Eaton's Ninth Floor

The Montreal Eaton's 9th floor restaurant (also known simply known as "The Ninth Floor") is an endangered Art deco landmark in Montreal, Canada. It has not been open or accessible to the public since 1999, when it was put into a mothball state. Lady Eaton was the wife of the multi-millionaire owner of the former Eaton's chain of department stores in Canada. For several decades she endeavoured to give her own interpretation of "class and style" to the major stores in the chain. On January 26, 1931, she opened a large art deco restaurant on the top 9th floor of the Montreal Eaton's store, designed by the architect Jacques Carlu. It was a very close copy of the first class dining hall of her favourite transatlantic liner, the Ile de...