Fine dining treats foodies to culinary artistry, while coarse dining treats them to a belly full of sandpaper. Keep dining smooth with today's Groupon to Tusq, located downtown on 21st Street East. Choose between the following dining options:
- For $30, you get $60 worth of dinner and drinks.
- For $15, you get $30 worth of lunch and drinks.
Tusq's dinner menu balances rich, bold flavours with traditional recipes. The open kitchen allows diners to peak into the mechanics of masterful cookery while feasting on braised elk with wild mushroom risotto ($29) or a smoked, 8 oz. tenderloin ($30) intensified with a lobster tail ($15). Or, pop in for lunch and munch on a fine selection of sandwiches, wraps, pastas, soups, and salads. At any time of day, patrons can linger over the lengthy wine list while making thoughtful comments to the slew of contemporary artworks affixed to Tusq's serene sage walls. On Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, dueling pianos take up épées and strike notes at each other with lightening-quick grace.
Reviews
Of more than 200 Urbanspooners, 56% recommend Tusq Restaurant:
- We ate upstairs and the food was fantastic, I had the swordfish which was spectacular and the service our group received was very attentive. – tianda
- Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals and the desert was devoured! After we headed downstairs to the piano bar and continued the fun! – PrairieNess
Tusq
If you peer into the open kitchen at Tusq from visit to visit, you'll rarely see the same process twice. Mirroring its rotating tasting menu, Tusq has recently revamped the restaurant with new chic décor creating a swanky feel and a freshly updated menu to match.The tasting menu include flighty dishes that change at a few weeks' notice, offering a small window of time for guests to sample the likes of pan-roasted scallops or crème brûlée. Those interested in constancy can turn to the regular dinner menu. With duck confit wontons and a 9-ounce strip steak in a root-beer reduction, it's ample evidence of the chef's adventurous streak. Lunch is similarly creative, featuring sandwiches of orange-glazed salmon and penne pasta with wild game sausage.
Tusq serves these plates and made-from-scratch desserts in an upscale dining room. Two private rooms also host gatherings, one in a chic corporate lounge, and one in a bistro-style space with its own bartender. Still, the restaurant's atmosphere avoids pretension—after supper and wine, you can belt out your favourite songs at StaQatto, where a duelling pianos show entertains crowds every Friday and Saturday. The pianists take suggestions from a set list of 2,000 songs, and encourage audiences to participate by dancing, singing, or stretching strings from their mouths to their feet and serving as a standup bass.