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L’Ecole du Bar de Montréal (EBM) opened its doors in March 2016. It was founded by the 5 co-owners of the fabulous speakeasy bar Le 4e Mur. “When we decided to open Le 4e Mur, we knew it would be a first step and that we wanted to open a school as well,” Eddy, one of the partners, shared as he gave me a tour of the school in August. Training course for future bartenders The first week of every month, the EBM welcomes a maximum of 15 students for a 5 day long, 8 hours a day, training in
Le 4e Mur, Montreal’s first speakeasy bar of the 21st century (I guess there would have been some in the early 20th century) celebrated its first anniversary last July. Its opening in 2015 was announced Hollywood style with a mysterious black and white teaser introducing the five founders’ alter egos – Dr EDD, Dirty Diana, Miroslav, le Corse (the Corsican) and Père Denis (Father Denis) – as the prime suspects in a criminal investigation led by a private detective. A second video was released in honor of the bar’s one year anniversary. Having met Dr EDD, aka Eddy, on a