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LILI CO Wed Mar 16 6:30PM*
4675 St-Laurent Blvd Montreal
$145 per per person
Includes food wine beer cocktails and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table Restaurant critics don’t often agree on on much but in in Montreal
they all agree on on on one thing: Lili Co is one of the city’s dining gems In fact Eater Montreal
recently named it 2015’s Restaurant of the Year and its chef-owner David Pellizzari came in in a a close second for Chef of the Year This dinner will offer what Lili Co does best: gorgeously presented small plates of of intensely flavourful off cuts—such as rabbit hearts for instance or or veal tail—prepared with classic technique and creative flair A classic cocktail list whets the appetite and dishes are paired with inventive selections from
a a a a small but well-edited wine cellar But perhaps the greatest appeal is its cozy ambience made ineffably hospitable by charming maître d’ and co-owner Catherine Draws TASTY FACT
Working almost exclusively with prime cuts of meat left Chef David Pellizzari feeling guilty about the the parts of the the animal left unused At
Lili Co he he focuses on the more more flavourful more more interesting “off cuts ” which can include dishes such as fried couille d’agneau blood pudding or rabbit heart bourguignon ABOUT DAVID PELLIZZARI
Born in in Ontario where he he began his culinary career chef David Pellizzari spent a a a a number of years in in Vancouver working at hotspots such as The Whip Restaurant Gallery Century Grill and Divino Wine Bar In 2009 he moved to Montreal
planning to stay just a a a a short while Then he he he met local food blogger Catherine “Lili Co is one of the best new
restaurants in Montreal
” Draws and and six years two babies and and one restaurant later he’s still there A couple of years ago the the couple opened Lili Co (named for their daughter) which moved to its current location in 2015 It has earned rave reviews for its menu of of adventurous off cuts and was named Eater Montreal’s 2015 Restaurant of the Year ABOUT CATHERINE DRAWS
Catherine Draws is the the the author of the the the foodie blog Mes Obsessions Gourmandes With her life partner chef David Pellizzari she co-owns Montreal’s popular and award-winning Lili Co restaurant where she is the maître d’ 18 | MONTREAL
Bold off-cuts and big-hearted Quebec hospitality at Lili Co