L’Aubergine

French, Gatineau
$$$

There's something about the old Hull district of Gatineau I seem incapable of navigating with any sort of dignity.

My style of locating a new restaurant there typically involves stumbling around in the dark searching for a street sign, a number, then...

Kiko Sushi Bar

Japanese - Sushi, Preston Street - "Little Italy"
$$

In addition to being truthful, I figure it's also in my best interest to speak highly of this place. In giving Kiko a thumbs-up, as I'm about to do, I have hope it will start to bustle.

A bustling sushi restaurant is what you want. Bustle means busy,...

Heirloom Cafe

Canadian, Almonte/Carleton Place
$$$

The year is young, so it's somewhat brazen to declare the Heirloom Café the best meal of 2010. But it was good enough to guarantee our late-evening encounter with a Queensway-parking-lot of fan cars inching out of a Sens game did nothing to disturb the...