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 longtime Ottawa Citizen restaurant critic has been appointed resident chef at 1 Elgin restaurant for the start of the 2026 season. His eight-week stint at the National Arts Centre will begin Jan.

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 ...

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 ...

Leading Ottawa restaurateur Stephen Beckta is to close Play, his 17-year-old restaurant in the ByWard Market, in January. “We ...

Beckta Dining & Wine Bar at 150 Elgin St. Photo by Ashley Fraser for Beckta. As the break from federal and provincial sales taxes on certain items comes to an end this Saturday, two Ottawa ...

While some restaurants around Ottawa are celebrating the GST/HST holiday, they're also hoping customers stick around beyond Christmas to continue taking advantage of the tax break and help curtail ...

OTTAWA COUNTY — Many industries have been affected by the pandemic, but few as strongly as restaurants. According to Kristina Wieghmink, public information officer for the Ottawa County Department of ...