A 10-year lease brings a new sports bar to Windsor Station in spring 2027, but St-Hubert’s departure was not a failed restaurant story.
La Cage is heading to Windsor Station, where an 11,000-square-foot sports bar is planned for spring 2027. Groupe Grandio has signed a 10-year lease for the former St-Hubert rotisserie space at the corner of Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal and Stanley Street, a short walk from the Bell Centre. The opening, first expected this fall, is now planned for spring 2027.
With hockey fever building, the location has an obvious draw: fans can meet for food, drinks and screens before or after a Canadiens game without going far from the arena. La Cage already operates inside the Bell Centre, but this is an additional location, not a replacement. That raises a question: can downtown demand support two outlets of the same sports-bar brand nearly side by side?
But did St-Hubert fail? The available reporting doesn’t suggest that. The rotisserie operated at Windsor Station for about 20 years and closed in October 2019 after its lease was not renewed; St-Hubert said it couldn’t agree on new terms and customer traffic had held up despite years of nearby construction. The space then remained vacant for years. La Cage now gets a fresh shot at this downtown location, with hockey nearby and a decade-long lease.