▪️ Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen finds nine ByWard Market restos with ‘with fresh takes on comfort food’: Ember, Sammi & Soupe Dumpling, Alora, Speakeasy Tapa Lounge, Ratatouille, Peking Duck, J’TM Resto Bar, Tropikàl, and Lil Z’s Pizza.

▪️ Hum also talked to Artist in Residence Distillerie owner Pierre Mantha. While we mentioned last week that the distillery had expanded to Hawkesbury, Mantha talks of how expensive the booze business turned out to be, as well as his plans to be Ottawa’s largest whisky maker.

▪️ And, of course, it wouldn’t be a day with a ‘y’ if Hum didn’t write about something sweet. He’s found Hallowe’en inspired ice-creams, Cookie Monster and Candy Bar, at the Merry Dairy.

▪️ After 40 years, Yangtze Restaurant in Chinatown is closing in mid-November. While the third generation operators have found new jobs, their father jokes ‘after a year or two they'll open up a dumpling restaurant’ like their founding grandfather.

▪️ Jill Wherrett in The Mainstreeter recommends a trip to the three vineyards of Ottawa’s ‘emerging’ wine region: Jubilani Vineyard and Winery, KIN Vineyard and Winery, and Riverhouse Vineyard and Winery.

▪️ The No Name grocery store opens today in Brockville. A new concept in Loblaw’s portfolio, the new No Name store is intended to be as inexpensive as possible. Of course, it carries the yellow-adorned No Name items and some frozen food but it won’t stock fresh dairy or meat.

– The amount that the individual workplace emissions of Federal public employees would be reduced if they worked from home full time, according to a new report by by Carleton University researchers.

- The chief financial officer of the Ottawa Senators was listed as one of Sports Business Journal’s top 50 female ‘Game Changers’. Sportsnet has a long, two-part interview with Crowe.

– Washington DC-based Urban Institute researcher Yonah Freemark explaining that the small cities on the Eurostar ‘Chunnel’ saw growth in residents and businesses, believing that the same can happen on a Québec – Ottawa – Toronto high speed line.

🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 8 – St Louis Blues 1, last night

▪️A barn fire in Kinburn Monday destroyed Clem Smith’s lifetime collection of antique sleighs and carriages. The 86 year-old had 30 horse-drawn vehicles, some dating to the 1850s, including a hearse.

▪️The St Laurent Station reopened yesterday afternoon after repairs to the tunnel ceiling were completed. Passengers were required to use replacement buses in the meantime. Unlike the rest of the line, the St Laurent Station tunnel is maintained by the City of Ottawa not the transit consortium. The tunnel was original built in the 1980s for the bus Transitway.

▪️The lawsuit against the Ottawa Police Service’s delegation rules is heading to small claims court. Last year, the Service imposed new rules for public meetings requiring delegations to provide questions in advance and limiting the total time to one hour. The Service had attempted to have the case thrown out as frivolous but was unsuccessful.

▪️A privately owned 41.5-hectare property near Stittsville lost its status as wetland when the owner cleared brush and trees. Under wetland status, property owners are limited to what they can do on the property, in particular, only one house is permitted. Property owners who violate wetland status are fined, in the case $1,125.

▪️Also in Stittsville, the City is considering expanding its ward boundaries a little bit (and shrinking Rideau-Jock ward by the same amount). If approved, residents on seven streets would change City Councillors for the 2026 election. A survey on the question is here. And a public meeting will be held November 13 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the upstairs boardroom at CARDELREC (1500 Shea Road).

▪️ The Iron Cabaret’s The Shadows… And What We Do In Them will dazzle you with dancers, aerialists, and burlesque performers. Gladstone Theatre today through November 2.

▪️ Remounted from the Shaw Festival, NAC English Theatre presents Snow in Midsummer, a reimagining of an ancient Chinese folktale. Until November 9

▪️ Left your Jack O’Lantern carving til the last minute? Don’t worry. Head to Orléans Brewing Co where $15 will get you a pumpkin to carve, a beer, and a fun evening.

▪️ Les Violins du Roy celebrate turning 40 with a special concert featuring music by George Frideric Handel, with singers Karina Gauvin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Presented by Music & Beyond

▪️ Ottawa Bad Movie Nights present not one but two classic spooky flicks in the OPL Main Branch Auditorium: John Carpenter’s anthology Body Bags followed by Monster Squad.

