri Richard)) (1978).
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