Address: 319 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 8:30pm (Wed – Sun) Website: https://idrissmediterranean.com/ My first (and only) time at Idriss came about when our original target for dinner was full, and we were able to snag one of the few remaining tables in this small Algerian restaurant. We ended up ordering enough food that our two-person […]
Address: 261 Centrepoint Dr, Ottawa Hours: 12 – 8pm (M – Th), 12 -8:30pm (F – Sat), 12:30 – 7:30pm (Sun) Website: https://www.lilnegril.com/ For a traditional post-blood donation meal, I headed further west to Lil Negril in the heart of Centrepoint, where the Jamaican restaurant is located in a strip mall with legendary dumpling maker, Dumpling? Dumpling! The interior […]
Address: 1696 Carling Ave, Ottawa Hours: 12 – 9:30pm (Sun – Tue, Thu), closed Wed, 12 – 10pm (Fri – Sat) Website: https://pitabellkabab.com/ After seeing rave reviews of Pita Bell Kabab for years, I finally got to try them out as part of my birthday weekend back in the fall. I have to admit that a big part of the […]
Address: 2934 Carling Ave, Ottawa Hours: 12 – 9pm (Tue – Sat), 12 – 8pm (Sun), closed Monday Website: https://salangkabobhouse.ca/ While in the Britannia area, it only made sense to have lunch at an Afghani restaurant, since the Britannia area is one of the hubs of such cuisine. Salang Kabob House was my new-to-me target. The interior has a […]
Address: 1442 Baseline Rd, Ottawa Hours: 12 – 9pm (M – F), 1 – 9pm (Sat), 5 – 9pm (Sun) Website: Socials only – Instagram and Facebook Green factor: Compostable and recyclable containers, garbage bin only on site I love that the food truck scene in Ottawa has gained enough critical mass over the years that there’s some really […]
Address: 1507 Merivale Rd, Nepean, ON Hours: 4 – 9pm (Tue – Thu); 4 – 10pm (Fri); 12 – 10pm (Sat); 12 – 9pm (Sun); closed Monday Website: https://www.seventeamiles.com/ Green factor: Compostable/recyclable food containers; plastic drink cups; garbage bin on site While out in Nepean recently, I tried an intriguing food truck that I had noticed last year […]
Address: 225 Preston St Unit 3, Ottawa Hours: 5 – 10pm (Tue – Thu, Sun); 5 – 11pm (Fri – Sat) Website: https://vivaanottawa.com/ Like everything in the pandemic, the opening of Vivaan in Fall 2020 seems like it was both a long time ago and that it only just happened. Similarly, while I’ve been wanting to try this […]
Address: 250 City Centre Ave, Unit 232, Ottawa Hours: 3 – 9pm (Wed – Fri), 2 – 9pm (Sat), 12 – 8pm (Sun); closed Mon – Tue Website: https://raphaelperuviancuisine.ca/ After seeing Raphael Express’ pictures of their beautiful Peruvian food show up on Instagram, and a glowing review in the Citizen, my wife and I finally made our way […]
Address: 895 Bank St, Ottawa Hours: 8am – 10pm (Sun, Tue – Wed), 8am – 2pm (Thu – Sat), closed Monday (hours may vary during/after pandemic) Website: https://www.margaritamex.net/ In late 2020, Margarita took over the short-lived Bowman’s location at Bank and Clarey in the Glebe, expanding beyond their first restaurant in the neighbourhood, Mona’s Taqueria. It has always […]
Address: 338 Preston St, Ottawa Hours: 5 – 11pm (Tue – Sun); closed Monday (hours may vary during/after pandemic) Website: http://www.aylassocial.ca/ Ayla’s Social Kitchen is one of the handful of Ottawa restaurants that opened just before or in the early days of the pandemic, and the adjustments for a nice restaurant like this were surely even more pronounced […]