Actinolite, a polished 30-seat spot that he had opened in 2012 with his wife, Claudia Bianchi, was doing well enough. The room, tucked onto a residential stretch near the north end of Ossington ...

For starters, expectations are high for Actinolite, a 30-seat eatery named after the Ontario mining town where Cournoyer grew up. After all, it has taken a while to hatch.