The "FF" is a place that I have been to 3 times and I have never been disappointed. I had the "bavette de boeuf" (hope I spelled it correctly) on their specialty menu which was featuring maple products. I was started off with a brilliant butternut squash soup with cream and sprinkled with a bit of maple sugar.
The main course, as previously mentioned, was delicious. I was worried that they didn't ask me how I wanted it cooked and it didn't matter. The steak was seared nicely with a pink inside with a ruby red center. If you want your steak well done, buy ground beef and salt it, these guys know how to cook meat.
My dessert was a "cigare a l'erable" which was a pastry "cigar" on top of a bed of cream and chocolate and filled with maple cream. I think very highly of this place not only because of my meal, but again, having been there 3 times and never having had a bad dish I can say this about the menu:
1) It focuses heavily on the "produit du terroir" or local products as they pertain to Quebec. The culinary inspirations are "Nouveau France" and indigenous as evidenced by their focus on squashes and wild game dishes.
2) Everything can be paired with the right beer, my favorites are "Maudite" (an amber red) and "Fin du Monde" (Golden Ale). Anyways, just because something is cooked with that alcohol does not always mean that it has to permeate the flavor, just complement the dish at the very least.
3) I'm not sure this is a "gastropub" since there isn't really a pub to just purely sit down and drink. This is a restaurant that deserves that distinction and the view sitting by the river and Fort Chambly give it a great environment to enjoy any meal.