Category: Food & Drink
PHOTOS: Traditional letterpress printing with Gaia Java’s Paul Jay
EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Jay practices the centuries-old craft of letterpress printing in the basement of his Stittsville home. Jay is one of the co-owners of Gaia Java, and spends time…
Jason Spezza stops in at Pesto’s Deli during his return to Ottawa
Jason Spezza was a lunchtime regular at Pesto’s Deli when he played for the Ottawa Senators. He returned to his old stomping grounds after the Dallas Stars practiced at Canadian…
Ivan’s kabobs have been a Stittsville favourite since 1987
(Above: Ivan Saric, owner of Ivan’s Meat and Deli. Photo by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS: Ivan Saric’s parents were from what’s now Croatia, and opened a deli in Stittsville in…
JAZZ TO JAVA: How two guys named Paul ended up opening a coffee shop in Stittsville
(Above: Owners Paul Melsness (left) and Paul Jay in front of the coffee roaster at Gaia Java. All photos on this page by Barry Gray.) QUICK FACTS The two owners,…
Cheers! NeXT restaurant adds bring-your-own-wine service
Above: Chef Michael Blackie in action at NeXT. Photo courtesy of NeXT restaurant Starting this month you can bring your own bottle of wine to NeXT restaurant from Mondays to…
Quitters Coffee applies for a liquor license
Breaking Quitters news: the popular coffee shop on Stittsville Main Street has applied for a liquor license: (via Kathleen Edwards’ Instagram)
Stittsville’s craft brewery celebrates one year in our community this Saturday
(Above: Kathy and John vanDyk, owners of Covered Bridge Brewing) Covered Bridge Brewing on Iber Road is celebrating their first anniversary this Saturday with an open house from 12:00pm-4pm. They’re…
Toronto Star: “Kathleen Edwards calls it quits, opens Quitters Coffee”
Kathleen Edwards, the owner of Quitters on Stittsville Main, is featured in the Toronto Star today. It’s a chilly mid-November afternoon, and the floor-to-ceiling windows facing out onto the downtrodden…
Stittsville resident is Kickstarting a microbrewery in Pakenham
Stittsville’s Hien Hoang (pictured above) is one of the organizers behind a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new microbrewery in Pakenham. We asked Hoang to tell us about…
Sweet idea! Kanata councillor plans community sugar bush
Here’s an idea that we hope sticks: Kanata South councillor Allan Hubley is working to launch a community sugar bush near Bridlewood, according to the OttawaCommunityNews. There’s a protected parkland area in Monahan Landing (off…
Quitters a mix of star power and good coffee
Since opening on Thanksgiving weekend, Quitters has quickly become Stittsville’s biggest tourist attraction, thanks to a celebrity owner (Kathleen Edwards) combined with good coffee and a warm, inviting atmosphere. Here’s a guest…
New work from Katherine Jeans on display at NeXT
Work from Ottawa painter Katherine Jeans is up on the walls at NeXT restaurant. Jeans says: “I am pleased to present my new collection of art Road Trip – BIG SKIES…
Harvey & Vern’s brings a local flavour to soda
Over the weekend I met up with Paul Meek (pictured above, photo by Barry Gray) the owner of Ottawa-based Harvey & Vern’s soda and Kichesippi Beer. Both companies are manufactured on Campbell Avenue…
“Stittsville is not in Costa Rica”
Here’s an amusing back-and-forth on Twitter about what counts as “supporting local”. The exchange was started by Brewbellion Magazine and is directed at the new Quitters Coffee in Stittsville. Quitters owner Kathleen…
Three great food-related activities in the next few weeks
Here are some upcoming interesting food events in our area: Last two weekends for the Kanata Farmers Market at the Van Leuwen Mall (Hazeldean Road). www.kanatafarmersmarket.ca October 18 and 25 are last chance to…