Nightingale
Canadian restaurant · Downtown ·
Modern Canadian fare & classic cocktails; wood-fired pizzas
Modern Canadian fare & classic cocktails; wood-fired pizzas
"A lofty, stylish room and downtown address make it a magnet for business lunches and relaxed meals among friends, with an approachable menu of rustic, shareable plates; a wood-fired oven blisters Roman-style pizzas and lends a trace of smoke to impeccably sourced local produce, as in roasted carrots with spiced honey or cauliflower with sunflower seeds and caper raisin vinaigrette." - Kevin Chau
"A lofty, stylish room and downtown locale attract no shortage of business lunches, but this songbird is also a pitch-perfect fit for relaxed meals among friends. The name references a fable that gives us the proverb “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,” and an approachable menu of rustic fare aims to make the most of the season with a bounty of shareable plates. A wood-fired oven leaves its mark on beautifully blistered Roman-style pizzas, as well as imparting a trace of smoke to impeccably sourced local produce, as in roasted carrots with spiced honey, or cauliflower with sunflower seeds and caper raisin vinaigrette. Desserts like a lime bar topped with chewy coconut and accompanied by mango sorbet skillfully reimagine childhood indulgences." - Michelin Inspector
"Our menus feature dishes that are ingredient-led and packed with flavour. Named Canada’s Best Farm to Table Restaurant, we are passionate about sourcing locally and our relationship with our suppliers is second to none. We work closely with local farmers, growers, foragers and fisherman to bring the highest quality, freshest and best ingredients to life through our creative menus."
"“I haven’t eaten a lot of frozen pizza in my life, but it has happened,” Vancouver chef David Hawksworth says. What he remembers of the experience was not pleasant, starting with the thin, flabby, freezer-burn-facilitating wrapping. Then one day, mid-pandemic, a browse on his phone landed on the order site for Eat Pizza, a quality operation in Washington, D.C., that delivers 3,000 frozen pizzas daily to retailers like Whole Foods. Unlike conventional frozen pies, these are parcooked in a proper pizza oven before being frozen. “I looked at my idle pizza oven and I thought, We can do this.” So now, at Nightingale, four mornings a week before lunch service, Hawksworth’s staff fire 150 pizzas of three kinds."
