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What’s on the menu at Leña, O&B’s new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue

By Renée Suen| Photography by Renée Suen
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What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue

Name: Leña Neighbourhood: Financial District Contact: 176 Yonge St., 416-507-3378, lenarestaurante.com, @LenaRestaurante
Owners: O&B Chef: Corporate executive chef Anthony Walsh and executive chef Julie Marteleira (Jump, Luma, Auberge du Pommier)

The food

For breakfast, there’s a takeaway spread of sweet pastries, but guests can dine-in with a menu that includes breakfast empanadas with poached eggs and chimichurri, or a slice of tortilla. Lunch brings Argentine sandwiches. Things get a bit heartier for dinner with dishes such as rabbit with snails and rice. On the weekend: brunch.

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Some of the items from the takeaway breakfast counter.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Walsh, putting the finishing touches on Lala’s Tortilla.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Lala’s Tortilla: Yukon Gold potatoes, egg, Spanish onion. $6.

 

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What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Susana’s gaucho empanadas: beef, boiled egg, olives, “chiminasty” sauce (a blend of chimichurri and Walsh’s “nasty” hot sauce). $13.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Salt cod salad with crunchy cumin chickpeas, olives, pimentón, olive oil, and egg. $16.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Charred beef tartare is cooked on charcoal, mixed with green olives, fennel, oyster mayonnaise and finished with ash. $18.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Pollo Doña Aurora: organic chicken, laurel, mushrooms, potato purée, lemon, saffron. $27.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Rabbit and snail rice: escargots, green pepper tomato sauce, white wine, artichokes. $34.

 

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What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
The alfajores—shortbread cookies, goat’s milk dulce de leche and coconut—are made using a recipe from Walsh’s wife. $3.
The drinks

Wines from Argentina, Chile and Spain; local craft brews on tap; and a selection of Latin-inspired cocktails, like the Leña, a South American take on an old fashioned.

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
The Caipiroska (back), made with blueberry vodka, demerara sugar and blueberry lemon shrub ($13), and Leña (front), a South American take on an old fashioned, made with charred cedar, bourbon, vermouth, sour and a scorched cherry. $16.
The space

Taking up a chunk of Saks, Leña has an all-day bar off of Queen West, a second-floor dining room and a lower-level lounge. The third level—yes, there’s a third level—is where the private dining areas live.

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Breakfast is served at the takeaway counter in the main bar.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Here’s the main bar again. Some of the heritage building’s features were preserved.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Here’s the second-level dining room.

 

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What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
And again.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
A semi-private dining space sits opposite the second-floor dining room.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Bar Lala, on the lower level, is a 70-seat lounge.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Looking out a third-floor window.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
An Anthony Walsh original.

 

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What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Chefs Walsh and Marteleira.

 

What's on the menu at Leña, O&B's new Argentine restaurant in Saks Fifth Avenue
Elena, Walsh’s mother-in-law.

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