Show us your holiday spirit!
We want to hear from our readers about how you’re celebrating the season. Maybe it’s with some epic decorating, like Amanda here from Quitters. She’s showing off the replica gingerbread house that she…
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HIGH & DRY: Stittsville’s prohibition-era Temperance Hotel
Next time you visit Quitters, have a close look at the brick building right next door on the corner of Orville Street. You can still see a faint line marking…
COMMENTS OF THE WEEK: Quitters, Black’s Farm, Mrs. Faux, more
Every week we get lots of comments from our readers on our web site, via email, and social media. Here’s a sample of what we heard this week. Add your thoughts…
COMMENT: Happy first birthday to Quitters!
(ABOVE: Dog owners gather for a pack walk in front of Quitters last October. Quitters owner Kathleen Edwards is wearing a white shirt in the middle. Photo via Janet Burns /…
Guitar stolen from Kathleen Edwards’ home in Stittsville
UPDATE: By Thursday at 9:30pm, Edwards’ post on Facebook had been shared an incredible 14,390 shares. Musician Kathleen Edwards, owner of Quitters Coffee on Stittsville Main Street, posted on Facebook today…
Bear sighting near Abbott and West Ridge
Kathleen Edwards: coffee shop owner, dog walker, and bear sighter. Here’s her warning on Friday morning about a bear along the Trans Canada Trail. Hey #stittsville – bear on trans…
Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda flavour at Brown’s #supportlocalstittsville
Brown’s Independent on Stittsville Main Street has about 50 cases of the new Harvey & Vern’s Lime Soda. When I went in on Saturday it was right at the front…
PHOTOS: Megan Lewis and her horse Lady stop in at Quitters
(Photo by Aidan Saunders.) Megan Lewis and her horse Lady are travelling across Canada to raise money for charity, and on Saturday they stopped in at Quitters on Stittsville Main…
Bryan Adams stopped in at Quitters on Saturday afternoon
UPDATE, MARCH 15: Kathleen posted photographic evidence of the visit to her Instagram account. “Yes he did love my vegan carrot loaf.” It’s the biggest celebrity sighting in Stittsville…
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)
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…
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…
That’s a latte dogs: Dog Dayz at Quitters
Dog Dayz held a “Pack Walk” around Stittsville today, starting at Quitters Coffee on Stittsville Main Street. Dog Dayz is a dog training and care company based in Kanata. Owner Janet…
“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…
Quitters Coffee is now open on Stittsville Main Street
https://twitter.com/amandaputz/status/520978566818037760 Quitters Coffee, the new cafe owned by Kathleen Edwards, opened on Saturday. It’s just on Stittsville Main Street, just south of Abbott. Thanks to Rochelle James for the heads up! James…