text: Archambault makes my nerd glands salivate It is a mecca for all the cultural things that are not cool anymore nnIt is a huge bookstore I cannot think of another bookstore this big that is not going out of business or subsidized by a university It is also a huge music store I have never seen so many scores outside of a conservatory or competitive sporting eventnnThey are old school They still sell CDs They have an enormous jazzoldiesclassical music collection which they play over the intercomnnThey are educational It is basically a museum of vintage musical instruments as well Their listening stations have demos and historical snippets so people can explore music they have not previously been exposed to nnSide note I saw a little girl staring blankly at the screen of one of these stations Not long after this avuncular staffer came up to her and walked her through the program the way a docent at a childrens museum would This was the cutest thing I have seen all week Also it means that the people who work here are a kind b knowledgable and c actually CAREnnOh and did I mention there is free wifi Free listens and reads of pretty much anything available And you can do this all this while relaxing on their comfy red couches nnYou must come to here if at all possible Places likes these were rare to begin with and are now all but extinct I could almost spend an entire trip to Montreal here If they only had bathrooms