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Ottawa Citizen Dining Guide 2009 – Part 6 – Quebec

For the sixth and final installment of the Dining Guide by neighbourhood we cross the river to explore the gastronomy in Gatineau and the Outaouais. From the dazzling French regional cuisine at Le Baccara in the Casino, to the chewy [...]

Ottawa Citizen Dining Guide 2009- Part 5 – The Edges

This fifth instalment of the Guide takes us to the restaurants on the edges of the city of Ottawa, those found beyond the Greenbelt, in the communities of Stittsville, Kanata, Barrhaven and Orleans. And then we go further still, into the tastiest [...]

Kurt Waldele

Executive chef at the National Arts Centre for thirty years, recently retired, battling cancer, Kurt Waldele died this past Saturday. Reflections on his life and work from his friend Ron Eade can be found on Ron’s blog, Omnivore’s Ottawa.http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/omnivore/default.aspx As Ron [...]

Ottawa Citizen Dining Guide 2009 – Part 4 – East of the Rideau

This fourth instalment of the Dining Guide by region takes us to neighbourhoods east of the Rideau River, starting in the north, with the Beechwood Avenue strip (restaurants serving Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Lindenlea, Manor Park, and Vanier), then heading [...]

Ottawa Citizen Dining Guide 2009 – Part 3 – The Western Front

Dining Guide #3 West of the Rideau Part Three of the Dining Guide focuses on the restaurant-rich neighbourhoods of Ottawa’s western front, from Chinatown and Preston Street, to Westboro, down to Centrepointe, and as far west as Bells Corners. As [...]