(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…
(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…
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…
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 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…
(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…
(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…
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…
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.…
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…
(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)…
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…
(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.…
(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…
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…
