Food odyssey of Ottawa
Discover Ottawa’s cosmopolitan delicatessens and gourmet food stores, tasting the many world influences on Canadian cuisine.
- Theme
- Food & Drink
- Location
- Centretown, Ottawa
- Duration
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- Designer
- Barry Pickard
Experience
Route
Herb & Spice Shop
The Herb & Spice Shop is an independent, locally owned health & natural food store which has been serving Ottawa for over 30 years.
Athena Gourmet Greek Imports
Athena Gourmet Greek Imports is an importer and fine food emporium specializing in premium, rare, limited-production Greek products.
Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake (Elgin Street)
Uncle Tetsu creates light and fluffy, creamy yet mellow Japanese cheesecakes.
Meow Tea
Meow Tea merges oriental tea culture with the western coffee and pastry culture.
Sconewitch
Sconewitch serve a variety of sweet and savory scones complemented by local ingredients.
La Bottega Nicastro
La Bottega Nicastro serves gourmet Italian treats for cooking, eating and entertaining.
BeaverTails (Byward Market)
Iconic Canadian fried pastries with decadent toppings, as well as snacks like poutine, fries, hot dogs, and ice cream.
Continental Delicatessen
Continental Delicatessen specializes in stocking imported foods from Poland and Eastern Europe, including smoked cold cuts, sausages, hams and cheese.
The Chateau Lafayette House
The Chateau Lafayette sells a variety of locally brewed beers from the Ottawa area, and have a simple, but delicious, well-priced food menu and live entertainment.
Practicalities
- Arrive hungry and make sure to bring a bag for all the treats that you will end up buying
About
This route was designed by Barry Pickard in collaboration with Uptaste.
Barry Pickard
Specialising in European and North American destinations, as well as a number of other countries around the world, I have designed self-guided tours for city based visits; multi-stop road trips; family, group and couples vacations; as well as themed excursions. Experienced in designing walking tours, driving tours and robotaxi experiences. A history graduate, with a great eye for detail, my passion for travel and research has found its apogee in designing fun, interesting and thoughtful trips
Uptaste
What is Uptaste? We’re something like a travel agency business (although we don’t sell flights or hotels). Instead, we specialise in finding the right place to eat, wherever and whenever you are, using location intelligence combined with expert and community curation. Uptaste destinations will rarely be restaurants; they’ll be shops, they’ll be street traders, they’ll be local markets, or some other easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget place.