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$30 for $60 Worth of Dinner

The menu features dishes crafted from locally sourced ingredients, delighting diners with entrees such as a Paradise Farms Black Angus rib eye and bone marrow served with hen of the woods mushrooms ($38), slow-cooked pork shoulder ($28), and pan-seared northern coho salmon ($29). Appetizers include red deer tartare ($16) and albacore tuna crudo ($17), and meals can be capped off with an artisanal cheese plate ($16) or a silky chocolate tart ($11).

Lucien

On a nondescript St. Lawrence Market District street corner, one of the area's top fine dining establishments hides inside an unassuming brick building. Lucien's almost industrial-looking facade is a stark juxtaposition to an interior where chandeliers and velvety red curtains contribute to a refined yet welcoming space. Customers dine flanked by an elegant marble-topped bar and a sectioned wall behind which the kitchen staff can be spied conjuring up the restaurant's acclaimed dishes, all made form locally sourced ingredients.

Experienced restaurateur Simon Bower crafted the eatery's attitude, decor, and classic menu, which stars such gems as red deer tartare and foie gras torchon. Thanks to Simon's vision, Lucien's genial milieu exudes the elegance of fine dining in an unstuffy, cozy setting. The establishment has won numerous awards for its overall quality, being praised as "the city's best new restaurant" by Toronto Life magazine and placed among enRoute magazine's top 10 restaurants in Canada.