Guidebook for Ottawa

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Guidebook for Ottawa

Food Scene

Art-Is-In is a great bakery and restaurant. There is sometimes a line-up on Weekend mornings, but the food is worth the wait!
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Art-Is-In Bakery
250 City Centre Ave
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Art-Is-In is a great bakery and restaurant. There is sometimes a line-up on Weekend mornings, but the food is worth the wait!
This is my favorite coffee in the city. The cafe serves food and has a nice little patio outside. If you're lucky and there on Sunday afternoons around 2pm, you'll hear some beautiful piano music.
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Mainstay Coffee Company
1111a Wellington St. W
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This is my favorite coffee in the city. The cafe serves food and has a nice little patio outside. If you're lucky and there on Sunday afternoons around 2pm, you'll hear some beautiful piano music.
This place boasts the longest beer list in town and serves hearty Italian pubfare. It has a number of patios for late summer nights of beer drinking.
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Pub Italia
434 Preston St
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This place boasts the longest beer list in town and serves hearty Italian pubfare. It has a number of patios for late summer nights of beer drinking.
No nonsense, affordable Chinese food. It's a bit of a hole-in-the-wall, but the food is generally pretty good.
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So Good Restaurant Inc
717 Somerset St W
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No nonsense, affordable Chinese food. It's a bit of a hole-in-the-wall, but the food is generally pretty good.
Chinatown is teeming with Pho restaurants. This one is the best of the bunch and only around the corner! Takeaway and eat in front of Netflix or dine in!
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Pho Thu Do Restaurant
781 Somerset St W
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Chinatown is teeming with Pho restaurants. This one is the best of the bunch and only around the corner! Takeaway and eat in front of Netflix or dine in!
IF you want to order a pizza, this is my favorite spot in the city - and it just happens to be a 2 min walk from the house!
Season's Pizza
725 Somerset St W
IF you want to order a pizza, this is my favorite spot in the city - and it just happens to be a 2 min walk from the house!
If you want to catch a Senators game, this sports bar is the place to do it. Cheap beer and eats, great atmosphere and the best meatball sandwich you've ever had!
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The Prescott
379 Preston St
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If you want to catch a Senators game, this sports bar is the place to do it. Cheap beer and eats, great atmosphere and the best meatball sandwich you've ever had!
This is a great cafe by day and bar by night! IT's got a community feel and great atmosphere.
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The Ministry of Coffee and Social Affairs
1013 Wellington St. W
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This is a great cafe by day and bar by night! IT's got a community feel and great atmosphere.
They make some of the best Montreal style bagels in the city. You can eat in at the cafe or buy bagels, cream cheeses and smoked salmon. They have a great selection of gourmet cheeses.
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Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli
1321 Wellington St. W
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They make some of the best Montreal style bagels in the city. You can eat in at the cafe or buy bagels, cream cheeses and smoked salmon. They have a great selection of gourmet cheeses.
These are the best tacos in town and the place I recommend to any visitor of the city. Eat in and enjoy a cocktail, or order to-go from their takeout window. Every one is worth a try!
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El Camino
380 Elgin St
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These are the best tacos in town and the place I recommend to any visitor of the city. Eat in and enjoy a cocktail, or order to-go from their takeout window. Every one is worth a try!

Essentials

This is a great little community grocery market. They have prepared foods, a great deli section and lots of fresh produce.
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Marché Hintonburg Market
1059 Wellington St. W
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This is a great little community grocery market. They have prepared foods, a great deli section and lots of fresh produce.
Large Asian market if you want to get ingredients to cook at home.
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Kowloon Market
712 Somerset St W
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Large Asian market if you want to get ingredients to cook at home.
Great middle-eastern market. The hummus is a little different, but the best I've found in the city!
Shiraz Food Market
725 Somerset St W
Great middle-eastern market. The hummus is a little different, but the best I've found in the city!
This is the closest supermarket.
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Hartman's Your Independent Grocer
296 Bank St
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This is the closest supermarket.
This hardware store is close by in case you need to fix something
Trudel Home Hardware - Ottawa
140 George St
This hardware store is close by in case you need to fix something

