Address: 25 Hamilton St, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 2pm (M-W), 11am – 6pm (F), 12 – 6pm (Sat – Sun) (at time of writing, varies seasonally) Website: https://www.zydecosmokeshack.com/ Earlier this year, Zydeco Smokeshack opened in the food hut on Hamilton at Wellington, in the space formerly occupied by Yakko Takko. This slinger of smoked meats and southern comfort […]
Address: 119 Slater St, Ottawa Hours: 10:30am – 10pm (Mon – Fri); 11am – 10pm (Sat – Sun) Website: http://shawex.ca/ When I was wanting something quick and easy for lunch when meeting my wife downtown, I decided to see how Shawarma Express’ donair was. They’re one of the few donair purveyors who specify having a Halifax-style donair, and […]
Address: 1580 Merivale Rd, Nepean, ON Hours: 11:30am – 10 pm (Mon – Sat); closed Sunday Website: Nope Doing this #OttawaDonairQuest, has been a mixed bag, with a few highs and many, many lows. The worst offenders are often pizza/shawarma places; they typically aren’t trying to emulate the Halifax donair, but rather the word is used in the place […]
Address: 160 Bay St, Ottawa Hours: 7am – 10pm (Mon-Thu); 7am – 11pm (Fri); 8am – 11pm (Sat); 8am – 10pm (Sun) Website: https://www.occokitchen.com/take-out I heard from a co-worker who was aware of my #OttawaDonairQuest about the downtown location of OCCO Kitchen having a donair, so I made my way there for a lunch date with my wife to see […]
Address: 613 Flea Market at the Aberdeen Pavilion Hours: 10am – 4pm, check the 613 Flea Market page for the next monthly event Website: Instagram only Ninety-nine percent of the time, scrolling through the posts from the several hundred restaurants, foodies, and food-related social media accounts which I follow is nothing but a huge time sink. On rare occasions […]
Address: 407 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa Hours: 11:30am – 6pm (M-F); closed Sat & Sun Website: http://www.shawarmaandalos.com/ Tucked inside the charming Minto Place retail level, I noticed Shawarma Andalos while taking refuge from the rain and eating some pizza from a food truck. Still feeling a bit hungry, I noticed that Andalos had a sign advertising that they […]
Address: 1065 Wellington St W, Ottawa Hours: 8am – 5pm (Tue – Fri); 8am – 4pm (Sat); 9am – 4pm (Sun); closed Monday Website: http://breadbyus.com/ My Ottawa Donair Quest – a gastronomic hunt for the best Halifax-style donair in Ottawa – hasn’t been the easiest. Other than one shining star of donairness, it’s been a slog through disappointing donairs […]
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: 175 Rideau St, Ottawa, ON Hours: 11:00am – 11:00pm (Sun – Tue), 11:00am – 12:00am (Wed – Thu), 11:00am — 1:00am (Fri – Sat) Website: https://gabrielpizza.com/ It can be hard to try to remain unbiased and objective when you’re dealing with something near and dear to your heart, or in my case, belly: trying to find the best East Coast-style donair […]
Address: 1075A Bank St, Ottawa, ON (next to TARG in Old Ottawa South) Hours: Lunch until late Website: Ha! Green factor: No recycling or composting. Styrofoam containers. Long after the hip and cool gourmet food trucks that feed the downtown lunch masses have gone home for the day, their culinary forefathers – the old school chip wagons – remain. […]