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Tasting room · Exchange District · Est. 2021

Nine courses, cooked over ash & ember.

Twenty-two seats around a wood hearth. One menu that follows the Manitoba season, from the first pickerel of spring to the last of the orchard.

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A pan flaring over the hearth in a dark kitchen
Fig. 01 The hearth at 18:00, first seating
Menu
9 courses · $165
Pairing
Wine $95 · Zero-proof $55
Seatings
Wed–Sun from 17:30
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(01) The room

We cook in a former fur-trade warehouse with one fire, a smoke room and a cellar under the floorboards. Nothing on the menu is chosen before we know what the farms, the lake and the forest have this week. The cooking is slow. The room is quiet. The plates arrive one at a time, and every one of them has been near the flame.

The dining room in low light with banquettes and pendant lamps
Fig. 02 Dining room, twenty-two seats
Herbs being chopped on a white board
Fig. 03 Prep for course three

The menu changes about every five weeks. We write it on the Monday we close, after the suppliers call.

  • 22seats in the room
  • 8at the chef’s counter
  • 1wood hearth, no gas

(02) Autumn menu — Ash & Orchard

The tasting menu

01 / 09

    (04) Ways to dine

    Four rooms, one fire.

    i.

    The dining room

    Nine courses over about three hours. Tables of two to six, seatings from 17:30. Dietary needs are cooked for, not worked around — tell us when you book.

    • 22 seats
    • $165 per guest
    • Wed–Sun
    Banquettes and tables set for dinner

    ii.

    The chef’s counter

    Eight stools facing the hearth. Eleven courses, two of them only cooked here, plated in front of you. Friday and Saturday, one seating at 19:45.

    • 8 seats
    • $210 per guest
    • Fri & Sat
    Flames rising from a pan on the hearth

    iii.

    Le Salon

    A private room behind the cellar for eight to fourteen guests. We build the menu with you two weeks ahead — birthdays, rehearsal dinners, quiet business.

    • 8–14 guests
    • From $2,400 minimum
    • Any open night
    A plated course on a set table with white wine

    iv.

    Cellar bar

    Six seats, no reservations. Smoked cocktails, wine by the glass from the pairing list and three late snacks from the hearth until 23:00.

    • Walk-in only
    • From 17:00
    • Late snacks
    A smoked cocktail with herbs on a dark bar

    (06) Reservations

    Hold a seat by the fire.

    Bookings open thirty days ahead at 10:00. We hold a card for $50 per guest; it is released after your visit, or charged if you cancel within 48 hours.

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    5. Review
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    Estimate before gratuity. GST 5% and Manitoba RST 7% apply to food and drink.

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    (07) Visit

    112 Albert Street.

    Down the stairs beside the bookbinder, Exchange District. Street parking on Albert after 18:00; the Arthur Street lot is two minutes away.

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    Not to scale.