food & drink

Beginning in May, Ottawa will welcome some new food options to the city’s streets.  Five new vendors – four trucks and one cart – will join the existing roster of more than 50 street food vendors on Ottawa’s street this spring. ...

Posted today on the Cheshire Cat Pub Facebook page : On March 28 – Earth Day around 9:24pm – The “Steamwhistle” toboggan was stolen from our front entrance. This is a note to the two guys that took it. We have full footage of your theft. ...

From investigative grocery journalist Andrew King… Oh my gawd….they have removed the animatronic FarmBoy from FarmBoy!!!!! How could they do this?!? pic.twitter.com/h5AIyhQi3d — Andrew King (@twitandrewking) April 1, 2015 In speaking with employees, the animated mascot foe the company was removed to make way for a cafe. ...

JOEY Lansdowne is officially opening as a dining destination in Lansdowne Park on Saturday, April 11. With this opening, Ottawa will see a casual dining experience new to the city with a globally inspired menu, selection of award-winning wines and array of hand-crafted cocktails. ...

TOP YOUR PIE serves original Lebanese pies is now open in Barrhaven Ottawa @ 2910 Woodroffe Ave. K2J 4G3. Please follow us on Facebook and check out our menu as well as photos of our Standard Zaatar/Meat/Cheese/Spinach pies, Kafta pies, Chicken and Cheese pies, our Chicken/Beef Shawarma pies and so on and so forth… ...

_ This post originally appeared on Anne Drinks Coffee . _ [caption id=“attachment_28352” align=“aligncenter” width=“400”] Independent coffee shops. Photo by Anne Waters[/caption] I am asked a lot about Ottawa’s ‘best’ independent coffee shops. ‘Best’ is a big word. I may drink a lot of coffee but that likely does not qualify me to know ‘best’. ...

It has been well over a month since the final Christmas craft show of the season closed its doors and – if you’re like me – you have started to display symptoms of a condition known as “craft show withdrawal”. Fret not, the 2015 spring event season is upon us so synchronize your calendars with the (preliminary) list below and dust off your shopping bags! ...

Chrysanthe Michaelis, owner-chef at _ Chrysanthe/Mom’s Culinary Creations _ , has loved cooking for as long as she can remember: “Most of my earliest memories involve food in some shape or form. When I was a teenager, my younger brother and I would often be the only two home until dinner time so I would usually make dinner for the family. ...

_ ** Editor’s note: ** Today’s guest blog is from Dave Allston, an Ottawa writer and researcher. Dave is a history buff who runs a service called House Story Co. , providing research about old homes and businesses in the Kitchissippi area. ...

Joined by her many talented friends Elizabeth Manley takes to the ice at TD Place on Saturday February 14, for an evening of music, skating, Cirque Aerial Acts and community involvement. This one night only event brings figure skating elite like Elvis Stojko, Shawn Sawyer, Gladys Orozco, Javier Fernandez, Kimmie Meissner, Sara Hurtado, Adria Diaz, Violetta Afanasieva, Pete Dack and many more to showcase their talent in Nation’s Capital. ...