Don Day: Celebrating those classics of French cuisine. At Salvages

Published July 21, 2024

In 1974, I made the shivery-scary move from small town to big city. Toronto was my first and only choice. It was absolutely the right decision and I have a long list of fond memories from those first few years. The prime addresses on my memory lane were the restaurants and, in particular, the classic French restaurants. Napoleon, La Maison Basque, La Chaumière. And those classic French dishes. Cuisses de grenouille, maigret de canard, coq au vin, ris de veau.

I loved French restaurants. I missed French restaurants. Particularly in the last few years in San Miguel de Allende. I went back through my notes and, though I’d had some excellent French dishes at places like the just-outside San Miguel restaurant, El Vergel, the last time I had what I would call a traditional French dinner in San Miguel was when Jose Bossuet was the chef at Cafe Contento back in 2016.

So imagine how excited I was a year or so ago when I saw the word “Brasserie” in the name of a new restaurant that opened in San Miguel. Could it be? Might it be? A good old-fashioned restaurant Français?

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