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22 January 2025
❤️ Order your stay-at-home Valentine’s Day meal from Red Apron, who have romantic options for Thursday February 13 and Friday February 14.
❤️ Every Valentine’s Day budget is accommodated at Peace by Chocolate, from a single LOVE bar ($6.25) to the epic Chocolate Lovers Box ($205).
❤️ Road trip: The Vintage Crate in Arnprior offers a range of treats by Canadian brands like Newfoundland Chocolate Company, Tealish Fine Teas, Sloane Tea, Christy’s Gourmet Gifts, fraktals, and I Like Chocolate. You can also order online.
❤️ Stubbe Chocolates’ Canada is Not For Sale bars will make any heart beat faster. Find them in-store today and online this evening.
❤️ You can now buy Fine Chocolate by Ludwig at both locations of Thyme and Again.
Other Drinking and Dining news
▪️ What’s for dinner tonight: BAMM Snack Shack is serving up Lasagna crafted with noodles, savoury house-ground beef, espresso mascarpone, house-made rosemary garlic ricotta, BAMM’s specialty cheese blend, fresh herbs, BAMM’s pasta sauce and a slice of fresh baked garlic bread. So, that’s what’s for dinner tonight.
▪️ Finally: Pearson Street Smashburgers 'N Melts has an opening date. Get ready to fill your boots - and tummies - on January 29 at 1460 Cyrville Road.
▪️ Ottawa’s comfort food specialists Chances ‘R on Woodroffe have opened a sister location at 540 Montreal Road, giving East Ottawans the same access to cozy meals all day long (including breakfast until 4:00 pm).
▪️ The Chefs of Westboro Village are holding their first-ever Stew Showdown on Saturday February 8. Ticket holders can sample stews from The Barley Mow, Brassica, Clocktower Brew Pub, Lexington Smokehouse & Bar, The Piggy Market, and Trio Bistro and Lounge and vote for the People’s Choice winner. Early bird tickets are on sale now, with proceeds benefiting Westboro Region Food Bank.
▪️ Road Trip: This week we learned about another fine local podcast: Cafépreneurs is produced by Café Joyeux in Rockland Ontario. In their latest episode they cover “Decoding Coffee Roasts: Light, Medium and Dark Explained”. More than a café, these folks roast in-house, hold community events, and carry a wide range of food items including plant-based and gluten free treats.
▪️ Sorry but guns and booze are off the menu at Savanna Lounge on Besserer St. Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and Ottawa Police Service officers discovered two guns in an after hours party at the restaurant January 12. Savanna Lounge has had its alcohol license suspended.
▪️ At Eat the Strip, Ameya Charnalia was craving ‘fresh, flavourful kebabs, creamy hummus, and homemade flatbreads’. He found them at Mr Samoona Grill & Bakery on Lamira St, where he found the prices on ‘an absolute steal’.