Category: Food & Drink
Benny&Co. officially opens first Ontario restaurant location in Stittsville
(All photos by Barry Gray) In 1960, the eight Benny brothers, all being poultry farmers, diversified their operations and entered the restaurant business after their youngest brother, Gilles, developed a…
Local coffee shop closes
(Photo: Barry Gray) Sadly, Café Vardera & Lounge has closed its doors. Café Vardera & Lounge opened for business in August 2016 in the Jackson Trails Centre selling fair trade…
ALGONQUIN TIMES: Stittsville’s Main Street Café serves hundreds in tornado aftermath
Photo: The Main Street Café. Image via Facebook. Algonquin College’s campus newspaper the Algonquin Times has a story about the Main Street Café’s busy day Sept. 22 after the Ottawa-area storm…
Quitters, Jack Ketch seek outdoor liquor licences
It may soon become a little easier to wet your whistle on Stittsville Main Street. Quitters has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to be permitted to…
Covered Bridge wants you to name their new beer
Covered Bridge Brewing on Iber Road is releasing a new Dark Mild beer on April 26, and they’re turning to the public to help name it. You can suggest a…
Red Gables re-opens this weekend as a crêperie on Carp Road
(Margarita Chen inside Red Gables on Carp Road last summer. File photo by Devyn Barrie.) Red Gables on Carp Road is set to re-open this weekend as a crêperie. The…
Pong’s Poutine holds their annual CHEO fundraiser on May 5
(Left to right: Stephanie, MacKenzie, Bobby Ryan, MacKayla and Ata (aka Pong).) Pong’s Poutine is holding their fourth annual Chips & Cheese for CHEO fundraiser on May 5. “We started…
MAJIC 100 will broadcast live from Quitters on Monday morning
Every Monday morning, radio station MAJIC 100 goes on location from different coffee spots across the city as part of their Coffee House Mondays series. On April 2, hosts Stuntman…
Easter Market this Sunday at The Barn
You know that spring is definitely here when farmers’ markets start opening up for the season. The first Farmers’ Market at the Barn is on Sunday, April 1 from 10am-2pm.…
Starbucks and steakhouse proposed as part of Tanger Outlets expansion
The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan application to permit the development of two new retail buildings at 333 Huntmar Drive in the southwest corner of the Tanger…
The Glen restaurant celebrates 30 years on March 5
(PHOTO: Kathleen McConville and her son James Clarke in front of the Glen’s Tartan Kitchen food truck in June 2015. File photo by Barry Gray.) (press release via The Glen)…
Simbad Bakery brings Middle Eastern baking to the west end
Photos by Barry Gray. When Stittsville resident Shams Feizi opened the Simbad Bakery just over five months ago, he was anxious to introduce the Middle Eastern baking to Stittsville and…
Stittsville-owned Harvey and Vern’s sold to Mississauga firm
(FILE PHOTO: Paul Meek with his Harvey & Vern’s Old Fashioned Root Beer at Quitters Coffee. Photo by Barry Gray.) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Stittsville’s Paul Meek shared this note https://www.kbeer.ca/blogs/kichesippi-blog/harvey-and-verns-olde-fashioned-soda-has-been-sold today.…
Jack Ketch hosts First Annual Family Day Sugar Shack on February 19
(via The Jack Ketch) The Jack Ketch, in collaboration with Saunders Farm would like to announce our First Annual Family Day Sugar Shack. Join us Monday February 19th from noon…
FOOD: 94,000 eggs and 5,800 lbs of bacon
This chalkboard is on display at the Main Street Cafe with a recap of what they served in 2017: 94,000 eggs 21,000 lbs of potatoes 5,800 lbs of bacon 5,200…