food & drink

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10541043_692148450874137_6957057458936655520_n.jpg) Photo via Google Maps ** ** The Richmond Bakery has closed. Current owner Joe Kunert had been baking there for 35 years. He posted a note on the door yesterday that said: ““Sorry, closed! ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_0621.jpg) The Purdy's chocolate mascot. Photo by Shayne Kempton _ _ _ The Rideau Centre held a VIP preview of their new food court on Wednesday evening. OttawaStart readers Shayne Kempton and Alejandra Miranda went to check it out and sent us their photos and thoughts. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. This week we meet up with John Swettenham, the VP of Experience and Engagement at the Museum of Nature. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. Sure, the scent of bread has long since disappeared from this southeastern corner of Hintonburg, but its former source has been put to good use. Image: May 2014. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. Standing proud at the corner of Wellington West and Sherbrooke in Hintonburg. Image: May 2014. The Hintonburger has been slinging Hintonburg’s favourite burgers for some time now. ...

The location of the Saucy Noodle today. This faded “Tavern” sign the only physical remnant of the former hotspot. April 2014. A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. To the urban explorer, a ghost sign is one of the most treasured of finds. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this episode we meet up with Shane and Rob from Beyond The Pale, the fast-growing craft brewery located in Hintonburg in Ottawa. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ If you live in Ontario, by now, you will have seen a commercial warning parents to lock up their kids because the government is loosening the monopoly held by The Beer Store on the sale of ales and lagers. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this episode We meet up with Tracey Clark, the managing Director of Bridgehead, the most popular location to get your fair-trade coffee in Ottawa. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. This week we meet up with Ottawa and Gatineau home inspector, Eric Ayotte to talk about what new home buyers should be looking for, new technologies in the industry, the cold winter and problems he has seen lately and more! ...