Une table. Douze couverts. Une flamme.

MaisonLumière

A five-course tasting menu cooked entirely over open flame, served to twelve guests at one long oak table. The lights are candles. All of them.

Reserve a Seat

Toronto · Thursday through Sunday

The Tasting

Five courses, one fire

The menu changes when the market does, not when we feel like it. What never changes: everything you eat tonight met the flame first.

  1. I

    Charred Leek

    smoked crème fraîche, rye ash, chive blossom — the first thing the fire ever taught us

    24
  2. II

    Scallop in Beeswax

    poached in the candle's own wax, fir tip, brown butter — sealed warm, opened at the table

    32
  3. III

    Embered Quail

    grapes burst on the coals, first-frost honey, black garlic — eaten with your hands, please

    38
  4. IV

    Hearth Duck

    aged twenty-one days, glazed in its own drippings, charred plum — the fire's favourite

    46
  5. V

    Burnt Honey Tart

    smoked cream, bee pollen, a little ash on purpose — sweetness that remembers the flame

    19

Wine pairings poured by candlelight, decided by the sommelier's mood. Trust her.

The Room

Built around a fire

The HearthThe fire is lit at three in the afternoon. Service begins when it settles down.
The TableOne table, twelve chairs, no clock on the wall. You will lose track of time. That is the point.
The CellarLow ceilings, old bottles, and candlelight that politely declines to reach the corners.

A Note from the Kitchen

Fire is the only honest clock in my kitchen. It does not care about your reservation, your photograph, or your hurry — it gives the leek exactly what the leek needs and not a minute more. My work is mostly listening. The flame does the talking; I just set the table close enough for you to hear it.
— Chef Élodie Marchand, founder, keeper of the hearth

Reserve

Twelve seats a night

We hold every seat by hand and answer every request the same way. Tell us which night is yours.

The Night

The Seating

No deposits, no apps, no waitlist algorithms. A person reads this, and a person replies.

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