Have you ever eaten a meal where you just want to close your eyes so you can savor every moment the food is in your mouth? This is one of those places. We often eat at great restaurants in New York and Chicago, and Toque goes to the top of the list. Kudos to the staff for pulling off impeccable yet friendly, down to earth service in a restaurant whose caliber could easily have been stuffy, too trendy, or elite feeling.
We had an 1 pm weekday lunch, which is often my favorite way to savor a restaurant like this. There isn't the overwhelm or spectacle of seven courses. We each had two dishes of simple, pure heaven. This restaurant alone will bring me back to Montreal.