Q: Hi Sandra, Is  Laflamme Electrique still in business? I have tried the phone numbers at the various locations which are now not connected. I need service on my Breville Espresso machine.

A: LaFlamme closed awhile ago. However you can to to Cafe Union at 148 Waverly (corner Jean Talon ouest),  Tel: 514-273-5555 as they repair coffee machine repairs. This friendly, family business has been around or over 100 years. You can buy some yummy coffee beans there too.

This wholesaler roasts the coffee right here, so you can choose one or blend from amongst the espresso, melange maison (regular and strong), Kenya, Panama, Columbia Supremo, Fair Trade, decaf and Swiss washed decaf.

Those who like flavors can buy Bavarian chocolate, Irish cream or hazelnut vanilla or one of the 53 flavored syrups (vanilla, hazelnut, caramel, etc.). Coffee related products like iced cappuccino, Chai latte concentrate now line the shelves.

Free delivery is offered for 5 pounds or more. They sell espresso machines (Gaggia, Saeco, Rancilio, Pavoni, Mokita, Breville, Quick Mill and Jura) and teapots, too. It was a natural extension for this store to start a repair depot for overhauls and servicing.

Outlet shopping is a popular pastime for Smart Shoppers. Now that the weather is nice, you might want to head up to Mirabel to the Premium Outlets. Over the years I have followed La Baie’s Entrepot around the city and finally, it’s there that I found its newest home.

You will also find many major brand’s outlet shops like Gucci, Hugo Boss, Davids Tea, Salvatore Ferragamo, Under Armour, Vans, Brown’s Shoes, Coach, K-Way, and even Laura Secord (2nd’s in chocolate???). Here’s the store listing:

Suite on map   Store    Telephone

651   Adidas     (450) 437-1315
357   Aldo   (450) 434-2005
339   American Eagle Outfitters/Aerie   (450) 430-5599
712   Amnesia   (450) 420-2198
227   Banana Republic Factory Store   (450) 419-5161
406   Bath and Body Works   (450) 420-1549
648   Bench   (450) 595-2201
351   Bizou   (450) 430-5289
306   Boutique Lids   (450) 433-7745
421   Calvin Klein   (450) 420-3897
206   Carters / OshKosh   (450) 420-4321
509   Clair de Lune   (450) 437-2450
424   Coach Outlet   (450) 433-6291
639   Crabtree & Evelyn   (450) 433-6239
384   Desigual   (450) 419-1012
369   Diesel   (450) 600-3335
336   Dynamite/Garage   (450) 437-2282
409   Fossil Est. USA   (450) 419-1460
230   Gap Outlet   (450) 420-4882
201   Gucci   (450) 419-5557
224   Guess   (450) 437-2160
606   Haggar   (450) 430-1326
203   Hugo Boss   (450) 433-0409
412   Jack & Jones   (450) 420-8292
603   K-Way   (450) 420-4429
100   La Baie d’Hudson Entrepot   (450) 420-2131
612   La Boutique de la Compagnie des Cosmetiques   (450) 420-6622
318   La Vie En Rose   (450) 419-4923
378   Lacoste   (450) 437-2212
387   Laura  (450) 434-0767
352   Laura Secord depuis since 1913   (450) 433-8134
715   L’Entrepot De Jouet   (450) 420-6660
600   Les Ailes De La Mode   (450) 793-9720
348   Les Thes Davids Tea   (450) 420-7270
381   Levis   (450) 420-2513
418   Little Burgundy   (450) 419-6797
372   Manteaux Manteaux   (450) 420-2095
363   Max Mara   (450) 437-5995
354   Michael Kors   (450) 433-5103
209   Naturalizer   (450) 419-8987
500   Nike Factory Store   (450) 430-6325
618   Ok Kids   (450) 419-6969
706   Old Navy   (450) 420-5546
624   Pannizza   (450) 420-4620
345   Pefumes 4 U   (450) 434-6446
654   Point Zéro   (450) 433-2423
400   Polo Ralph Lauren   (450) 430-7156
503   Puma   (450) 420-2195
652   Reebok   (450) 434-5534
300   Rudsak   (579) 478-1033
218   Salvatore Ferragamo   (450) 337-1934
422   Sarah Pacini   (450) 433-6611
645   Signature Perfume   (450) 434-3492
321   Skechers   (450) 434-0021
506   Suzy Shier   (450) 419-9464
324   Think Kitchen   (450) 419-7787
700   Tommy Hilfiger   (450) 437-6130
512   Under Armour   (450) 430-5678
718   Urban Planet   (450) 430-5512
221   Vans Outlet   (450) 420-4866
609   Verona   (450) 437-0219
342   Watch Station International   (450) 419-1132

