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North 44 Restaurant
2537 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
North 44 offers both French and international cuisine. It's trendy but comfortable with an international culinary staff.
The menu is a great blend of classical and new French cuisine, with Spanish, Portuguese and Italian accents.
North 44 is pricey, but the food, service, wine selection and modern atmosphere are worth the expense.
This is the perfect place to visit for a special occasion or a meal you will remember.


Named after the city's latitude, North 44 is known to Toronto and International diners alike for its unique dining experience and elegant surroundings. Recently renovated by the design team of Yabu Pushelburg, the restaurant possesses a sophisticated, yet relaxed atmosphere with a contemporary decor. A destination for celebrities and out-of-town visitors, North 44 is a gourmet experience perfect for business professionals, social and romantic dinners.

Mark McEwan, one of Canada's best-known chefs, has been in the food industry for twenty years. Under executive chef Joseph Vonlanthen's guidance during his first years in the food industry, McEwan learned the basics of cooking, organizing and dealing with staff. He credits Vonlanthen with great generosity and for training more chefs than anyone else in Canada. McEwan soon became sous chef at the Constellation, and went on to work as executive sous chef at Toronto's three-star Sutton Place Hotel. At the age of 25, he was promoted to chef, the youngest in Canada to hold that position.

McEwan's distinctive style of cooking captures the essence of Italian cuisine with nuances of Asian flavors. Using only the finest locally grown fruits and vegetables, fish, poultry, and meats, he enhances the natural flavors with simple seasoning and sauces, and artfully sculpted presentations…

Modesty and hard work is the credo for the 1990s. For Mark McEwan, it has been a lifelong habit. In his view, the glitz and glamour of the 1980s is gone. For McEwan, style and elegance are subtle, tasteful, lasting; a philosophy that infuses every aspect of North 44.

As envisioned by Mark, the main dining room of his restaurant is light, airy and intimate. There is a private dining room adjacent to the main room, and upstairs, a less formal dining room with piano in the background.

Critical Acclaim

At the ultra-stylish North 44, where culinary star Mark McEwan practices his genius, dinner is an event to be celebrated and remembered. McEwan combines exotic ingredients with flavorful herbs and spices, rather than relying on heavy sauces. His pappardelle with sage-braised rabbit rests in its natural juices and baby spinach with just a whisper of cream…
1999/2000 Toronto's Fifty Best Restaurants

Voted the Survey's Most Popular restaurant in the T.O. section, this "elegant" Midtowner "continues to maintain a great reputation," and "deservedly so" assert enthusiasts of chef Mark McEwan's "very creative," "world-class" New Continental cuisine; from the "beautiful food presentation" to the "delectable room" to the "smooth-as-silk service," the experience here is "love at first bite," making this "stunning place" "number one for the money" (but you'd better have lots of it).
1999/2000 Zagat Survey

  North 44 Restaurant Interior
   
  North 44 Restaurant Interior
   
  North 44 Restaurant Building

 

Always innovative in the kitchen with a concentration on cross-cultural combinations…. Airy decor only rivaled by the spectacular food presentation…. Excellent wine list given special status by the Wine Spectator in 1996…
50 Of Our City's Most Interesting Restaurants

Rated #1 in the city by Gourmet Magazine

Award of Excellence in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 awarded by Wine Spectator

 
Menu Highlights

Cuisine: Californian - Italian & Mexican - Dinner only
"Artful interior design (compass points embedded in the foyer floor) meets inspired cuisine.
Menu could include peppercorn-citrus-crusted smoked salmon with rösti potatoes, free-range quail with risotto and grilled oyster mushrooms and grill-crisped pizza with basil and truffle oil.
Winner of WHERE Toronto's reader-determined Most Memorable Meal award for Best Food." Where Magazine
Appetizers and Salads

Octopus and squid salad with Enoki mushrooms,
sweet peppers, greens and chili citrus dressing

Charred tuna sashimi with sesame crust, seaweed,
vegetable sprout salad and citrus soy sauce

