CBC Montreal's Daybreak takes over Caf Milano in St-Lonard

CBC Montreal Daybreak host Mike Finnerty and the rest of the team explored what it means to be Italian in Montreal today in a live broadcast from Caf Milano in St-Lonard.

The 24-hourcaf, located at 5188JarryStreetEast, is a local institution in the Italian community.

• New generation of Italian-Montrealers remake traditions

Thecafhasbeen servingreal Italian coffee toMontrealersfor 45 years.

This morning's show featured entrepreneurs, sports and media personalities from Montreal's Italian community.

Daybreak Montreal9:49Young Italian-Montrealers making old Italian traditions new again

Some of the cornerstones of traditional Italian culture are being brought into the 21st century by the new generation... each of our guests are doing it in their own way.

Guests included:

• Sandro Battaglia,a tailor and the co-ownerof Battaglia and Aly, located in Little Italy.
• Alessandra Tropeano,a singer of classic Italian songs and organizer of arts events in the Montreal-Italian community.
• Danny ''Smiles'' Francis,head chef and co-owner Le Bremner restaurant in Old Montreal.

The focus of the conversation: What does it mean to be Italian in Montreal today?

Want to see more? Here's the show's completeTwitter blog...