For Children

206   Carter’s | OshKosh   (450) 420-4321
618   O.K. Kids   (450) 419-6969
706   Old Navy Outlet   (450) 420-5546
400   Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store   (450) 430-7156
512   Under Armour   (450) 430-5678

Shoes

651   Adidas   (450) 437-1315
357   Aldo   (450) 434-2005
366   Brown’s Outlet   (450) 430-5821
309   Clarks Bostonian   (450) 433-6403
424   Coach Outlet   (450) 433-6291
375   Ecco   (450) 420-0860
215   Famous Footwear Outlet   (450) 419-8585
333   Geox   (450) 433-4369
418   Little Burgundy   (450) 419-6797
209   Naturalizer   (450) 419-8987
500   Nike Factory Store   (450) 430-6325
327   Nine West Shoe Studio   (514) 447-8315
503   Puma   (450) 420-2195
652   Reebok   (450) 434-5534
303   Rockport   (450) 434-4408
321   Skechers   (450) 434-0021
221   Vans   (450) 420-4866

Fine Leather & Luggage

403   Bentley Luggage   (450) 433-5555
424   Coach Outlet   (450) 433-6291
300   Rudsak   (579) 478-1033
330   Samsonite   (450) 419-3331

Accessories & Jewelry

351   Bizou   (450) 430-5289
424   Coach Outlet   (450) 433-6291
409   Fossil   (450) 419-1460
306   Lids   (450) 433-7745
354   Michael Kors   (450) 433-5103
642   Sunglass Hut   (450) 420-2421
342   Watch Station International   (450) 419-1132

Housewares & Home Furnishings

509   Clair De Lune   (450) 437-2450
324   Think Kitchen   (450) 419-7787

Gifts & Specialty Items

612   The Cosmetics Company Store (450) 420-6622
639   Crabtree & Evelyn   (450) 433-6239
348   David’s Tea   (450) 420-7270
715   L’Entrepot de Jouet   (450) 420-6660
50-681   La Boutique de la Compagnie des Cosmétiques   (450) 420-6622
352   Laura Secord   (450) 433-8134
315   Lindt Chocolate   (450) 420-2111
349   Olive & Olives   (450) 434-7070
345   Perfumes 4 U   (450) 434-6446
645   Signature Perfume   (450) 434-3492
65   Stylin   (450) 420-3050

http://www.premiumoutlets.com/montrealpremiumoutlets/store_listing

It’s a long weekend so it’s, the perfect time to invite family and friends over for a barbecue. What’s on the menu? Expresco has you covered and as always, they can be counted on to make things easy, delicious and inexpensive. Shopping here, you spend less time on preparation and more time for for the festivities.

Load up on grilled jerk chicken satays –  70/80 satays for only $25. Their prices cannot be beat. Open since 1987, Expresco Foods is the leading manufacturer of meat-on-a-stick and their state-of-the-art facility ensures the strictest health standards are enforced.

Conveniently located on the Trans Canada Highway in Ville St-Laurent, Expresco offers you wholesale prices for large quantities of top quality easy to cook skewers as well as a variety of frozen cooked foods. When you go, see what else they have in their freezers to round out your meal. Guaranteed they’ll have you coming back for more!

Location: 8205 Transcanadienne, VSL H4S 1S4 / Google Map: http://bit.ly/29rG4Ex
corner: Poirier
Tel: 514-344-9499 x 270
Date: June 21 – 23
Time: Wed – Fri 10-6
www.exprescofoods.com
outlet@exprescofoods.com

At the Metro grocery store on St-Charles Blvd, they have started an online ordering service. You can place your order anytime, anywhere and on any device. In the comfort of your living room, perhaps at work, or in bed, you peruse their products, select what you need that week and input it all online. They keep track of your favorites so you don’t have to select them each week. This frees up your shopping time immeasurably.

You let them know when you want to pick up the order and your shopping list is ready and waiting for you –  or have it delivered to your door (on the West Island only). Put in your postal code on their web site and it’ll  let you know which other grocers have special services.

Location: 3801 Boul. St-Charles, Kirkland
Hours: 8 am – 12 midnight
www.metro.ca/kirkland

Thinking about making a Mother’s Day Barbecue, well look no further because Expresco has you covered.