▪️ Nerdy Bingo returns to Laugh Lounge. Bring your nerd fam, your head full of trivia, and your best costume to the Live Hallowe’en Spectacular.

▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Conclave, Ringu

▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Apprentice, Mad Monster Party, The Shining 

Gigs

▪️ Open Mic Night. Pour Boy

▪️ Small Fish - A Comedy & Variety Show. Irene’s Pub

▪️ Atypical. The Brass Monkey

▪️ Secret Theme trivia. Beyond the Pale

▪️ DiscoLab brings the party to Parlour with Boogie Frights 2 aka dance floor fillers from 1975 through 1983. Get down and then get back up again with funk, soul, and disco hits. It’s going to be epic.

▪️ Remember that spooky thing that happened? Tell the crowd at Art House’s Murderino + DJ Halloween Party and open mic. Or just come and feel the chills run down your spine as others recount their stories.

▪️ Wayward Improvised Theatre invites you to the Spooky Short-form Workout, where you get to practise your improv muscles in a supportive, two hour workshop.

▪️ Halloween music, bingo, and beer: Brew Revolution presents this triangle of delight, which will be made all the more fabulous by your costume.

▪️ Bingo’s also on the table at Broadhead Brewery. Wearing a costume will get you extra bingo cards.

▪️ Road Trip: Visit the tiny village of Quyon where venerable roadhouse Gavans will host the two-day Festival Fantôme. The festival also offers bus transportation from Tom Brown Arena direct to Gavan’s, for an extra charge.

▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Conclave, A Nightmare on Elm Street 40th Anniversary, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration

▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Lee, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Gigs

▪️ Rainbow Halloween Party with Baby Richman, Joey Vinegar, and Shirley. Rainbow Bistro

▪️ Halloween Cover Night. Cafe Dekcuf

▪️ Bluegrass at 1:00 pm. Carleton Tavern

▪️ USOMINI One Tour. Club SAW

▪️ Karaoke Halloween Night. The Brass Monkey

▪️ Hallowiener Costume Party with Remi Royal and dj bRAD. House of TARG

▪️ Halloween Party. Pubwells

Where to bring your used Jack O’Lantern (please remove candles and dripped wax, toothpicks, and other non-pumpkin flesh items before dropping off).

🎃 10th Annual Byron Path Pumpkin Parade 

🎃 Bicycle Craft Brewery is taking used Jack O’Lanterns from Friday November 1 to Sunday November 3. Enjoy a tap room illuminated by flickering pumpkins on Saturday, when the brewery lights them up.

🎃 The Alameda in Almonte

🎃 Pumpkin Parade at Fisher Heights Park

🎃 Stittsville Pumpkin Parade 

🎃 Check the Ottawa South Eco-Action Network for a list of other drop-off sites.

▪️ Broadway Nights Ottawa: Halloween Extravaganza. Your favourite showtune sing-a-long visits Overflow Brewing for a special spooky season edition.

🆓 Halloween may be over, but scary stories never go out of season. The Spaniel’s Tale bookstore presents a book launch of Most Likely to Summon Nyhiloteph, by Ottawa author Madison McSweeney. RSVPs highly recommended.

▪️ Guelph Storm visit Ottawa 67s at TD Place.

▪️ Listen to rare funk and soul vinyl while you enjoy a four course dinner at the Baked Goods record store Listening Night, at Image Unlimited Art Gallery.

▪️ This weekend’s Day of the Dead Festival kicks off in the ByWard Market.

▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Lee, Conclave, The Substance

▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Outrun, Emilia Pérez, Alien: Romulus

Gigs

▪️ Jagged Little Thrill - the Alanis Experience. The Brass Monkey

▪️ Blingo Night. Pour Boy

▪️ Ok Naledi. The Laff

▪️ Capital Professionals. Rainbow Bistro

▪️ The Sink, Outlier, Halfway There, In Passing. Dominion Tavern

▪️ Ed Lister. Irene’s Pub

▪️ OCan – Ottawa Canadian Film Festival – is back with three evenings of programming at the ByTowne Cinema November 7-9.

▪️Heritage Ottawa will hold a virtual workshop on preparing your landscape for severe weather. November 30.

▪️ Disney’s the Lion King 

▪️ Into the Woods