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ByWard Market staples, Canada's 100 Best tables and 48-hour plans for visitors.
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Put Ottawa on the calendar
Winterlude, festivals and markets
New in Ottawa
Real restaurants, current public details and a clear reason each one is on our radar.
Antheia, Ottawa: Briana Kim’s Vegetarian Fermentation Tasting Menu
Vegetarian, Tasting menu · 861 Somerset St. W., 2nd floor, Ottawa, ON K1R 6R6
Why it is on our radar: Antheia is new to Canada's 100 Best 2026: a nine-course vegetarian tasting menu built on fermentation. Price, booking rules and what to expect.
Arlo, Ottawa: Centretown’s Natural-Wine Dining Room
Canadian, Wine bar · 340 Somerset St. W., Ottawa, ON · $$
Why it is on our radar: Arlo in Centretown is No. 77 on Canada's 100 Best 2026: ingredient-focused Canadian cooking and natural wine. Hours, booking and what to order.
Atelier, Ottawa: Marc Lepine’s Seven-Course Modernist Tasting Menu
Modernist, Tasting menu · 540 Rochester St., Ottawa, ON K1S 4M1 · $$$
Why it is on our radar: Atelier is No. 54 on Canada's 100 Best 2026: a $250, seven-course modernist tasting menu. Hours, booking and what to expect, from public sources.
From the ByWard Market to Wellington West
- ByWard Market, Ottawa: A Food Guide
- Canada’s 100 Best 2026: Ottawa’s Three Restaurants on the List
- 48 Hours of Eating in Ottawa: A 2026 Food Guide
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Cuisines
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Your Ottawa weekend
Fri Oct 30 to Sun Nov 1, day by day.
Saturday Oct 31
- Day of the Dead Festival in the ByWard Market, Oct. 31–Nov. 1ByWard Market Square, 55 ByWard Market Square
Sunday Nov 1
- Day of the Dead Festival in the ByWard Market, Oct. 31–Nov. 1ByWard Market Square, 55 ByWard Market Square
- Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Lansdowne Moves Indoors, Nov. 1Horticulture Building, 1525 Princess Patricia Way
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