Introducing: The Chase Fish and Oyster, a new Hamptons-style seafood bar in the historic Dineen building
Introducing: The Chase Fish and Oyster, a new Hamptons-style seafood bar in the historic Dineen building
Name: The Chase Fish and Oyster
Contact Info: 10 Temperance St., Flr. 1, thechasefo.com, 647-348-7000, @TheChaseTO
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Owner: Steven Salm, the former general manager of upscale steakhouse e11even
Executive Chef: Michael Steh, who used to be the executive chef at Reds
Chef de Cuisine: Nigel Finley, former executive chef at Catch
The Food: Oysters and other raw seafood, plus po’ boys, lobster rolls and chowder. Non-pescatarian options include burgers, steak, lamb chops and fried chicken.
The Drink: Cocktails, beers and 22 wines by the glass.
The Place: A big, breezy room decorated in nautical blues and whites with boat sails tethered to the rafters. The textiles are Ralph Lauren, as are the servers’ jeans and preppy white button-downs. The front patio seats 40.
The Numbers:
• 3,500 square feet
• $185 to add a caviar supplement to the smoked sturgeon on toast
• 22 wines by the glass, selected by lauded sommelier Anton Potvin
• 6 special seafood sauces served in miniature glass jars, including roasted shellfish aioli and rhubarb-lime mignonette
• 1 original 19th-century J.J. Taylor safe built into the restaurant’s wall
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- The Chase Fish and Oyster occupies the ground floor of the historic Dineen building (swishy seafood restaurant The Chase is up in the penthouse)
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- The big, breezy room is decorated in nautical blues and whites with boat sails tethered to the rafters
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- In true Hamptons style, the restaurant’s beach-preppy furniture, linens and servers’ uniforms were designed by Ralph Lauren
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- The (mainly) pescatarian menu is posted on the wall
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- The 20-seat private dining room
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- The street-level patio seats 40
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- Diners make selections from the raw bar on index cards
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- Oysters from the raw bar come with hot sauce, cocktail sauce and mignonette ($MP)
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- California roll with Dungeness crab, avocado and corn salad ($19)
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- Pickerel salad with radicchio slaw, tartar sauce and chips ($23)
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- Angel food cake with lime curd, coconut cream and toasted marshmallow icing ($10)
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- Blueberry grunt (a type of cobbler) with cinnamon ice cream ($10)
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Contact Info: 10 Temperance St., Flr. 1, thechasefo.com, 647-348-7000, @TheChaseTO
Neighbourhood: Financial District
Owner: Steven Salm, the former general manager of upscale steakhouse e11even
Executive Chef: Michael Steh, who used to be the executive chef at Reds
Chef de Cuisine: Nigel Finley, former executive chef at Catch
The Food: Oysters and other raw seafood, plus po’ boys, lobster rolls and chowder. Non-pescatarian options include burgers, steak, lamb chops and fried chicken.
The Drink: Cocktails, beers and 22 wines by the glass.
The Place: A big, breezy room decorated in nautical blues and whites with boat sails tethered to the rafters. The textiles are Ralph Lauren, as are the servers’ jeans and preppy white button-downs. The front patio seats 40.
The Numbers:
• 3,500 square feet
• $185 to add a caviar supplement to the smoked sturgeon on toast
• 22 wines by the glass, selected by lauded sommelier Anton Potvin
• 6 special seafood sauces served in miniature glass jars, including roasted shellfish aioli and rhubarb-lime mignonette
• 1 original 19th-century J.J. Taylor safe built into the restaurant’s wall
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