Drinks & Nightlife

This is a great neighbourhood bar with a casual feel! They make good cocktails, have a good rotating craft tap and do great bar snacks. The atmosphere is always just right! Bring some vinyl from the collection on Sundays and they will play it for you.
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10Fourteen
1014 Wellington St. W
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This is a great neighbourhood bar with a casual feel! They make good cocktails, have a good rotating craft tap and do great bar snacks. The atmosphere is always just right! Bring some vinyl from the collection on Sundays and they will play it for you.
This cute little place specializes in cocktails. Try the truffel oil popcorn!
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The Moonroom
442 Preston St
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This cute little place specializes in cocktails. Try the truffel oil popcorn!
This is one of my favorite neighborhood bars in Ottawa. It's a bit of a hike from the house, but if you catch a movie at the Mayfair, discuss it afterwards with a pint at Quinn's. They have a large patio as well in the summer.
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Quinn's
1070 Bank St
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This is one of my favorite neighborhood bars in Ottawa. It's a bit of a hike from the house, but if you catch a movie at the Mayfair, discuss it afterwards with a pint at Quinn's. They have a large patio as well in the summer.

Parks & Nature

This is a great Quebec park for skiing in the winter, or biking/jogging/hiking in the summer. It's bikeable from the house.
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Gatineau Park Welcome Area
Promenade de la Gatineau
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This is a great Quebec park for skiing in the winter, or biking/jogging/hiking in the summer. It's bikeable from the house.
The Ottawa river has a walking and bike path that spans over 200kms from Orleans to Bells Corners. You can hook onto this extensive and beautiful path just 5 mins walk north from the house.
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Ottawa River Pathway
Ottawa River Pathway
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The Ottawa river has a walking and bike path that spans over 200kms from Orleans to Bells Corners. You can hook onto this extensive and beautiful path just 5 mins walk north from the house.
If you are here during winter, hook onto the 7.8 km Rideau Canal Skateway at Dow's Lake. There are tents and trailers to put on your skates and restaurants to warm up in afterwards. Don't forget to grab a beavertail or hot chocolate at one of the many cabins along the way!
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Dows Lake
1001 Queen Elizabeth Driveway
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If you are here during winter, hook onto the 7.8 km Rideau Canal Skateway at Dow's Lake. There are tents and trailers to put on your skates and restaurants to warm up in afterwards. Don't forget to grab a beavertail or hot chocolate at one of the many cabins along the way!
This is my go-to running circuit from the house. It's about a 9 km circuit from the house around Dow's Lake and across the locks at Carleton University. It's a gorgeous spot for a picnic in the summer and a great place to explore!
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Dominion Arboretum
Arboretum
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This is my go-to running circuit from the house. It's about a 9 km circuit from the house around Dow's Lake and across the locks at Carleton University. It's a gorgeous spot for a picnic in the summer and a great place to explore!

Shopping

Closest LCBO for beer, wine and liquor.
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LCBO
160 Elgin St
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Closest LCBO for beer, wine and liquor.
Fresh fruit and vegetables can be found at this outdoor market all week during the summer.
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Parkdale Park
366 Parkdale Ave
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Fresh fruit and vegetables can be found at this outdoor market all week during the summer.

Entertainment & Activities

So many funny people are from Ottawa: Dan Akroyd, Jay Baruchel, Tom Green, Norm McDonald. This city has a rich comedic history and Absolute Comedy is the best place to experience that.
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Absolute Comedy Ottawa
412 Preston St
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So many funny people are from Ottawa: Dan Akroyd, Jay Baruchel, Tom Green, Norm McDonald. This city has a rich comedic history and Absolute Comedy is the best place to experience that.
See if you can escape from one of the thematic escape rooms. This is a really fun group or family activity.
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Escape Manor - Hintonburg
982 Wellington St. W
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See if you can escape from one of the thematic escape rooms. This is a really fun group or family activity.
This is my favorite cinema in Ottawa. They play great independent films and the decor inside is so nostalgic and fun!
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Mayfair Theatre
1074 Bank St
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This is my favorite cinema in Ottawa. They play great independent films and the decor inside is so nostalgic and fun!
Another great repertory cinema in the Byward Market
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ByTowne Cinema
325 Rideau St
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Another great repertory cinema in the Byward Market