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Ottawa’s Best
Farm 2 Table Restaurants The connection between people and food holds a distinct power whereby the consumer possesses an ability to support small providers and boost the local economy. Thanks to Ottawa’s abundance of locally farmed and foraged produce, dairy, wild game and livestock, farm-totable dining options are sprouting up like seedlings throughout our urban cityscape. We’ve rounded up the best restaurants that provide fresh and local farm-2-fork food.
Wilf & Ada’s 510 Bank St
This quaint scratch diner is an homage to the couple who served breakfast and lunch at the Bank Street institution for 21 years before retiring and selling the business in 2013. The mom & pop eatery was given a hefty facelift and today 1335 Wellington St. W. you’ll see tables adorned with jars of homemade marmalade, vinegar Ranked fourth in enRoute magazine’s 2013 list of best bottles of house dressing and mason new Canadian restaurants, this stylish venue in the jars of raw sugar. Featured on the heart of Wellington West hasn’t lost a bit of its mojo Food Network’s program “You Gotta seven years later. Casual and cozy, this spot continues Eat Here” in 2016, the menu is chalk to generate excitement and rave reviews among diners. full of a refined take on the classics It’s hard to pass up an evening that begins with shared and everything is made from scratch oysters on the half shell while enjoying the homemade using fresh, locally-sourced, quality bread and specialty butter that are promptly delivered ingredients whenever possible. Look to the table. The menu, which they change often deto the bottom of the menu and pending on what is available to them from local farmers you’ll find a comprehensive list of and suppliers, is short and sweet with light and vibrant local suppliers and producers. Dig raw bar items, veggie focused starters, rustic pastas in without question knowing that and a couple of rich mains. They have also proudly is made using cagepartnered with Transparent Kitchen, a digital farm-to- Tees Up your Foromelette A New Decade free poultry from Beking’s Farm, table platform, “where you can learn more and connect your sausages come from rare and with the craftsmen and craftswomen who ceaselessly Photography Jesi Cason heritageby breed pigs at Perth Pork help elevate your dining experience with us.”
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Products and your burger is straight from O’Brien Farms, a fourth generation beef producer. Oh and that java topped up at exactly the right moment on repeat? It’s ethically sourced and direct-trade from local roaster Happy Goat Coffee Company. A much loved restaurant in Ottawa, the weekends can certainly get quite busy, and you may see wait times up to an hour. With the option to leave a name and number in order to receive a call or text when your table opens up, enjoy a stroll in the downtown core while you work up an appetite for a top-notch breakfast. Summing it up perfectly, the Food Network claims, “Wilf & Ada’s is certainly one of the cutest breakfast diners this country has to offer.”
