Aiana Restaurant Collective is a new fine dining establishment in the heart of Ottawa. Located at the corner of O’Connor and Queen, on the ground floor of the Sun Life Financial Centre, father and son duo Devinder and Raghav Chaudhary had no doubt hoped their new upscale entrant to the capital dining scene would become…
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Restaurant Review: Eldorado Taco
Eldorado Taco opened at 170 Preston Street back in April and has been serving up sophisticated spins on Mexican street food ever since. The restaurant is the first non-pizza concept from owner Anthony Balestra, of the eponymous Anthony’s Pizza. Brendan Cullen, formerly of Riviera, El Camino, and Fogo Island Inn is at the helm in…
Restaurant Review: Jackson
Whenever a menu lists avocado toast as one of its offerings, I’m always worried it’s a desperate attempt to appeal to the millennial palate. While Jackson, the new restaurant in the beautifully renovated Ottawa Art Gallery, may be cashing in on a trend, its version is well worth eating. The newest addition to the Eighteen…
Restaurant Review: Feast + Revel
Feast + Revel bills itself as a restaurant serving New Canadian cuisine with a sense-of-place menu. Situated on the first floor of the stylish, up-market Andaz hotel in the heart of the ByWard Market, it’s certainly at the epicentre of one of Canada’s most popular tourist destinations. But, what defines Canadian cuisine? We sometimes struggle…
Restaurant Review: Orto Trattoria
When you’ve won the title of Top Chef Canada, Beat Bobby Flay, and helmed the kitchen at one of Ottawa’s first destination restaurants, expectations are bound to be high for your next offering. Chef René Rodriguez is back in the kitchen at Orto Trattoria in the Glebe. Rodriguez won acclaim for his creative approach to…
Restaurant Review: Mati
Mati (428 Preston St.) is the new kid on the block in Little Italy. The coveted culinary real estate at the corner of Preston and Norman wasn’t left vacant for long after we bid adieu to Black Cat Bistro back in June. The owners of EVOO Greek Kitchen have expanded their epicurean empire down the street…
