I had read about this restaurant and was thrilled to have gotten a last minute reservation for a Saturday night.
The first thing you notice when you are shown your table is the view- Hello Toronto! We were on vacation and decided to get ourselves something with bubbles in it. Low and behold there was local sparkling wine. Yes please. And that's rather the gist of Canoe- local, local, local. I should probably add delicious. The only problem I found was that everything on the menu sounded like you needed to order it...even the bread they start you out with was darned delish. We did try the mushroom soup and I found it to be a little salty. The salmon starter made me fall in love with salmon all over again. I had the strip loin- plate could have been reused I polished that sucker. My sister had the Sturgeon and beef cheeks. I'm a sucker for any kind of cheeks and these were gorgeous.
I should note too that service was really outstanding. It was a little slow getting our server to the table but once he could concentrate on us he didn't disappoint. He even went to far as to get us addresses of other bakeries and restaurants that we could enjoy more local delights.
Such a great experience.