The original storefront he opened, located on rue Sherbrooke Est, was not shaped like an orange.

For a brief time, the Julep was noted for roller skating waitresses, who brought food orders to cars.

It’s a scene that has outlasted LSD, the Vietnam war and thus far pollution,” Juan Rodriguez reported, in an Aug. 9, 1977 feature on the Décarie Blvd.

landmark.” Rodriguez, the original author, emphasized the importance of the restaurant as a social hub, separate from its food or drink.

In 1945, Gibeau built an orange concrete sphere two stories high to house his restaurant.

It had a small square window on the second floor, which made it look like something out of a children’s book...” Though Lanken refers to The Big Orange as the original restaurant, it was in fact the second location, though the first orange-shaped one.

The restaurant and its orange sphere were rebuilt, from a design by architect Olius P. Bois, to be larger and further back from the roadway when it was widened to become the Décarie Expressway in 1966.

Photography enthusiasts were often spotted there with vintage film cameras as well with some people dressing up in 1950s fashion for the occasion (photos could be posted to the Orange Julep Cruise Nights Facebook page).

The restaurant appears, along with other Montreal landmarks, in the music video for the Men Without Hats song "Where Do the Boys Go?".

The Orange Julep is one of the original landmarks in Montreal, making it one of the many sought at tourist locations on the island.