Craft Farmacy

Bone marrow with ox-tail marmalade tells a table what kind of kitchen Craft Farmacy is. The raw-bar identity opens the meal — Oysters on the Half Shell, the Grand Shellfish Tower for a longer-form order — but the comfort lane behind it is where the place settles in: Duck Poutine, the Notorious P.I.G. Charcuterie Board, Korean Pork Belly Bao Buns, the braised beef cheek built into a birria grilled cheese. The kitchen runs two restaurants from one Wharncliffe Road South address, and neither side carries the other. The dining room runs accordingly: date-night cocktails one table over from a longer share-plate dinner, the oyster shucker working through a happy-hour rush at the bar.

The raw bar carries the seafood identity. Oysters on the Half Shell anchor the order, with the Grand Shellfish Tower as the occasion centrepiece for a table that wants to sit with the ice. Beyond the shellfish, the menu gets specific fast: Fried Cauliflower as the share plate the vegetarian half of a mixed group actually orders, the Farmstead Cheese Board for grazing, Avocado Smash with Tuna Poke and Grilled Spanish Octopus on the lighter end of dinner. The Craft Burger keeps the menu approachable for a group that doesn't all want shellfish, and Double Layered Nachos hold the social-dinner end. The Chai Crème Brûlée and Crack Pie with Vanilla Gelato carry the close — composed desserts that don't read as afterthought.