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About:
In 2010, Marc, Ethan, Sefi and Annika opened Lawrence across the road from Sparrow, the bar where their working relationship had begun a year and a half earlier. The goal was to offer creative, thoughtful and honest cooking alongside a curated beer and wine list, in an elegant but informal setting – and to support responsible local agriculture in the process.
In 2013 they opened Boucherie Lawrence, a butcher shop a few doors north that works exclusively with whole animals from small farms, and offers the neighbourhood easy access to the restaurant’s careful sourcing. The new location also allowed for an extensive charcuterie program and an expanded pastry and baking operation.
The next piece of the puzzle opened in 2016: larrys is a small and bustling all day-all evening-cafe-restaurant-wine bar-breakfast-joint-next-door,
Marc Cohen- Chef / Co-Owner
Marc graduated University College London with a degree in mathematics and immediately put it to good use in kitchens across London, including formative periods at Magdalen and Gordon Ramsay’s The Narrow. Long, drawn out lunches at St John Bread and Wine were an equal influence, and Fergus Henderson was his idol way before it became cool in North America. Marc moved to Montreal in 2008 and worked at Club Chasse et Peche before leaving to open the kitchen at Sparrow.
Sefi Amir- General Manager / Co-Owner
Sefi graduated Concordia University in Fine Arts and moved to London to complete her master’s at Central Saint Martin’s. Having waited tables through school (Gordon Ramsay’s The Narrow, Sparrow) she decided to trade in the financial struggles of being an artist for the financial struggles of owning a small business in Quebec. She’s equally likely to be found behind the counter at the butcher shop, in the dining room at Lawrence, or sleeves rolled up fixing blocked drains in the basement. She remains the Lawrence in-house artist and her work can be found on much of our promotional material. (See above!)