Address: 610 Somerset St W, Ottawa Hours: 6 – 10pm (Tue – Thu); 6 – “late” (Fri – Sat); 11am – 3pm (Sun); closed Mon Website: https://www.rokubarbites.com/ Procrastination rarely works out, and that’s certainly true for food bloggers as memories fade, and all you’re left with are vague feelings and a bunch of pictures on your phone. Such […]
Address: 856 Bank St, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 11pm (M – Thu), 2pm – 12am (F), 11am – 12am (Sat), 11am – 10pm (Sun) Website: https://www.yummy-pies.com/ When Yummy Meat Pies opened up in the Glebe earlier this year, I mistakenly thought that they specialized in the hearty, British-style pies that are meat-heavy and wrapped in pastry. I was impressively […]
Address: 210 Slater St, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 2pm (Mon – Tue); 11am – 3pm (Wed – Fri) Website: https://torotaqueria.com/ Opening their doors in Spring 2018, Toro Taqueria has brought a taco-focused menu to the lunch crowd in the heart of downtown Ottawa. Since Toro is only open for a few hours a day, and only on weekdays, it […]
Address: 42 Holland Ave, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11am- 2 pm, 4pm – 6pm (Mon – Fri) Website: https://dora-don.business.site/ Green factor: Compostable container and utensils; recycling and composting bins. Bravo! Not all parking lots have food trucks in them. Not all parking lots have wood-clad food trucks in them. But located steps away from the transit and civil servant hub […]
Address: 1743 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11am – 6pm (Sun & Tues); closed Monday; 11am – 7pm (Wed – Sat) Website: Facebook only After donating blood in the west end, I wanted to take the opportunity of being outside my usual environs to try some new food and to replenish my lost red blood cells. Filipino market/restaurant Divisoria […]
Address: 775 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 9:00pm daily Website: https://thenoodlehouseottawa.wordpress.com/ Xiao long bao, Chinese soup dumplings, have become a bit of a culinary white whale for me. Discussed frequently on food shows, blogs, and the interwebs in general, these dumplings remained elusive while I was living on the east coast. With my move up to Ottawa […]
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: 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: 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. […]