fuel is on fire
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fuel is on fire Just when we thought we’d exhausted the chic lunch spots in the city: boom. Another one hits the ground running. Fuel is a bright (in both senses) new room led by a stellar culinary and service team with pedigrees that span from C Restaurant to the world-famous French Laundry. From the custom-bent silver wire chandelier in the dining room to the street-front kitchen windows (where you might even see them butchering a pig) the place is pure spectacle. But it’s also pure honesty, as in the house-made chorizo, lovely duck terrines and home-baked brioche. Hint: Go at noon hour and you can sample dinner menu items at lunchtime prices such as the crispy rainbow trout with hazelnut brown butter and Swiss chard ($17/$25). Or sink your teeth into a braised lamb-shoulder sandwich ($14) with green olive tapenade and red onion rings. Don’t all get the same idea at once, now. View menu and pictures at www.fuelrestaurant.ca Fuel, 944 W. Fourth Ave., 604-288-7905, www.fuelrestaurant.ca. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Make reservations at www.opentable.com |