The Whalesbone Oyster House is really a pub. The tables are close, the chairs are hard, the room is cramped, noisy and littered with goofy kitsch. The shucker whistles, the cooks jabber, and there’s a photo of The Fonz in [read more]
Carmen’s Veranda
This week, the big number “3″ on the window wall will change to a big number “4″ as Carmen’s Veranda enters its fifth year of feeding its Old Ottawa South neighbourhood. There are more than numbers on these lively red, [read more]
Anne DesBrisay’s 2008 Dining Guide
First published in the Ottawa Citizen on January 13, 2008, this guide offers glimpses of 130 of the regions better bets for dining out. Let’s Eat! Dining Guide 2008
Culinary gold in Nova Scotia
Fleur de Sel Restaurant, Lunenburg, NS First published, February 2, 2008 Two months ago there was big news in the Maritime food scene. Chef Martin Ruiz Salvador and his team from Fleur de Sel, a tiny, perfect restaurant in little [read more]
The Capital Dining Room
We were smart, in years gone by, to be wary of hotel restaurants. Catering to transient business types and the tourists who flock seasonally to our region, they were generally not on the radar of the locals – except, perhaps [read more]
