beer

_ 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. ...

[ ](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://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/what-ottawa-was-obsessed-wi.jpg) ** Previously: ** What Ottawa was obsessed with in 2011 ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Media Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/local-beer.png) OttawaStart received a media advisory today with news that next Tuesday, Jim Watson will proclaim August 10-18 as “National Capital Craft Beer Week” in Ottawa. That’s right, there’s a week-long celebration of beer coming to our thirsty city. Here’s the official web site for the event. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/quart.jpg) Behold The Quart. Photo by [ Collin Guillas ](http://twitter.com/#!/urbandetail) . Got a note on the weekend from [ Colin Guillas ](http://twitter.com/#!/urbandetail) , to let me know about a new Twitter feed he's set up to track and share the price of quarts of beer at Ottawa taverns. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-brandon/349916851/) Pub Italia in Little Italy. Photo by [ Steve Brandon ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-brandon/349916851/) , used by permission. The Ontario Government announced this week that they're updating our province's liquor laws. ...

We just added a cool site to OttawaStart: The Beer Hunter . It’s a map of places in Ottawa where you can get alcohol – including Beer Stores, LCBO, Wine Rack, and independent dealers. The data is scraped from LCBO and Beer Store web sites, as well as user suggestions. ...