Plateau landmark Else's welcomes liquor law changes

“I’m a very happy man,” said Claude Pires Lopes.
The owner of beloved Plateau landmark Else’s was celebrating changes to Quebec’s liquor laws allowing restaurants to serve alcohol without forcing customers to order food.
Anyone who has been to Else’s knows it’s more of an artsy pub than a traditional restaurant. Opened in 1993 by Norwegian expat Else Smith (and taken over by Lopes following Smith’s death, in 2000), the Roy St. E. hangout attracts a