A friend and I visited Bar Passeport recently on my first trip to Montr\u00e9al to see how the goth/industrial/ebm/etc scene was holding up. Needless to say, it's holding up much better at Passeport than it is at Foufounes, which I'd read was formerly the \"darkie mecca\" of Montr\u00e9al but now seems like just another club for \"20-something dubstep fans who wear black.\" Anyway, back to Bar Passeport. I'm not going to lie and say this place is packed, but there were a good number of people there.. and I felt like they all cared about the music and keeping the scene alive. Everyone I spoke to was friendly and warm, and happily without any of the pretense or posturing of the \"scene\" in the 90s.\n\nProbably the highlights of the evening were talking to the owner, and the awesome (and extremely cute) bartender, who introduced us to *maple whiskey*, and of course dancing in the back room. \n\nI hope this place is around for many years to come, because it's definitely a gem.