The Harbord Room, which held this sacred space previously, served up the best burger in town and some amazing cocktails.
After eating at Cafe Cancan, I have pretty much forgotten the former place.
They do classic French here and do it well. Escargot, mushroom soup, steak tartare, oysters, you get the idea.
I had a watermelon aperitif cocktail (lower in booze and only 7$) that was amazing.
For my meal I went straight for the steak frites (29$). It was melt-in-your mouth delicious. The frites were great before the dipping sauce made them out-of-this-world.
The 12$ chocolate tart dessert and the 5$ lemon eclair were both off the charts.
A bit more wine (reasonably priced by the way) and conversation and the evening was simply perfect.
This place does have some connection to Piano Piano (which I really like), yet manages to be brilliant on a level that took me by complete surprise.
This will be regarded as one of the best restaurants in town.