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,…
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A-MAZE-ING: Stittsville’s Rotary Club raises funds for a Peace Park… including a labyrinth
(Press release from the Rotary Club.) The Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville is seeking donations to help build Ottawa’s first Peace Park with a labyrinth. In recognition of your donation of…
PHOTO: Woman on horse goes through the McDonald’s drive-thru
Several reports on Twitter on Saturday of a woman going through the McDonald’s drive-thru on Stittsville Main Street … on a horse! We’re not sure what the horse or rider…
Update on Stittsville South development
Councillor Shad Qadri provided an update in his weekly newsletter about a proposed development in the Stittsville South area:
New winter golf studio launched in Stittsville
(Above: Chris Bernard has more than 40 years of experience in the golf industry. Photo by Ron Patey The new Chris Bernard Golf Academy Winter Studio is up and running in the heart…
LETTER: Please no modern high-rise on Main Street!
(Above – the heritage building near Abbott and Stittsville Main, before it was demolished.) Re: It came in like a wrecking ball: 1518 Stittsville Main Street demolished You are asking…
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…
Frame store owners right at home in Stittsville
Jim and Amy Walker own Walkerworks Framing on Beverly Street at Stittsville Main. Walkerworks started as a home-based business on Fernbank Road, then a retail shop in Perth, before winding…
‘Significant feedback’ delays Stittsville Main design plan to 2015
It’s back to the drawing board, but not quite to square one, for the Stittsville Main Street Community Design Plan (CDP). In his weekly email newsletter to residents on November…
Stittsville couple opens pool supply shop on Stittsville Main
Bucket of cholorine with your double-double? Scott and Angie Jessiman opened a pool supply and services company at the end of swimming season in a retail plaza on Stittsville Main Street.…
Car drives into Main Street Cafe (photos)
A teenager learned the hard way that the Main Street Cafe does not have a drive-thru. He drove his car into the front of the restaurant, smashing the windows. “Luckily it happened…
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…
Here’s the new logo for Quitters Coffee
Stittsville seems to be a bit obsessed with Quitters Coffee, the new cafe that Kathleen Edwards is opening on Main Street later this month. We posted two articles about Quitters on…
Kathleen Edwards’ Quitters Coffee is hiring
This could be one of the most coveted jobs in Stittsville. Quitters Coffee, a new cafe opening later this month on Stittsville Main Street, is hiring. It’s owned by one…
Musician Kathleen Edwards is opening a coffee shop in Stittsville
Kathleen Edwards is opening a coffee shop called Quitters on Stittsville Main, just south of Abbott Street. There are signs up now on the building and renovations are underway inside.…