The Room
The Chase opened in 2013 on the 5th floor of the Dineen Building at King and Yonge — a converted heritage building with a rooftop terrace, a marble-and-brass dining room, and an east-facing view of the Toronto skyline that few financial-district rooms can match. Owners Steven Salm and chef Michael Steh built the room as a year-round Mediterranean-leaning seafood programme; a decade later it remains one of the corporate-core's most reliable special-occasion dining rooms.
The dining room seats 110 across the main floor and the patio (open May-September), with a separate downstairs Chase Fish & Oyster bar that runs the more casual register. The view of the cluster of bank towers and the CN Tower is the most theatrical seat in Toronto outside the 54th-floor Canoe.
The Food
The kitchen runs a serious raw-bar and oyster programme — East and West Coast oysters by the dozen, a plateau de fruits de mer that runs to half-lobster, snow crab, prawns and uni — alongside a dry-aged steak programme and a Mediterranean-led main-course list. The whole-grilled fish for two and the wood-grilled lamb chops are the kitchen's flagship orders.
Wine programme is broad and corporate-friendly — California, Bordeaux, Tuscan, Champagne. The cocktail programme runs classical with a serious gin-and-tonic bench.
Best Occasion Fit
Birthday: The terrace at The Chase from May to September is the most photographed birthday dining room in the corporate core. Book the corner table at sunset; mention the occasion at booking.
Close a Deal: The Chase is the corporate-core deal dinner for the agreement that needs the view rather than the discretion. The plateau de fruits de mer is the icebreaker; the dry-aged ribeye is the closer.
Team Dinner: The private dining room seats 26 and runs a set seafood-and-steak menu that the corporate team dinner needs.