For the 22nd time, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine has revealed its shortlist of the ten Best New Canadian Restaurants. This rewards innovative tables that were created between the end of spring 2022 and May 31, 2023.
Of the eight Quebec restaurants that were on the long list of 30 addresses visited by a single culinary critic, three earned a place in the list. The intimate Bonheur d’occasion, in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal, is in sixth position. Le Molière by Mousso, a large brasserie located in Espace St-Denis led by chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard, is in eighth place, followed by Espace Old Mill, a superb farmhouse restaurant in Stanbridge East.
Canada’s “best new restaurant” is in Toronto. This is Kappo Sato, whose chef-owner, Takeshi Sato, worked in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Tokyo called Ukai. The omakase-style restaurant offers a two-and-a-half-hour service where all dishes are prepared in front of diners seated at the counter.
As is often the case, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia share almost all the nominations. Manitoba took fifth place, with Petit Socco, in Winnipeg.
