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The three-month-old wine bar on Elgin bar opens premium bottles and serves modest but still special meaty treats and bites.

Restaurant critic Peter Hum writes about a new push-pin for your Korean chicken map of Ottawa.

'This restaurant has been top-tier since it opened in 1993, even as it has evolved,' writes restaurant critic Peter Hum

Restaurant critic Peter Hum gives us the good, better and best rundown of the casual eatery on Bank Street

Familiar dishes done very well explain the success of many a restaurant. That formula applies to Gia.

Chefs have gone and come but Bar Lupulus remains a top-tier gastropub that should be on the radar of foodies in Ottawa and beyond.

'Surprised by Jinsei's ramen expertise right out of the gate, I asked its Korean-born owners, Stella Lee and her mother Angela, for an explanation.'

'We would have liked to come down from our Wagyu high with some dessert, but Dalgognae doesn't have any'

At this no-frills eatery, the Mexican food was strikingly authentic, very reasonably priced and, more often than not, wonderfully seasoned

Read all Peter Hum's reviews of Ottawa's top-ranked places do eat, according to the 2023 annual list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants.

After eating incredibly well in Austin, Texas, the Citizen's restaurant critic visited Ottawa eateries, hoping for smoked meats that came close to Lonestar state's finest fare.

After making trips to Wakefield, Stittsville, the City Centre complex and Orleans, the Citizen's restaurant critic crowns his favourite purveyor for ribs, brisket and pulled pork.

The two-month-old eatery has hit the ground running and has already has plans to open two more locations in Ottawa.

The eatery, which bills itself as a "casual fine dine French fusion cuisine restaurant," opened in late March in Lowertown.

For a vendor at Ottawa's farmer markets, this Old Ottawa South restaurant is a bricks-and-mortar offshoot with a dining room.

This new bistro on Preston Street, French or otherwise, has a certain je ne sais quoi to it that makes it worth trying.

Samples ranged from excellent jerk calamari and fine oxtail mac 'n' cheese to rasta pasta with mushy morsels of lobster and truffle fries that were irredeemably soggy.

Dining Out: Below Harmons Steakhouse, its casual sibling Abby's Wine Bar gets upscale snacks and skewers right

Dining In: Seoul Station gives a health-minded makeover to Korean chicken

Dining Out: With a new chef at the helm, Les Fougères extends its winning ways

Dining Out: Centretown restaurant Yi Ryo Pan-Fried Buns excels with specialties from Shanghai

Dining Out: Cantina Gia opened in the Glebe during dining lockdowns. Luckily for pasta-lovers, it survived and is thriving

Dining Out: Bar Lupulus's menu can still leave me thinking, happily, that I've led a sheltered life

Dining Out: Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine in Orléans offers big-flavoured specialties

Dining Out: Little Amsterdam brings Dutch street food to Lowertown

Dining Out: Jinsei Ramen's bowls of Japanese soup rank among Ottawa's best

Dining Out: At Daldongnae Korean BBQ, the Wagyu ribeye was worth it

Dining Out: Aztec Tacos in Vanier wows with cheap, tasty food — especially on Saturdays

Ottawa has eight of Canada’s best restaurants — and the Citizen’s restaurant critic has reviewed them all

Dining Out: Survey of Ottawa's barbecue eateries smokes out some beefy favourites

The Great Ottawa BBQ Quest: Peter Hum continues to search for the meatiest, smokiest, tastiest barbecue

Dining Out: Turkish Kebab House an instant hit for carnivores in Kanata North

Dining Out: Ratatouille Bistro flubbed its fare at dinner, found some redemption with breakfast and lunch items

Dining Out: Thai Kitchen serves crowd-pleasing, affordable fare with authentic, complex flavours

Dining Out: Bold Korean flavours abound at K, Let's Eat on Preston Street

Dining Out: Vain In Versailles Bistro serves French-influenced food with flair

Dining Out: Tropikal's modern Caribbean fare was pretty and tasty, but also pretty uneven