Roncesvalles is joining the carnivore rush that's been spreading across the city with the opening of
Barque Smoke House next week.
Occupying the space of the old Bistro 299 at 299 Roncesvalles, Jonathan Persofsky and a partner took over the space in January and have been working on it with contractor Solutions Inc. and
The Design Agency Inc. since February.
"We pretty much gutted this place from start to finish," says Persofsky of the $230,000 renovation of the 1,400 square foot space, which had been
Staropolska before it was Bistro 299, "and when we started looking at things, pretty much everything wasn't done to code. We had to redo all electrical and all plumbing in the building, we didn't use any of the existing pipes, we ran everything brand new."
Equipped with a 500-pound smoker, which Persofsky says is the city's biggest, the new restaurant will seat 64 inside, and have an initial patio capacity of 30, which may be expanded to 80.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source; Jonathan Persofsky
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