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| - The good, good people at Lawrence (the restaurant) have now opened a "boucherie de quartier" and they've hit the ground running. The space is airy, minimal, and beautiful, the coolers are fully stocked (chicken, lamb, pork, beef, sausages, charcuterie, smoked fish), the walk-in features a huge, full-length window so you can check out their lovely stock in all its glory, the prep area is open and brightly lit, and they're offering sandwiches that are already among the very best in all of Mile End (if not beyond). Today's choices included smoked ham, roast beef, and porchetta, and they all came fully loaded on house-baked bread or rolls. Other pluses include house-made yogurt, free-range eggs, and my absolute favourite Canadian cheese: PEI's Avonlea cloth-bound cheddar. Good coffee, too. And all of this was on Day 1. By the weekend of Week 1 they'd added a beautiful roasted chicken sandwich with cucumbers and capers (weekends only) and some plump, sweet, and briny Green Gables oysters (P.E.I.) to the mix, and I'd already had two great experiences with their grass-fed, grain-finished beef. Quite a start! Can't wait to see where things go from here.
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