Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ City Council nixes private bus service in rural areas as it may lead to privatization of OC Transpo
→ The Workshop & Flock’s annual Trunk Show extravaganza begins tomorrow
→ The Deal of the Day is on bath indulgences from Bathorium
– Martha and Darren
WEDNESDAY DRINKING + DINING UPDATE
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🎉 The stakes will be even higher at the 20th anniversary edition of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party (September 21). Tickets go on sale April 30.
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🔪 Seven of Ottawa’s most celebrated chefs will be collaborating on a unique tasting menu at Pasta for Parkdale (Hintonburg, Sunday April 12). Your ticket will give you the chance to savour dishes from Adam Vettorel (North and Navy), Ian Dancause (Supply and Demand), Simon Laroche (Cameline), Coco De Leo (The Dreamland Cafe), Michael Ison (Retro Gusto), Tu Le (Parlour), and Cam McGihion of Bar Lupulus. You'll also get to sip libations from Mike Rochon (Fauna), Kat Nyman (The Living Vine). Alex McMahon (Arlo), Mélyna Amyot (Supply and Demand), and Moe Farhatt and Zack Errami (Before After Ottawa).
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🍛 Experience the cuisine of Goa with EkBar’s Chef Hemant Bhagwani on April 17. A six course tasting menu in an intimate setting awaits. (Little Italy)
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❌ Several restos in Ottawa and Gatineau are closing. In Gatineau, stop by for a final coffee and treat and savour the memories at Petites Gamines or dine Italian style at La Squadra.
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In Ottawa, Italian resto Tosca Ristorante on O’Conner is closing. 99 VIP Seafood Restaurant, which took over the infamous racoon McDonald’s location on Rideau Street has already closed after less than six months.
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🥄 If you’ve been missing the Buyers and Cellars Tasting Room since its closure a few months back, you’ll be excited to hear that the new partnership between the Buyers and Cellars team and Anabella’s Kitchen & Lounge on Preston St will rev up soon.
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🍷 Beckta’s Villa Calcinaia Wine Dinner will pair six of Count Sebastiano Capponi’s vintages with a special five course meal designed by Chef de Cuisine Lukas Zajicek. Thursday April 30, The Wine Bar at Beckta. (Centretown)
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🔥 In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum has found a baker who says that he has achieved ‘Nanaimo Bar perfection’. Adam Cenaiko, who west coaster Darren notes with disdain is from Saskatchewan and not BC, sells them throughout the city and by preorder through Adam Bakes.
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However, Darren also notes with satisfaction that Cenaiko uses Bird’s brand custard powder, as well as the excellent Hummingbird chocolate to prevent cracking in the aforementioned Nanaimo bars. We shall see, Adam Bakes, we shall see.
STATISTICS OTTAWA
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17,114
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The number of fans who attended Friday’s Ottawa Charge match against Montréal Victoire at Canadian Tire Centre, setting a new Professional Women’s Hockey League record for Ottawa.
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Ian Kennedy in the Hockey News
