Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini, restaurateurs, were asked to take over a restaurant set in 1955. They worked together 2 years before to open a hip restaurant, Jump. After that, they were not interested in starting another project. Nevertheless, they were offered a great deal they could not refuse.
When they entered the empty restaurant space the first time after they signed the lease, they wondered what to do with it. Then, they started envisioning a restaurant focusing on Canadian cuisine. It was a challenge for them to define this cuisine, but they did it.
The canoe was launched in Toronto that challenged not only the …