Choose from 6kg chicken wings, 70-80 grilled chicken satays, or 50 chicken skewers for only $40 each. With these low prices it’s the perfect time to gather the family around.

Expresco specializes in creating top quality, easy to cook skewers and also sell a variety of frozen cooked foods. Shopping at a food wholesale outlet means you get great pricing.

Open since 1987, Expresco Foods is the leading manufacturer of meat-on-a-stick and their state-of-the-art facility ensures the strictest health standards are enforced.

This is the place to stock up when you are having a crowd for dinner, or just want an easy meal at the end of a long day or might be having last minute guests. They can sell to you at wholesale prices for these large quantities. No cash payments.

Payment Methods: Visa, Mastercard, Interac

Location: 8205 Transcanadienne, VSL H4S 1S4 / Google Map: http://bit.ly/29rG4Ex
corner: Poirier
Tel: 514-344-9499 x 270
Date: Feb 8 – 11
Time: Wed – Fri 10-6, Sat 9-3
www.exprescofoods.com
outlet@exprescofoods.com

For Mom, a cool gift might be the “upside-down” umbrella which closes without water dripping on you or your car. There’s a big display of everything lavender. You can always buy Montreal’s favorite humbugs (now in different flavors), or she might enjoy their own 5-year-old cheddar or their homemade fudge.

Le Panier won the title of best gift store in Canada so this store worth a trip from anywhere. The huge shop is chock full of gourmet food, kitchenware,  and gifts at prices mostly under $25. You will not walk out empty-handed when you can choose amongst the jewelry, jams, hot sauces, kitchen gadgets, wearables and much, much more

If you can’t decide, there are ready-made gift baskets or custom-made ones too.

Here’s some ideas:

Michael Design – shea butter soaps, handwash and lotions

Wine Bag Totes – Carry the wine in an insulated pretty handbag

Louis Sherry New York chocolates – in beautiful keepable metallic tin boxes

Mighty Mug – This mug won’t fall over – EVER – can be used near a keyboard without worries. $19.99

Grumpy Butcher’s Maple Bacon – Hand made here in Montreal  in small batches from local Quebec pork farmers

Mike’s Hot Honey – Spice up all kinds of food $14.99

Wrendale pottery –  adorable mugs with kittens, owls, ducks,

Big selection of teapots  

Willow Tree Figurines    

Location: 274 Bord du Lac, Pointe Claire
corner: de Lourdes
Tel: 514-695-7038
Hours: Regular plus Sun 10-5
www.thepanier.com

You do not have the extra cost of a membership fee to shop at food wholesaler, Mayrand. The aisles are piled 20 feet high with everything you’d find in a supermarket and beyond. It stocks 4 times more selection than that famous warehouse club with more consistency and choices. See their flyer below for even better prices this week; How about 2 lbs. of Columbian coffee for only $11.49 or 2 lbs. of easy-peel shrimp for $12.99?

There’s 500 kinds of cheese, ethnic foods (Italian, Latino, Indian, Asian, Mideastern) and they import their fresh produce themselves – no middleman. They buy fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers whenever possible.

Since they are oriented for sales to restaurants, hotels and institutions, their prices have always been excellent. It also means that you can often find select meat in the AA or sometimes AAA grades, whole filet mignons and rib roasts, pork rump and hock, homemade sausages, marinated chicken and pork, fish and seafood.

There’s 70 varieties of olive oil, and dozens of flavorful Italian coffees and pastas. It’s fun to shop around and find items like 10 kg. Skippy peanut butter, an entire prosciutto ham or smoked meat, 15 kg honey, 3.5L bags of chocolate chips, pop-up aluminum foil sheets, or little paper lunch bags.

Location: 9701 boul Louis-H-La Fontaine Anjou QC H1J 2A3
corner: rue de Lamartine
Tel: 514-255-9330
Hours: Mon-Wed 6:45-6, Thurs & Fri 6:45-9 pm, Sat 6:45-6, Sun 9-6
www.mayrand.ca
sales@mayrand.qc.ca ou ventes@mayrand.qc.ca

Mayrand is a wholesale food market and since they were oriented for sales to restaurants, hotels and institutions, their prices have always been excellent. It also means that you can often find select meat in the AA or sometimes AAA grades, whole filet mignons and rib roasts, pork rump and hock, homemade sausages, marinated chicken and pork, fish and seafood

The place is piled 20-feet high with everything you’d find in a supermarket and beyond. It stocks 4 times more selection than that famous warehouse club with more consistency and choices – and NO annual fee. See their flyer below for even better prices this week.

