They come for the personal touch you don't get in the big hardware and home-renovation outlets. I know what's in this store, and I'm here to help. Personalized service of a different sort is available across the street at Il Etait une Fois. They share shelf space with Asterix, Betty Boop, Babar and the Little Prince. Flower and Auz moved from downtown Montreal to Saint-Lambert when they opened their store.
Business is good.
Fois is hipper and more contemporary than most of its neighbours. What it has in common with the venerable Taylor's department store and other Victoria Ave. We're competing, especially on the South Shore, with a lot of malls. I'd like to thank the Montrealers and Saint-Lambertans who were kind enough to give me their time while I was hanging around Peel and Ste. Catherine, Victoria and Van Horne, St. Laurent and Dante, and Green and Victoria.