ottawa saw no shortage of new restaurants open in the past year or so. however, few were in the category of upscale, creative eateries that the list from enroute, air canada’s in-flight magazine, tends to favour. one prominent trend, throughout the city, but especially in the west of ottawa, has been a proliferation of new indian restaurants .
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birnbaum added that enroute’s editorial team was aware of the citizen’s extensive story on the walkout and the troubled workplace at buvette daphnée . “had the restaurant remained open during production, they would have taken that into further account,” birnbaum said.
on the enroute magazine webpage that unveiled the annual list, it says: “on this year’s search, we island-hopped from charlottetown to victoria, with detours to a farm in the laurentians and a new bastion for bannock in fort langley. from mascarpone-piped lobster éclairs to panko-coated spam pops, these 30+ spots are serving up the most unforgettable meals.”
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in 2023, perch , a small tasting-menu restaurant on preston street, ranked fourth on the enroute top-10 list. riviera on sparks street was seventh on the 2017 list. soif bar à vin in gatineau’s hull sector was 10th in 2015. supply and demand on wellington street west was fourth in 2013, and atelier on rochester street was fourth in 2009.
marc lepine, the chef-owner of atelier and a two-time winner of the canadian culinary championship , is to open a new, 20-seat restaurant called la petite sauterelle , on somerset street west, which is to showcase produce from its year-round, indoor garden.
ottawa chef briana kim , winner of the 2023 canadian culinary championship , closed her acclaimed adeline street restaurant alice earlier this year with the intention of opening a new restaurant called antheia that, like alice, will champion fermentation-focused cuisine.
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