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Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant (incorporated as 1518756 Ontario Inc.) was a restaurant and banquet hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For most of its existence it was located in the MS Jadran , a former Adriatic passenger ship that was permanently docked at the foot of Yonge Street at 1 Queens Quay West on Toronto's waterfront .
She was then sold in 1969, to John Letnik, and was converted into Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant, a floating restaurant in Toronto Harbour. The Normac arrived at Toronto in her Owen Sound colours, and was soon painted all white. Shortly afterward the steel hull was repainted bright red, to make it more noticeable from the street.
1970 – Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant, a restaurant on board the MS Normac in Toronto harbour opens; 1971 – Ontario Place opens, on man-made islands to the west of the Toronto Islands; 1972 – Harbourfront Centre is established by the Federal Government; 1988 – Royal Commission set-up to formulate a plan for Toronto's harbour
Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant was also a ship moored at the Yonge Street slip and removed in 2015. Toronto Maritime Museum was relocated from Exhibition Place in 1997, but closed in 2003. Harbourfront Centre , housing galleries and performance spaces is located at the foot of Lower Simcoe Street.
Don Alfonso 1890 is the sister location to the two Michelin-starred restaurant of the same name on the Amalfi coast. [1] The Toronto location initially opened in 2018 in the historic Consumer's Gas Building located in the Financial District, Toronto of Downtown Toronto , led by Chef Saverio Macri.
The harbour was developed in the 1950s and 1960s by the Toronto Harbour Commission through the construction of a new breakwater called the Outer Harbour East Headland. At that time, it was expected that there would be a great upswing in the number of ships calling at Toronto once the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened.
[4] [5] Dishes created by Feenie are indicated on the restaurant's menus with "RF". [2] By the time of their 25th year in business, the company had about 2,500 employees and 27 locations. [2] In 2013, Matthew Stowe, a product development chef with Cactus Club Cafe, was named the winner of Top Chef Canada's third season. [6]
The site was a former water lot land-filled by the Toronto Harbour Commission and was sold at $55,000 per acre. [10] It was supported by 10,000 wooden piles driven 10 metres (33 ft) through landfill to the bedrock of Toronto Harbour. [6] 500 workers were employed in its construction. [11]