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| - Le Canard Mort just opened (soft launch) a week or so ago in Leslieville, so my mom, wife and I went to try it out this past Saturday. Overall, we had a really wonderful experience.
-The decor is a bit bland and dark to my tastes, but the tables are well lit. Granted the decor is still being finished (no bar shelving yet) so my comments may be slightly pre-mature.
-Drinks. They offer prohibition-style cocktails at $11/drink. They have over 140+ cocktails, including some interesting concoctions using elderflower and other less frequently used ingredients. The bartender, Emily, (I believe) seems to know her stuff. I described what I was looking for in a drink and she mixed me a fantastic cocktail!! Definite worth checking-out if you're a cocktail fa
-Food was tasty and reasonably priced. We tried the spiced nuts to start and then shared 3 salads/mains: the nicoise salad (with smoked pickerel), the lobster cobb and the double-smoked pork chop. We enjoyed all three salads/mains, but found the nuts unimpressive. They weren't sufficiently crunchy or spicy! Back to the mains. The nicoise was well prepared with a poached egg and wonderfully smoky pickerel. The Lobster Cobb was served with delicious pancetta and well-poached lobster. I could taste a hit of butter on the lobster, which was perfect. The pork chops were nice, tender and well-flavoured. The smokiness came through nicely!
The resto is definitely still working out its kinks (broken beer fridge), but I was impressed with my first visit.
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