restaurants

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. ...

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://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hungfatt.jpg) Hung Fatt: "Think I'll Pass On The Chinese Food Tonight". Photo by [ Jean Labelle ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/labellephoto/5530394187/) . Ron Eade [ reported earlier today ](http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/10/22/breaking-news-province-revokes-restaurant-name-union-local-613/) : ** " ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bison-burger-dick-s.jpg) Photo from Mike Likes Burgers - "Bison, poutine and sunshine" from Dick's Drive-in and Dairy Dip on Merivale Road. Mike gave this one [ a pretty good rating ](http://mikelikesburgers.blogspot.ca/2012/03/bison-and-bambi-at-dicks-drive-in-and.html#more) . Who do you think makes the best burgers in Ottawa? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/savana.png) You might have heard that Ottawa’s delicious Savana Cafe has closed their doors after 24 years on Gilmour Street. If you were a fan of Savana, maybe you’d like a souvenir? _ "Restaurant closing sale 431 Gilmour street. ...

** _ UPDATE: Thanks to reader comments below & via Twitter - I added a few photos & locations to this list of recently demised KFC’s. _ ** While all of the attention this week has been on the demise of the Dirty Bird in Hintonburg , let us not forget the other area KFC’s that also closed this week, and in previous years. ...

A while back we asked on Twitter: “Who has Ottawa’s swankiest restroom?” ** ** A few people replied with suggestions, including: ** ** * Metropolitan Brasserie (" b&w tile and cast iron schoolhouse sinks") * Lemongrass Thai (" completely hands-free, self-sanitizing robot bathroom") * Town Restaurant (" fully stocked with a bunch of toiletries for customers to use") * . ...

I’ve noted before the large number of restaurant blogs in Ottawa. There are also a lot of restaurant review sites as well. I recently came across InfoGlutton , an interesting “meta-review” web site that tracks customer reviews from around the web. ...

This week the City of Ottawa launched EatSafe Ottawa , an online guide to provide information about food premise inspections. Any restaurant, grocery store, cafeteria, or business that serves food to the public has to be regularly inspected by municipal officials. ...

Ron Eade reports on Ominvore Ottawa about a “serial complainer” who’s targetting local restaurants : ** ** Someone out there appears to be scamming Ottawa restaurants. Or, trying to at any rate. The nice folks at Juniper Kitchen & Wine Bar, 245 Richmond Rd. ...