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CITY BITES Q&A: Moo Shu Ice Cream & Liz Mok
BY NICOLINA LEONE What is it? Liz Mok’s own Asian inspired ice cream recipes, scooped into two-bite balls, and dipped in a rich chocolate coating. After diving in to her passion, Mok is making it work...
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CITY BITES: Tuesday Trolleys
This article first appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Ottawa Magazine. Who doesn’t remember Dickie Dee? Founded in 1959, Winnipeg Manitoba, Dickie Dee was the epitome of summer: rolling by after...
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CITY BITES: A Gourmet Guide to Ottawa’s Cheap Eats Scene
This article first appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Ottawa Magazine. It’s always fun, always evolving. We’re talking about the cheap-eats scene. One day you might opt for an exquisite banh mi...
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CITY BITES: Fantasy Food Truck Friday
*Yawn* It’s 9 a.m. on Friday, the last Friday of August, and oh how you wish it was 5 p.m. Soon my friends, soon. In the mean time, here are some Fantasy Food Trucks thought up by a few of our...
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CITY BITES INSIDER: Opening soon! Étienne Cuerrier gets set to open Meat...
Meat Press owner Étienne Cuerrier stands in front of the door hiding his fermentation room — that’s where the pickles, vinegars, and bread starters get made By Sarah Brown He ran his own successful...
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City Bites Insider: Just Opened! Andre Cloutier launches Clarkstown Kitchen &...
By Sarah Brown All of the furniture, including the cozy bar, was prefabricated so that Andre Cloutier (at left) could do a full renovation in just under a month After a whirlwind three-week reno,...
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City Bites Insider: Chef Danny Mongeon’s New Gig at Brig Pub
BY SARAH BROWN Chef Danny Mongeon has recently launched a new menu at The Brig, changing the focus to homemade pub fare. He burst onto the culinary scene three years ago as a first-time executive chef...
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City Bites Insider: Gold Medal Plates 2015 Warm-up with Reigning Champ
Gold Medal Plates Ottawa 2014: Chef Patrick Garland of Absinthe takes gold. He’s flanked by Steve Wall (left) of Supply and Demand and John Morris of the NAC’s Le Café. Photo credit: Greg Klotz BY...
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CITY BITES INSIDER: Opinicon’s new owner gives scoop on revamped & reopened...
BY SARAH BROWN Guest Carly Beath (carlyrhiannon.com) photographed the iconic resort on a sunny June day. Meet Fiona McKean. Over the past eight months, the busy mother of three (and wife of Shopify...
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City Bites Insider: Fraser Café brothers put finishing touches on The Rowan...
Ottawa Magazine stops by to visit as Simon and Ross Fraser oversee the final weeks of renovations ahead of the opening of The Rowan, just steps from Lansdowne Park. Set to open in mid-July, the 45-seat...
View ArticleJust Opened! Andre Cloutier launches Clarkstown Kitchen & Bar on the bustling...
After a whirlwind three-week reno, Clarkstown Kitchen & Bar opened in late August in the historic house occupied for years by El Meson. Chef Tom Moore remains at the helm, but oversees a completely...
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City Bites Insider: Gold Medal Plates 2015 Warm-up with Reigning Champ
One night; winner takes all. The prestigious Gold Medal Plates culinary competition on Nov. 9 is a combo cocktail party (for guests) and a high-stakes evening of frenzied prepping and plating (for the...
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Just ’round the corner — Wilf & Ada’s opens a coffee shop steps from diner
Just under two years after launching the super-successful Wilf & Ada’s scratch diner on Bank Street, owners Jessie Duffy and Dominic Paul are expanding, jumping on the opportunity to launch a cozy...
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#SaveMellos
What is Mellos? For many, it’s an idea, a community. It’s the floors, the food, the staff. It’s the big shark on the wall above the bar and the chandelier hanging above the entrance. It’s the sign,...
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City Bites Insider: Reserve now! Chef Kyrn Stein leaving Social for new...
(Photo above, cropped, of Kyrn Stein by Dwayne Brown, loveOttawa. In full, below) He honed his skills in Toronto under celebrated chefs Jamie Kennedy and Mark McEwan before heading home to Ottawa in...
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City Bites Insider: Entrepreneur puts finishing touches on Elgin food and...
It’s a coffee shop! It’s a juice bar! It’s a restaurant! It’s a lounge! It’s a clothing store! It’s all of these things. The corner of Elgin and Gladstone has just become the hippest new hub in the...
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City Bites Insider: Luxe Bistro’s new executive chef modernizes steakhouse fare
Fads may come and go, trends wax and wane. But the steakhouse is a constant. And so it is that as Hy’s readies to close (its last night is Feb. 27), Luxe Bistro has a new executive chef who recently...
View ArticleCity Bites Insider: Exclusive! Fauna’s Jon Svazas announces plans for second...
Just 18 months after opening the much-heralded Fauna restaurant in Centretown, Jon Svazas is getting ready to launch a second eatery in Hintonburg. The location is the former Back Lane Café, which...
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City Bites Insider: Opening soon! Vanitea Room reimagines tea (& cocktails &...
At a stately red-brick house at Somerset and Bay, the frosted-glass window now sports the subtle teapot logo of The Vanitea Room, a 28-seat tea ‘salon’ and restaurant set to open its doors in early...
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City Bites Insider: Opening soon! Anthony’s comes to Glebe with...
In 2015, The Food Network lauded Anthony’s as one of the “12 best pizzerias across Canada worth travelling for.” Now Tony Balestra, who opened his first Anthony’s location in Hintonburg in 2012, is...
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