There’s 500 kinds of cheese, ethnic foods (Italian, Latino, Indian, Asian, Mideastern) and they import their fresh produce themselves – no middleman. They buy fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers whenever possible.

There’s 70 varieties of olive oil, and dozens of flavorful Italian coffees and pastas. It’s fun to shop around and find items like 10 kg. Skippy peanut butter, an entire prosciutto ham or smoked meat, 15 kg honey, 3.5L bags of chocolate chips, pop-up aluminum foil sheets, or little paper lunch bags.

Location: 9701 boul Louis-H-La Fontaine Anjou QC H1J 2A3
corner: rue de Lamartine
Tel: 514-255-9330
Hours: Mon-Wed 6:45-6, Thurs & Fri 6:45-9 pm, Sat 6:45-6, Sun 9-6
www.mayrand.ca
sales@mayrand.qc.ca ou ventes@mayrand.qc.ca

If you love real coffee and live on the western side of Montreal, you now have an option of a place near home to buy coffee makers, coffee, and supplies. La boutique du café Tazza di Mattina is located in Roxboro and they carry Saeco, Jura, Caffitaly, Rancilio espresso and cappuccino machines, and coffee.

Coffee imported from Italy is sold there. You can purchase ground coffee and coffee beans from Gloria, Caffé Harmonia and Dolce Vita. They have a selection of tea and teapots from My Cup Of Tea. Accessories for tea and coffee are here as in frothers and cups of different sizes in glass and ceramic. Various cleaning products for all coffee and cappuccino makers are found as well.

If you want to buy a more traditional gift, you can find the old-fashioned Italian stove top coffee makers here. You’ll have a choice of many different sizes in brands Vev, Bialetti & Laila. Pretty colorful lines of accessories of home and tableware by Guzzini and Bugatti are available too.

This is also a local repair depot; They can fix your machine on site  if it breaks – no more lugging it all the way downtown.

Location: 5 Commercial Ave, Roxboro QC, H8Y 2N9
corner: boul Gouin
Tel: 514-684-6161
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30-5:30, Sat 9-4
www.tazzadimattina.ca  FB: http://on.fb.me/1eNfNva

Boutique Java Kap, sells capsules for all single serve coffee and espresso machines. This is coffee heaven, since they have over 350 choices. The walls are lined with bins of capsules, and you can wander through and select a variety of flavors using their cute shopping trays , or you can buy them pre-boxed – all of the same kind. This weeks special – the 24 K-cups Vittoria Hot Chocolate and Cappuccino, regular $17.50 for only $12.95, perfect for these cold winter days!

The shop sells all the Keurig brands you know and love, such as Green Mountain, Van Houtte, Donut House, Eight O’clock, Timothy’s World Coffee etc., as well as the high end Keurig brands Starbucksand Barista Prima. In addition to that they have all the popular Keurig compatible brands, namely Brown Gold, Brooklyn Bean, Grove Square, Jetsetter, Authentic Donut Shop, Hurricane, Barnie’s Coffee, Hamilton Mills, Martinson and Caza Trail. For those of you seeking premium coffee brands, you can try:Peet’s Coffee from San Francisco, Marley ( including the world famous Jamaican Blue Mountain) or Second Cup. They have a large selection of Tassimo products as well as the hard to find new flavors.

They do have Nespresso compatible capsules, Cap’Mundo, Smart Coffee, and Espresso Italia. For your Nespresso they also have Capsul’in which allows you to use your favorite espresso in your Nespresso machine.

There are environmentally conscious options as well – between 90%-97% biodegradable

For tea lovers, there’s a wide selection of tea capsules such as Twinings, Lipton, Tazo, Bigelow and Celestial, , and the new compatible capsules by Higgins & Burke. You can still buy tea bags, loose leaf teas, infusers for your tea or a travel mug which has a built in infuser for those on the run.

Expect friendly helpful service with knowledgeable advice about all those flavors.

Location: 4583 St. Charles Blvd. Kirkland QC H9H 3C7
corner: rue Oakwood
Tel: 514-675-4410
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs & Fri 10-8, Sat & Sun 10-5
www.javakap.com / FB: http://on.fb.me/OGG30i
www.smartshoppingmontreal.com/store.php?s=312

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