Talk:Eaton's Ninth Floor Restaurant

Status
I'm not in Montreal, so I don't know the status, but the Wikipedia Eaton's article implies the restoration is complete, saying "After being closed for several years following Eaton's bankruptcy, the famous 9th floor restaurant in the downtown Montreal store was recently restored by Fournier, Gersovitz, Moss et associés, a Montreal architectural firm." Someone who knows should reconcile the two articles. Wish I could! 99.246.117.67 (talk) 02:38, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the public can access the restaurant any longer. Or at least I can't find a way to get to it.
 * —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.216.66.31 (talk • contribs).

closure
i would like some verification on the closure, i had a job interview for the restaurant in july 1997 and i do remember going there during the 1997-1999 closure of the 7th and 8th floorsSoyonsexpositifs (talk) 04:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I found a mention of the closure occuring in 1997 from this website:
 * http://montreal.openfile.ca/montreal/text/eatons-9th-floor-montreal-art-deco-masterpiece-gathering-dust
 * Quote from opening paragraph...
 * "The 9th Floor restaurant and lounge, or simply the 9th Floor as it was known, has sat empty since Eaton’s filed for bankruptcy protection in 1997 before finally going under two years later.


 * On a slight tangent, in the Montreal Eaton Centre article you mention the site of the former "Victoria Street". Was there another mall (or small side street?) next to Eaton's before Les Terrasse and The Eaton Centre? Just a bit more Eaton's history I'm curious about. :) -- Apple2gs (talk) 07:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

the street was removed for the construction of les terasses, i saw a picture from the 60s when it was still there. I have a map from 1962 where the street is still there. Also eatons originally had 14 elevators, 7 on the victoria street side 7 on the university side. at the end only the university side ones remained.

back to your article it is obviously in error, the job interview i had (for a cook job)was after the bankruptcy protection. it was the main reason i didnt take the job. Soyonsexpositifs (talk) 03:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The restaurant was still operating in 1998-99? Yep, sounds like that blog article is in error. Thanks for all the history tidbits on Eaton's (I would've been too young to remember the additional elevators or Victoria street itself, plus never came across these facts before). Any idea what state the restaurant is in now, or what's left of it? I'm curious what kind of condition it's in, if it's been preserved properly or just left abandoned and unmaintained.--Apple2gs (talk) 07:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

some urban explorers hit it about 4 years ago and their website (no longer up) showed the place was pretty tough. Since the building no longer has steam heat the rads are useless up there so its heated with electric blowers temporarily, as well the kitchen is gone. the space now part of the office space — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soyonsexpositifs (talk • contribs) 23:25, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be interesting to see those urban explorer photos, I wonder if they're archived somewhere. So what is left at this point, the main dinning area, corridor and bathroom? If its not being heated properly, it's going to deteriorate pretty fast. Paint will peal, walls will crumble. I wonder if they've protected or covered anything, or just left it as-is....--Apple2gs (talk) 00:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)