Big Easy’s
One of the big draws at Big Easy’s used to be the tall Texan, Val Belcher. Depending on who you are and what you know, that name either meant CFL football circa early ’80s, or Ottawa’s Lone Star Café (which [read more]
Ekko de Brasil
Ekko de Brasil Chateau Cartier Hotel, Aylmer Ekko is a new, Brazilian-style steak house – a large, dark, semi-subterranean room tucked near the golf pro shop at the Château Cartier in Aylmer. The room is packed this Saturday night, and [read more]
Friday’s Roast Beef House – CLOSED
UPDATE: FRIDAY’S IS CLOSED. SIGN SAYS IT WILL BE “BURGERS ON MAIN” When Friday’s Roast Beef House closed after a long run on Elgin Street, I was not among the mourners. Friday’s tasted weary 15 years ago. What it did [read more]
Luxe Bistro
June, 2011 update: Steve Wall (from Town Restaurant) is the new chef at Luxe Bistro. August 2012 update: Steve Wall has left Luxe to open his own place. Stay tuned. The steakhouse. Let other restaurant ‘cuisines’ wax and wane in [read more]
The Shore Club
You enter the Shore Club from the stylish new lobby of the Westin Hotel. Next door, the new Convention Centre is busily readying itself for a prettier life of useful purpose. Notwithstanding the fact that the four times I’ve paid [read more]
Wild Wood Steak Chophouse and Bar
Nothing about this big, modern dining room is as remarkable as its view. If you can snag a table by the window or on the outdoor deck, you will look out over fairways, trees and a little pond, and it’s [read more]
Luxe Bistro
Let other restaurant ‘cuisines’ wax and wane in favour, as long as there are men with deep pockets who like to keep things undemanding, the red meat mecca of the steakhouse will endure. Luxe Bistro has “endured” nine years on [read more]
