‘I grew up there’ – Nilufar namesake mourns loss of old building to fire
From CKUT Local Journalism Initiative · 00:03:00
Show by Jules Bugiel
Episode Notes A five-alarm fire shut down city streets and displaced at least thirty people Tuesday morning. The Montreal fire department says they deployed 150 firefighters to a three-storey building at 1923 Saint-Catherine St. West, following a call made just after 2 am. The building held a mix of commercial and residential properties. From 1994 to 2023, one of those was Nilufar: an affordable, vegan restaurant serving Middle Eastern fare to students, workers, and residents of Montreal’s downtown – including those without the funds to pay. CKUT spoke to Nilufar Al-Shourbaji about her memories of the building, and its residents, following Tuesday’s fire.
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