☀️High 26° Low 11° and sunny ☀️ 5:14 am 🌛 8:51 pm In Today’s Edition → Bits of MacLaren, Frank, and Florence Streets will be turned into public spaces this summer → Resto reviews and free seedlings in your bumper Dining + Drinking Update →The Deal of the Day is a Big Green Egg BBQ |
It’s our fault for asking, but here are a few more jokes readers used when asked by their employer (or prospective employer), ‘Tell me a joke’. Ulya J: Q: ‘What did the number zero say to the number eight?’ A: ‘Nice belt’ Pete S: Q: ‘What's brown and sticky?’ A: ‘A stick!’ If you can improve on this, send it to jokes@theottawan.com |
WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE |
⛱️ Get a different perspective when you relax at the Canadian Museum of History's Panorama Patio. 🫒 Aurelius Fine Fine Olive Oils & Balsamic Vinegars has acquired Unrefined Olive, bringing the latter's Glebe and Kanata locations into the fold. More news to come, meanwhile, buy any Aurelius Rub, Dip, or Salt and get one free. No code necessary at checkout. 🍽️ The latest edition of the Culinary Tourism Alliance newsletter includes a story about Ottawa's culinary scene. Let us know what they missed culinary@theottawan.com 🚗 Road Trip: Ferme Juniper Farm in Wakefield is giving away seedlings during Farm Store hours (Thursday & Friday 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm) . So pick up a few while you shop for fresh asparagus, rhubarb, and cucumbers. 🧺 Bring your own lawn chair to Black Walnut Bakery's 1st Annual Cumberland Block Party on Sunday June 29. We also thought you should know about Black Walnut Bakery's Father's Day special this weekend: Bacon Butter Tarts, which are made with caramelized bacon ends from Junior and the Kid BBQ. 🌊 1 Elgin's next resident chef, Winnipeg-born Kris Kurus, is creating a new summer menu for Canal-side dining. 🍛 Mahal Tanjore is holding a Friday Evening Indian Fusion Buffet 🚗 Road Trip: Pretty much one hour's drive South of Parliament Hill, the first annual Prescott Ribfest & Sportsman Show supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of Leeds Grenville. Expect enough vendors to keep your tummy full and your summer sporting dreams alive, as well as live entertainment. Plus, something called the Cops and Kids Fishing Derby. ⛺ It's glamping, but without the messy, sleep-deprived, ‘did a skunk just sniff my yurt??’ stress. The BGC Ottawa Western Winds Glamping Gala is fun of the dressing up in glam cowboy outfits, dancing under the stars, sipping cocktails, and tantalizing small bites kind. 🍖 Orléans Brewing Co is doing Tartare Wednesdays all summer, in your choice of Beef, Tuna, or Beet. 🥕 Shop for local produce or buy something fresh and yummy for dinner tonight at Parkdale Night Market. ⚙️ New hangout spot alert: Bank Street between Laurier and Slater is now Uncommon Ottawa, a space with a full service bar, food by Kevin in Kitchen (Wednesdays through Saturdays), music, and a chill vibe. It's open Mondays through Saturdays, available to rent, and your event or workshop just might fit perfectly. Contact Centretown - Downtown Bank BIA for more information. ❗Our minds were just a little bit blown by Wakefield General Store's Food Tip Tuesday: Sprinkle about a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda on a pound of veggies before you roast them in the oven. The result will be extra crispy veg. 🍕 While the boundaries of THE OTTAWAN’s parish are ill-defined, we’ve always said that Cornwall is definitely beyond it. Not today: the mayor of Cornwall, Justin Towndale, has challenged the mayor of Windsor, Drew Dilkens, over which city has the best pizza. Windsor-style pizza is a rectangular, Roman-type with shredded pepperoni, canned mushrooms and local cheese. Cornwall-style sounds like Ottawa-style: thick with cheese on top and weighing four pounds. THE OTTAWAN was unaware that either city had a pizza reputation to defend but when a winner is chosen, we’ll let you know. ☕Vanessa Chiasson in the Ottawa Business Journal looks at how some restos are using old school loyalty cards with beautiful designs rather than apps. Mentioned are: Tapri Chai, Red Door Provisions, Black Walnut Bakery, and Meow Tea. ⛱️ Also in the Ottawa Business Journal, Marissa Galko has a quite interesting interview with the owners of the new Good Neighbour restaurant on Elgin Street. The resto will have a ‘mid-century modern decor that is not too polished but also not raggedy at the same time’ with ‘elevated, familiar dishes’. The owners already run the Elgin Beer Project. 🍦 In the Kitchissippi Times, Charlie Senack introduces us to ‘rolled ice cream’as served up by Happy Rolls on Wellington Street West. Also known as Thai rolled ice cream or stir-fried ice cream, the treat is made right in front of the customer. ‘People are comparing it to the viral banana pudding that’s trending on social media from Magnolia Bakery in New York’ says the owner, who probably would not be upset with the same kind of viral uptake. 🍭 In the Ottawa Citizen, Sofia Misenheimer enjoys the chamoyadas, halo-halo, and baked siopao at Filipino and Latin American dessert bar Sweet Puspin, newly opened in ByWard Market. ⚜️ In Edible Ottawa, Jennifer Campbell takes a look at Buvette Daphnée ten months after its reopening. Twelve months ago, the Québécois-style wine bar was forced to close after a ‘staff mutiny’. 🍺 At Eat the Strip, Ameya Charnalia eschews the strip mall and visits Stittsville’s Brews and Blues located in Kathleen Edward’s old Quitter’s coffee shop (and most recently, an Equator Coffee). ‘The food is an hommage—not a replica—to a beloved cuisine, and the energy here is unmistakably about bringing people together around good meals and live music’, he says. Fans of the old Juke Joint in Carp will be pleased to note that that resto’s old owner, Corri Greenberg, is the owner of Brews and Blues. As for the old Juke Joint location, it’s now wine bar and dining room Twin Muses, featuring wines from KIN Vinyard.
