Address: 96 Preston St, Ottawa Hours: 4pm – midnight (Tue); 11am – midnight (Wed – Sun); closed Monday Website: https://www.pubwells.com/ When trying to decide on an easy-going, post-dinner locale for a drink and a snack, my wife and I ended up at neighbourhood pub, Pubwells. The bar underwent renovations in recent years and while I’m not aware of the […]
Address: 478 Bank St, Ottawa Hours: 4 – 11pm (M), 3 – 11pm (Tue – Wed), 12 – 11pm (Thu – Sun) Website: https://www.citygoose.ca/ Other than seafood, one of the East Coast’s biggest exports has been its people – travelling westward for opportunity, adventure, and love. But when the sons and daughters of the seabound coast pick up […]
Address: 379 Preston St, Ottawa Hours: 11am – 11pm (Mon – Sun, hours may differ during/after pandemic) Website: http://www.theprescott.com/ You gotta love an easy-going bar with a long history of pulling pints and serving hearty fare. In Ottawa, this ideal is epitomized in Little Italy institution, The Prescott. Opened in 1934, years before such crazy modern developments like the […]
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: 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: 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 […]