Dan Saltzstein
New York Times
The undying love for the Old City of Quebec is understandable. “Stroll the only walled city north of Mexico and its cobblestone streets,” reads the city’s tourism website. “Discover 400 years of history.” (The city celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008.)
Hard to resist. And indeed, the city inside the fortifications can be charming — if often filled, wall-to-restored-wall, with tourists.
But outside those walls, in neighborhoods not quite as picturesque but plenty vibrant, young creative types — chefs, artists, night-life impresarios — are fueling a revival worthy of Quebec’s much larger sister to the southwest, Montreal.
