Every time they'd walk past an empty storefront, Loïc Fortin and Manu Jonik would nudge each other and joke: "Let's open Coco Disco Club there."
"It's the one name we called everything," Fortin says, laughing about how their inside joke has since evolved into a 30-seat restaurant with a 30-seat terrasse on Duluth—the Plateau's newest social experiment serving deep-fried lasagna alongside clarified butter coffee.

Bringing everything to the table
What started as a café concept quickly spiralled into something much bigger when Fortin—known in Montreal's cocktail scene as Loyd Von Rose from his Tittle Tattle and La Gargamelle projects—assembled a Montreal restaurant all-star roster.
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