Time for a change…
I’ve had a terrific run at the Ottawa Citizen. I’m grateful for the twenty-year platform it’s provided for my freelance columns. But today I must tell you that the Citizen and I have parted company. This week I received an [read more]
Lunch at Fleur de Sel
In 2008, the pescatarian restaurant Fleur de Sel teamed up with the crêpe restaurant L’Argöat, the latter moving out of its upper floor space on rue Laval and into Fleur de Sel’s red brick a few doors away. The resulting [read more]
Amate gone
This cute little Mexican restaurant closed for renovations, reopened, and then finally closed for good. In its place, a new sushi restaurant called Sushi Umi. Stay tuned…
Four Cuisines Bistro closed
Number out of service has a gloomy ring. I’ll drive by later today to confirm, but preliminary forays reveal this eclectic little restaurant with the remarkably kind prices has closed.
Whalesbone Oyster House
Bear in mind, as you read the review of the Whalesbone in CD on page 190, that chef Steve Vardy is no longer in charge. Vardy moved to Newfoundland in 2007 (though has returned to open the latest installment of [read more]
Social review, page 157
Social stands, but Mitton is gone to Murray Street (see review, August 31/08) which makes the page 157 report, as it stands, moot-ish. Restaurant e18hteen chef Matt Carmichael is now managing both kitchens.
The Courtyard Restaurant
Review of The Courtyard as it appears in Capital Dining, on page 175, speaks mostly about the cuisine of chef Marc Lepine. He left shortly after the book went to print, and is now in the frantic floes of opening his [read more]