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Amrisha Singh, Carolyn Lorimer, Chitra Omanakuttan Sreerangathu, and Jose Angulo The aquaponic greenhouse team at Algonquin College, led by their professor Lorimer, have designed a greenhouse that is ‘wheelchair accessible, cost-effective, energy efficient, beyond self-sustaining and more than eco-friendly. It will absorb far more carbon than is produced in constructing and maintaining the facility’. Should the prototypes work, it will allow for food to grow year round. - Vasuman Ravichandran in the Algonquin Times
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Transit Committee
Thursday, June 12 at 9:30 am - Presentation – OC Transpo update – Rail, bus, and Para Transpo
- Response to Westboro collision coroner's inquest
- OC Transpo’s Non-fare Revenue Strategy
- Stage 2 Light Rail Transit project
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🎉 Short sections of MacLaren, Frank, and Florence Streets will be converted into shared public spaces from mid-June to mid-October. The sections, which intersect with Bank Street, are part of the Centretown Street Safety and Revitalization Action Plan’s Street Seats programme. Promised are ‘more space to walk, sit, and socialize, programming in collaboration with the Centretown Business Improvement Area, and a refreshed streetscape that prioritizes community uses’. While local traffic will still be allowed, otherwise cars are banned. – City of Ottawa
🚧 The Auditor General of Canada says that efforts to dispose of Federal office buildings is falling short due to lack of money. In 2019, the Federal government had planned to reduce its office space by 50 per cent. However, in the past six years, office space has been reduced only 1.7 percent, from 64.6 million square feet to 63.5 million square feet. – Emma Weller at CBC
🐻 Ontario Provincial Police put down a young bear after a hit-and-run Tuesday. The bear was wounded after being hit on Highway 7 near Hazeldean Road exit in Stittsville. The driver did not stay on the scene. The Police said advice from the Bylaw, Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Ministry of Natural Resources gave them no other choice and that drivers should report an injured animal. – Natasha O’Neill at CityNews
📻 According to Stuntman Stu, all staff from radio stations Boom 99.7 and Jump 106.9 have been let go. The two stations are owned by radio conglomerate Corus. – Facebook |
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Please use our easy event submission form ✳️ Means change from previous edition WEDNESDAY Serve your community and help pay the bills by becoming a school bus driver. Check out the Attridge Transportation job fair today at 25 Gifford St, Nepean 🆓 Django Libre brings the vibe to Queen St Fare, with special guest Sam Schroeder on sax and clarinet. 🆓 OrKidstra Vanier Hub's final concert of the year will be extra special, as it's also the organization's graduation ceremony. Donations appreciated. 🆓 Summer Sounds will be coming from Andrew Haydon Park every second Wednesday this summer. Chris Mellor hosts the Open Jam at the Waterfront Gastrobpub in Carleton Place ByTowne Cinema: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M's Monster and New Adventures in Hi Fi - A Silents Synced Film, Skeet Mayfair Theatre: About Maya, Friendship, One to One: John & Yoko, Vampire Hunter D Gigs Jazz Jam. Irene's Pub Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing Co Karaoke Night. The Mill Tavern Manotick Lulu Lamontagne, Phasez, Crow's Feet. House of TARG
