Address: 1563 Bank St, Ottawa Hours: 12 – 8pm (Tue – Thu), 12 – 9pm (Fri), 12:30 – 9pm (Sat), closed Sun – Mon Website: https://www.margorestaurant.com/ This takeout-only spot in Ottawa South is Margo’s second location, along with the mothership up in Lowertown. It had only opened weeks before I tried it out last year, but with the […]
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: 1533 Merivale Rd, Ottawa Hours: 4 – 8pm (Mon – Sat); closed Sundays (hours may vary during/after the pandemic) Website: Nope, but check out their Instagram stories to see if they’re open Green factor: Styrofoam containers, garbage bin on site food A couple of years ago, a bright-red food truck took over the former location of Caribbean Cruiser on […]
Address: 853 Boyd Ave, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Fri); 5pm – 10pm (Sat – Sun) Website: https://run2patty.ca/ I had been hearing lots of good things about Run2Patty on social media, so I recently made the effort to finally try them out. Hidden among a dreary swath of commercial/light industrial buildings just off Carling and Clyde, […]
Address: 409 Dalhousie St, Ottawa Hours: 11:30am – 10pm (Mon-Fri), 12pm – 10pm (Sat), closed Sundays Website: http://islandflava.ca/ Now that I’m well, well beyond my big partying years, the main thing that interests me about the Byward Market/Lowertown area is the variety of foods available there. Some of the best Mexican food in the city is there, and […]