Address: 184 Main St, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 8pm (Mon – Sat); 11:30am – 7:30pm (Sun) Website: http://sulawok.com/ Now that the blog is up and running, a new dilemma has now presented itself: my wife/blog editor tends to get food cravings after proof-reading my reviews. Review a donair place? Cravings for east coast grub ensues. Chinese place we […]
Address: 1227 Kilborn Ave, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 3am (Sun – Thu); 11am – 4am (Fri – Sat) Website: http://chesspizza.ca/ Note: After getting curious after visiting the restaurant and writing this post, I put all of Chess’ Instagram pictures through Google’s reverse image search. Six out of 27 came back as being definitely not original pictures despite being passed off […]
Address: 1845 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 7:00pm daily Website: Oddly, yes: http://www.sgfries.com Green factor: Recycling, no composting. Styrofoam containers. What’s one to do when they’ve just donated half a litre of blood? If you’re me, you walk a kilometre up the road in the blazing hot sun to try out chip shack S&G Fries and Burgers. […]
Address: 808 Somerset St W, Ottawa Hours: 11:00am – 9:00pm (Thu – Tue); closed Wed Website: https://www.cafeorient.ca/ It didn’t take too many visits to Café Orient for it to become my family’s go-to spot for authentic Chinese food. It even usurped my sister and her husband’s favourites, and they’ve been living in Ottawa for the better part of 20 years […]
Address: 1129 Baxter Road, Ottawa, ON Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm (Sun – M), 10:00am – 7:00pm (Tu – Fri), 10:00am – 6:00pm (Sat) Website: http://www.perogi.ca/ You know what they say – when life gives you lemons, go buy perogies. Wait…that’s not how the saying goes, but when my wife and I were in the west end and looking for food […]
Address: 460 Bronson Ave, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:30am – 8:30pm (Mon – Sat) Website: Facebook only Located on the corner of Bronson and Gladstone, I had been awaiting the opening of Africa Slow Food after seeing signs about their charcoal-grilled chicken, and African and Caribbean food. Making the walk up the street on a cold winter evening, it was only upon […]
Address: 1151 Ogilvie Rd, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:30am – 12:00am (M – Thu); 8:00am – 2:00am (F – Sat); 8:00am – 11:00pm (Sun) Website: http://www.gracieseast.ca/ When I first moved to Ottawa, east coast-themed Grace O’Malley’s (now Gracie’s) seemed like one of the more promising targets for finding an authentic, Nova Scotian-style donair. The old menu had items like fried […]
Address: 181 Richmond Rd, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm (M); 11:00am – 7:00pm (Tu – F); 11:00am – 5:00pm (Sat – Sun) Website: https://www.bitethis.info/ Green factor: Reusable baskets and plates for eat-in; recycling and garbage bins On a hot summer day, my wife and I stopped by Bite This to refuel. The food-truck-wrapped-in-a-shack-attached-to-a-house is hard to miss when […]
Address: 1448 Prince of Wales Dr, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm (M); 11:00am – 7:00pm (Tue-Sat); 11:00am – 4:00pm (Sun) Website: http://infomeryenda.wixsite.com/kainpo Green factor: Compostable and recyclable containers; garbage and recycling bins only Tucked away in the commercial expanse and generic, concrete apartment buildings that populate the corner of Prince of Wales and Meadowlands, lies a food truck. […]
Address: 25 Hamilton Ave N, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 9:00pm (M-Sat); Sunday the same but opens at noon Website: Yeah, but it’s way out of date. Check their Facebook for quasi-accurate information. Green factor: Styrofoam containers In this day and age of technological hocus pocus, it’s rare to see a food truck vendor that isn’t actively on […]