Au Papier Japonais

Au Papier Japonais is a stationery shop in Plateau, Montreal, Quebec, which is located on Avenue Fairmount Ouest. Au Papier Japonais is situated near the fast food restaurant Wilensky’s, as well as near the movie theater Cinéma Moderne.

Opening hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Email: stanphillips@sympatico.ca
Type: Stationery shop
Address: 24 Avenue Fairmount Ouest, Montréal, QC H2T 2M1

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wilensky’s and Fairmount Bagel.

Wilensky’s

Fast food restaurant

Photo: Shawn in Montreal, Public domain.

Wilensky's Light Lunch, also known as Wilensky's, is a kosher-style lunch counter located on Fairmount Avenue West in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Opened in 1932 by Moe Wilensky, the restaurant is widely believed to have inspired scenes in Mordecai Richler's novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz as either Eddy's Cigar & Soda or Moe's Cigar Store.

Fairmount Bagel

Bakery

Fairmount Bagel is a Montreal-style bagel bakery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the Mile End neighbourhood of the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. The first location opened on September 7, 1919 on Saint-Laurent Boulevard by Isadore Shlafman.

Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End

Church

Photo: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End is a church, which is situated 270 metres east of Au Papier Japonais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mile-End and Outremont.

Mile-End

Photo: Alain Rouiller, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mile End, the last Mile, is a small neighborhood between Outremont, Le Plateau, Rosemont and Little Italy. The main commercial streets are parts of St-Viateur, Fairmount, Bernard, Villeneuve, Parc Ave & St-Laurent.

Outremont

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Outremont, once its own town, was incorporated into Montreal in 2002. As its name suggests, it's on the other side of Mount Royal from downtown, and is a predominately residential area, home to well-known Québec artists and celebrities and to Montreal's Hasidic Jewish community.