Pan-seared foie gras with potato crisp,
sweet onion jam and concentrated berries,
alongside salt-cured foie Gras with raisins, figs balsamic glaze

Shrimp dumplings with concentrated broth,
shiitake mushrooms, infused oils and coriander

Sake-cured, fruitwood-smoked Atlantic salmon with onions, wasabi and creme fraiche

Blue Point Crab Cakes with hollandaise,
marinated leeks and caper berries

Select Malpeque oysters on the half-shell
with mango mignonette, spiced sweet onion salsa

Sweet Buffalo mozzarella with charred and oven-cured tomatoes, roasted garlic, basil oil, and 25-year balsamic

White mushroom and mache lettuce salad
with mustard herb creme fraiche dressing and crisp shallots

Romaine hearts with Caesar vinaigrette,
reggiano shards, and tomato onion salsa

Select organic greens with tear drop tomatoes,
celery root shallot vinaigrette

Endive watercress salad with oven-roasted figs, gorgonzola, crisp pancetta, spiced walnuts and sherry vinaigrette

Pan-fried gnocchi with reggiano cream,
Woodland mushrooms and fresh herbs

Beluga caviar (1oz.) with soft, toasted sourdough, corn chive pancakes, sweet onions, cut chives and naturally-soured cream

Cheese Selection
Selection of Four Cheeses

Stilton - England (Nottinghamshire)
A beautiful cream color and velvety smooth texture made with raw milk. England's finest

Valencay - France (Poitou Region)
Firm yet tender consistency with delicate goat and mold aroma and mild, nutty flavor

Pont L'Eveque - France (Normandy)
One of Normandy's oldest cheeses. Very soft texture with a pleasing full-bodied flavor

Zamarano - Northern Spain
Rich, semi-hard with a mild Pecorino character - sheep's milk.

Montegomery - England
Raw, milk-aged cheddar with clean, acidic and nutty notes, balanced by crystallized friable texture

Brie de Meaux - France (Seine-et-Marne)
Mellow, rustic flavor with a creamy texture

Explorateur - France
A brilliant triple creme, firm texture and mild almond flavor

Main Courses

Giant prawns with citrus garlic sauce, Shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts and greens

Seared sea bass baked in banana leaf with leek hearts, coconut and coriander, served with scented basmati rice

Lobster in natural broth with lemon grass,
ginger, sweet onion and coriander

Soy-lacquered "Sterling" salmon with crisp skin,
sweet onion-infused potatoes, and scallion fritters

Roasted Yellowtail snapper with seasonal squash,
spinach, tahini and citrus garlic sauce

Seared Swordfish baked in parchment with braised potatoes, sweet onion, oven-cured tomatoes and aromatics

Whole-roasted Dover sole in brown butter with capers, lemon, chive-spun potatoes and organic sweet beets

Slow-braised rabbit with hand-thrown noodles,
woodland mushrooms and natural reduction

Grilled quail, lightly smoked with French lentils

Crisp duck breast with sherry soy and garlic marinade,
pan-seared foie Gras and natural juices

Grilled sweetbreads with crisp pancetta, sage,
natural juice and sharp mustard

Oven-roasted chicken with tomato confit and rosemary

Roasted Australian lamb rack with toasted pecan crust, garlic-spun mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables,
and pinot noir sauce

Steaks and Chops

Served with daily selected vegetable and your choice of garlic-spun mashed potatoes, squash truffle risotto,
or crisp sweet potato.

14 oz. Prime Striploin (aged eight weeks)

14 oz. Provimi Veal Chop (dry-aged four weeks)

Roasted Venison Rack,
crisp sage and natural berry reduction

Dessert List

Coconut pistachio genoise with passion fruit

Apple praline crostata
with cinnamon ice cream and carame

Warm chocolate torte with
roasted banana ice cream and crisp banana tuile

Classic creme brulee

Pumpkin tart with pecan praline and caramel

Variety of Cookies and Biscotti with Vin Santo

Seasonal Berries

Selection of tropical fruits with paired ice

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