Foodie Friday
Mealshare’s Tonight for Tomorrow will feed kids here and abroad
If you’ve gone out for dinner in Ottawa sometime in the past two years, you’ve probably seen the Mealshare symbol on a menu. The Canadian charity operates in seven cities with a mission to end child hunger.
Amos the Transparent releases anniversary beer with Big Rig
Local band Amos the Transparent is celebrating a decade as a band by releasing a new album: Anniversaries. Ten years as a band is an impressive feat, one that deserves a befitting celebration – like getting their own beer. The band is teaming up with Big Rig Brewery to release Amos Anniversaries beer.
Jane’s Walk: Learn to find edible plants in Ottawa
Amber Westfall is an herbalist, forager, and teacher. She offers plant walks and workshops for everyone, and has a young herbalist apprenticeship program for children.
Hidden Harvest named Best Social Enterprise at the 2nd Ottawa Social Impact Awards
Hidden Harvest Ottawa is the winner of the Ottawa Social Impact Awards in the Social Enterprise category. In 2017, with a veritable army of 400 volunteers, they were able to harvest more than 200 trees and rescue more than 6,400 pounds of fresh, local fruit from going to waste.
Ottawa to host The Society of Beer Drinking Ladies’ first local craft beer night for women
The Society of Beer Drinking Ladies is bringing their extremely popular Bevy beer event here to Ottawa on April 14th at the Allsaints Event Space.
Vote with your spoon at Soup Ottawa’s micro-grant dinner event—03.26.18
On Monday March 26, Soup Ottawa will be holding their first event of 2018 at Impact Hub Ottawa where for only $10, you get a bowl of soup and a vote towards your favourite community project.
Ottawa Café Crawl: Little Victories on Bank Street
With the opening of its flagship store, Little Victories looks to become the independent café Ottawans turn to for specialty coffee.
ByWard Vista Social Club brings Havana to the Market
ByWard Vista Social Club continues March 15, 22, and 29, from 7pm to close at Copper Spirits + Sights (325 Dalhousie St) in the Andaz Ottawa Hotel rooftop lounge. No cover.
Even in wintertime, local organic farmers are taking CSA basket orders
Their Summer CSA program runs from June to October, with pick-ups in Hintonburg, Aylmer and on their farm which is about an hour outside Ottawa.
Ottawa Café Crawl: Happy Goat on Elgin
Happy Goat is now serving fresh coffee, Maverick’s donuts, and Sloane tea from its new Golden Triangle location.
Indulging for Special Olympics—fundraiser at Sala San Marco on 03.02.18
Indulge Ottawa is hosting their annual soiree at Sala San Marco on March 2 to raise awareness and funds for Greater Ottawa’s chapter of Special Olympics Ontario.
The ByWard Market Stew Cook-Off crowns its 2018 winners
Congratulations to the winners! That was one heck of a tasty way to spend a chilly Friday afternoon.
Beau’s annual feBREWary numbs the bitter cold of winter
The first beer out of the gate will be Ninho do Corvo, a robust coconut porter designed as a collab with Brazil’s Weird Barrel.
Apt613 is making a series about the food and flavours of Ottawa, starting with ramen
Join us as we check out some of the best ramen Ottawa has to offer. We eat, we meet chefs, we have a good time. It’s the pilot episode for a web series on 613TV, our blog’s newly minted YouTube channel.
Carleton Place craft brewery forced to redesign its label after the LCBO pulls Dr. Feelgood IPA from the shelves
The LCBO pulled Dr. Feelgood IPA after accepting a large order of cans and selling Stalwart’s beer for one (!) day.
