The ongoing cycle of Ottawa restaurants closing only to be quickly replaced by new eateries was in full swing in 2025, yielding an even more interesting and diverse dining scene for food-lovers to ...

Ottawa chef Raghav Chaudhary of Aiana, shown at the 2024 Canadian Culinary Championship, is one of 13 chefs taking part in the Ottawa Citizen's 2025 best restaurants event on Oct. 6. (Credit: Ashley ...

The Michelin Guide, which handed out stars and kudos Thursday to Quebec restaurants, may well never get around to surveying Ottawa’s dining-out scene. But, if it did, the restaurants below are the ...

There are some cities you return to because they keep calling you back. For me, Ottawa has always been one of those places. I first visited as a teenager on a school trip, and years later, the smell ...

For Masterchef Canada judge and Toronto chef and restaurateur Michael Bonacini, going out to eat isn’t a matter of relishing the best that haute cuisine can offer. “It’s not about fine dining and foie ...

On Elgin Street, Kyoto Yakitori serves skewers of grilled meat, while Takumi BBQ is a grill-it-yourself Chinese eatery on Merivale Road. Yannick LaSalle, who has worked at Les Fougères for more than a ...

When it comes to running a successful restaurant, there’s no secret ingredient behind it but, rather, a recipe that’s deceptively simple, like homemade whipped cream. You need more than just a love of ...