food & drink

The Mayflower’s patio, August 2013. Photo by Christopher Ryan. A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. When news got out this fall that Mayflower owner Walter Krepski had decided to retire and sell his restaurant, a veritable tidal wave of memories seemed to flood the city. ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Today.jpg) This sign just wouldn't be possible today. McDonald's, formerly the Party Palace, August 2013. ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-1973-07-16-St-Laurent-Page-20.jpg) Ottawa Journal, July 16, 1973 Broadcast from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza is the second-longest running prime-time western television series and the fourth-longest running prime-time series on American television. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PB041305.jpg) When I was a little kid, my mom and uncles decided to make home made beer in the basement of our farmhouse. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/trudeau-and-me.jpg) I heard recently that my old friend Jean-Marc Carisse and his wife Pat had opened a new photo studio, photo gallery and café on Elgin Street . ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/01.jpg) Beer Store Detail. Photo by Christopher Ryan. [ ](http://ottawastart. ...

Thanks to illustrator Colin White for letting us publish this sketch he did of Ada’s Diner on Bank Street. About a decade ago I lived just around the corner from Ada’s on Arlington Avenue. It was always a cozy place to have some coffee and eggs. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/phennessy19/2687045346/) Zak's Diner. Photo by [ Paul Hennessy ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/phennessy19/2687045346/) . There’s was a great thread in Reddit recently about secret menu items in Ottawa . These are special items that you can order at a restaurant, but don’t actually appear on the official menu. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lcbo.png) I really like this photo of the LCBO warehouse on Bank Street near Walkley. Photographer Christopher Ryan researched a bit of history too: Ottawa's shiny new warehouse for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario opened at the end of April 1959. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/7949875004/) End of summer in Carleton Place. Photo by [ Marcel Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/7949875004/) . Hurry! Act now! Time is running out! ...