THURSDAY 🆓 At noon, Salem Mars and Ruona perform at Songs from the Shed on Sparks St. 🆓 Also at noon, the jazz will be flowing in the Sanctuary at MacKay United Church. Donations welcomed. Hearing 150 choristers sing Carmina Burana live is a rare treat. Find out for yourself at the performance by Société Philharmonique de Nouveau Monde-Ottawa. Fill your boots with fresh, new, theatre at the Ottawa Fringe Festival. June 12 - 22. Canadian Museum of History screens the 2020 Canadian coming-of-age film Beans in English. $10 entry. Cirque du Paris presents a 90 minute, one-ring extravaganza with BMX trick riders, grand illusionists, high flying aerialists, nimble acrobats, comedic clowns and more to the big top outside Tanger Outlets. Today through Monday June 16 and June 18 - 22. 🆓 The Jazz Festival's Homegrown Series is free of charge. Franco Ontarien Festival is 50! Save on the ticket price when you purchase in advance. The festival runs til Sunday in Major's Hill Park. The 1970s Trivia Night at the Bridge Public House is going to be totally bitchin'. World's Strongest Ma'am Queer Stand Up debuts at LIVE on Elgin. Organizers say it will be "fun, funny, and also super gay." Shh. Silent Book Club is meeting at Anina's Café. The stakes are even higher than usual at the Art Battle, tonight at Overflow Brewing. 12 artists will compete in three 20 minute rounds, but the night's winner will be crowned 2024 Ottawa City Champion, and will head to the Canadian National Championships in Toronto. ByTowne Cinema: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Dogma: Resurrected! A 25th Anniversary Celebration - Mayfair Theatre: About Maya, One To One: John and Yoko, Friendship, Vampire Hunter D
Gigs
Irene's Thursday Blues Sessions with Guest Host Sally Robinson. Irene's Pub Four Eyed Muscle Man, Cardamom Years, North by North, The Space Between. Rainbow Bistro Medusa. Red Bird Family Man, My Son the Doctor, Goat!, Hypersex Banshee. Dominion Tavern Hard Charger, Zeal, Chilopoda. House of TARG Comedy Night. Pour Boy Tumble, Mooch, Altar of the Fuzz. Avant-Garde Bar Art of the Duo with Tim Beer and Garry Ellitt. GigSpace
FRIDAY
🏈 Take your squad out to the (foot)ball game. In the home opener, Ottawa Redblacks stare down Montréal Alouettes. Look for the $6 Chop 'n' Cheers pre-game drinks, $5 Fan First Menu, and the party at Gate. 🚗 Road Trip Enjoy a rare performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, performed by Ottawa Choral Workshops at St. John Chrysostem in Arnprior tonight. If you can't make it, the performance will be repeated in at Southminster United Church in Ottawa on Sunday evening. Pull on your dancing boots and get yourself to the Carp Barn Dance, where a cash bar and The Riley New Band will show you a good ol' time. Get $15 advance tickets direct from the Carp Fair Office (3790 Carp Road, K0A, 1L0) or pay $20 on the night. Relive the original gore of Friday the 13th, complete with a (not for long) fresh-faced Kevin Bacon, at the ByTowne Cinema. Or skip to 1990's "bizarrely hilarious" Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday over at the Mayfair Theatre. Queen St Fare opens its doors to the Capital Pride Run Edition of Queers & Beers. Ottawa Italian Week invites you to ‘an intimate evening with the celebrated Italian-Canadian author, Nino Ricci, as he takes us on a journey through his life, career, and the inspiration behind his powerful novels.’ 🚗 Road Trip: Ferme Drouin Farm in Casselman launches the new Country Poutine Fest wth a barn party, country music, great food, fireworks, and loads of down home fun this evening and tomorrow. With an impressive 58 shows at this year's Fringe Festival, the best way to plan your viewing is with a 5- or 10-show pass. ByTowne Cinema: The Life of Chuck, Deux feemes en or (Two Women in Gold), Friday the 13th Mayfair Theatre: About Maya, Friendship, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Jason Goes to Hell: the Final Friday Gigs 80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and One Vision (live 80s pop hits). House of TARG Rob & Dee. Options Jazz Lounge at Brookstreet Hotel Fish in a Birdcage, Shayfer James. The 27 Club Bingo Night. Pour Boy Fired Up Fridays. The Laff
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING See what the local producing companies will be bringing to the stage in the latter half of the year at the Shenkman Arts Centre Open House on September 7. No mosquitoes or broken tent zippers here: Whisky Camp is two days of tastings, masterclasses, fireside pours, and "cozy, rustic luxury." Friday September 26 to Sunday September 28 at DEV Hotel & Conference Centre in Cornwall.
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