The next decade’s trendsetters
Ottawa is not a pace-setter. Beg your pardon if that offends, but in terms of innovation in the restaurant landscape we tend to be forever a few steps behind the usual suspects — Toronto, Vancouver, New York. They’re bigger, they’re [read more]
Hail to the Veterans!
It’s only natural to pay attention to new restaurants. I suppose that’s because novelty is such good fun — unless, of course, yours is the kind of novelty that doesn’t quite catch on. As I flip through thick binders of [read more]
Romantic Restaurants, a few ideas
Two sittings with a prix-fixe, little-choice, “special” menu, complete with a glass of sparkling wine and a red rose for the ladies? Must be V-Day. You may not yet have noticed, lovebirds, but the 14th falls on a Saturday this [read more]
Best Bites of 2008 – My year on a fork…
Neither the middling nor the vile will be re-chewed here. This is the December column I plump up with the happiest bites of the year that was. And there were a number of them. Two thousand and eight was a [read more]
Mother’s Day – Forget about breakfast in bed, boys…
This column is for my sons. If you have daughters, please ignore – there’ll be no need to leave this column in some prominent spot in your home. Your daughters, being daughters, have been planning a Mother’s Day treat for months now. I, [read more]
