Best clothing store (new)

1. Holt Renfrew (various locations)

2. Urban Outfitters (1246 Ste-Catherine W., 874-0063)

3. Tie: Le Château (various locations); Gap (various locations)

4. Nevik

(3485 St-Laurent, 282-9777; 3523 St-Laurent 288-9706)

1. Village des Valeurs (various locations)

2. Eva B. (2013 St-Laurent, 849-8246)

3. Twistencore (3972 St-Laurent, 842-1308)

4. Salvation Army Family Thrift Stores (various locations)

5. Cruella (63 Mont-Royal E., 844-0167)

1. Sports Experts (various locations)

2. Monde des Athlètes (various locations)

3. Sports Fever (1238 Ste-Catherine W., 874-0198)

4. Murray's (1200 Peel, 861-9636)

5. La Cordée (2159 Ste-Catherine E., 524-1106)

Honorable mentions: Il Bolero (6842 St-Hubert, 270-6065); Sex Shop (various locations)

1. Future Shop (various locations)

2. Audio Centre (9100 Cavendish, 482-4420)

3. Aventure Electronique (various locations)

4. Centre Hifi (various locations)

5. Québec Son (6555 St-Denis, 270-7900)

1. Blockbuster (various locations)

2. Boîte Noire (4450 St-Denis, 287-1249; 380 Laurier W., 277-6979)

3. Movieland (various locations)

4. Video Roma (various locations)

5. Super Club Vidéotron (various locations)

1. YMCA (various locations)

2. La Cité (3475 du Parc, 288-8221)

3. Sanctuaire (various locations)

4. Nautilus (various locations)

5. The Body Factory (680 Ste-Catherine W., fourth floor, 861-2639)

1. Chad Keremy

2. Denis Gagnon

3. Westmount Spa (Westmount Square, 933-9966)

Honorable mentions: Goth chicks, Mitsou, Sasha, Spanky Horowitz

1. Voyage Campus/Travel Cuts (various locations)

2. Allô-Stop (4317 St-Denis, 985-3032)

1. HMV (various locations)

2. Sam the Record Man (399 Ste-Catherine W., 281-9877; 7077 Newman, 366-8825; 2305 Rockland, 240-1229)

3. DNA Record (28 des Pins E., 284-7434)

4. Tabou (1435 Bleury, Suite 102, 288-5609)

5. Tie: Archambault (500 Ste-Catherine E., 849-6201); Stomp (78 Rachel E., 842-5887)

1. Cheap Thrills (1433 Bishop, 844-7604; 2044 Metcalfe, 844-8988)

2. L'Échange (3694 St-Denis, 849-1913; 713 Mont-Royal E., 523-6389)

3. HMV (various locations)

4. Musique Noize (58 des Pins E., 985-9989)

5. Disquivel (1587 St-Laurent, 842-1607)

Once again, the old warhorse Cheap Thrills comes out ahead. Coincidentally, throughout May Cheap Thrills will be celebrating... well, to be honest, they're not really celebrating anything other than perhaps the fact that they finally sold that Billy Squier CD thats's been lurking around in their racks for a decade. Regardless of motive, they've got a month of Sundays lined up, starting May 3 at 2pm with a free in-store performance by avant-hillbillies Sackville (and David Kristian and A-Trak to come). >> Other winners in the pot-money-for-Zep-discs sweepstakes include L'échange (sort of Cheap Thrills' French doppelganger), Noize and Disquivel. We're not sure how HMV made the cut other than possibly because of their... uh, liberal return policy.

1. Loews (954 Ste-Catherine W., 861-7437)

2. Egyptien (1455 Peel, 849-3456)

3. Palace (698 Ste-Catherine W., 866-6991)

4. Cavendish (5800 Cavendish, 485-7111)

5. Tie: Faubourg (1616 Ste-Catherine W., 849-3456); Impérial (1430 Bleury, 848-0300)

1. Parc (3575 du Parc, 287-7272)

2. Palace (698 Ste-Catherine W., 866-6991)

3. Impérial (1430 Bleury, 848-0300)

4. Tie: Cinematheque (335 de Maisonneuve E., 842-9768); Décarie (6900 Décarie, 739-6900); Parisien (480 Ste-Catherine W., 866-3856)

1. Chapters (1171 Ste-Catherine W., 849-8825)

2. Paragraphe (2220 McGill College, 845-5811)

3. Tie: Coles (various locations); Nebula (1832 Ste-Catherine W., 932-3930)

4. Nicholas Hoare (1366 Greene, 933-4201; Ogilvy's, 499-2005)

1. The Word (469 Milton, 845-5640)

2. Tie: S.W. Welch Bookseller (3878 St-Laurent, 848-9358); Argo Book Shop (1915 Ste-Catherine W., 931-3442); Cheap Thrills (2044 Metcalfe, 844-8988, 1433 Bishop, 844-7604)

3. L'Échange (3694 St-Denis, 849-1913; 713 Mont Royal, 523-6389)

4. Russell Books (275 St-Antoine W., 866-0564)

1. Multimags (various locations)

2. Maison de la Presse Internationale (various locations)

3. Chapters (1171 Ste-Catherine W., 849-8825)

4. Le Point Vert (4040 St-Laurent, 982-9195)

5. Mediaphile (1901 Ste-Catherine W., 939-3676)

On the street

Museum boutiques

Garage sales

Vernissage

Magnum Opus

My girlfriend

From artist

Warshaws

Contact my sister

Flea market

Our neighbours

1. Optimum (630 Sherbrooke W., 845-1015)

2. Aliments Naturels Health Tree (7133 Ch. de la Côte St-Luc, 484-1690)

3. Frenco (3985 St-Laurent, 285-1319)

4. Kilo Prix (201 St-Viateur W., 279-2817)

5. Tie: Tau (4238 St-Denis, 843-4420); Rachelle-Béry (various locations)

Honourable mentions: McDonald's, Get a haircut hippie, La Capoterie

1. Vasco Cigars (1327 Ste-Catherine W., 284-0475)

2. Cuba

3. Poupart (1385 Ste-Catherine W., 842-5794)

4. Cigare Emporium Inc. (3525 St-Laurent, 281-6658)

5. La Casa del Habano (1434 Sherbrooke W., 849-0037)

Honourable mentions: "They suck," "Oh, get over it," "Nowhere," Phamaprix, Esso

1. Séduction (38 Ste-Catherine W., 876-3656)

2. Il Bolero (6842 St-Hubert, 270-6065)

3. Sexe Cité (1821 Ste-Catherine W., 937-3678)

4. La Capoterie (2061 St-Denis, 845-0027)

5. Priape (1311 Ste-Catherine E., 521-8451)

Honourable mentions: My basement, my house, my room

1. Mutt & Jeff (2135 Crescent, 288-7689)

2. Coupe Bizarre (169 Duluth E., 843-3433)

3. Tonic (3613 St-Laurent, 499-9494)

4. Funky Toque (3688 St-Laurent, 985-2999)