I’ve long wanted to visit Brasserie Mag­nan (Magnan’s Tav­ern), 2602 Rue St. Patrick: a huge vin­tage restau­rant that opened in 1932. About a 10-minute drive from down­town Mon­treal and located in a semi-industrial part of the city, this is a won­drous, mainly blue-collar eatery pop­u­lar with work­ing fel­lows and rec­om­mended to me by sev­eral chefs who go there to chow down on the famous roast beef on their day off.