He was the darling of Toronto
restaurant critics. One called him
“the most important thing to happen
to the Toronto restaurant scene
in 20 years”A glowing 1992 review of Couillard’s
stint at New Avec, at Peter and Adelaide(^) In 2004, at Habitat on
Queen West during his
“Higher the garnish, closer
to God” phase
(^) Couillard, second from left, with
Andrew Milne-Allan and staff, in 1976,
just before they changed the name
to The Parrot
Couillard at his “hippie
commune” of an apartment
on the Danforth, just after
he’d left Troy’s
(^) Couillard, during
his first Communion,
in 1959, while posted
with his family
at the RCAF base in
Saint-Jean-sur-
Richelieu
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