Guidebook for Ottawa
Food Scene
Flapjack's gives you a classic Canadian breakfast food experience! Operating out of a food truck with outside patio seating, tucked behind a toy store, this place will pleasantly surprise you with the quality of food, price, and service.
Flapjack's Pancake Shack
809 Bank StFlapjack's gives you a classic Canadian breakfast food experience! Operating out of a food truck with outside patio seating, tucked behind a toy store, this place will pleasantly surprise you with the quality of food, price, and service.
This cafe is a board game lounge that offers access to hundreds of board games for $5. Great lattes, great food, and great people! Conveniently located a 2 min walk from home and licensed to serve alcohol.
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Monopolatte
640 Somerset St WThis cafe is a board game lounge that offers access to hundreds of board games for $5. Great lattes, great food, and great people! Conveniently located a 2 min walk from home and licensed to serve alcohol.
Elgin St. diner is an Ottawa famous 24-hour diner that offers amazing all day breakfast, lunch and dinner. Classic Canadian diner food, this spot has earned it's famous status as it's been serving Ottawa for over 22 years! Additionally, Maclean’s magazine included the Elgin Street Diner in a recent editorial about food that defines Canada :D
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Elgin Street Diner
374 Elgin StElgin St. diner is an Ottawa famous 24-hour diner that offers amazing all day breakfast, lunch and dinner. Classic Canadian diner food, this spot has earned it's famous status as it's been serving Ottawa for over 22 years! Additionally, Maclean’s magazine included the Elgin Street Diner in a recent editorial about food that defines Canada :D
Drinks & Nightlife
This chill college bar is great for those on a budget. With $4 domestic pints and conveniently located a 10 min walk from home you'll find great people, good conversation and cheap beer :D
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Pour Boy - Somerset
495 Somerset St WThis chill college bar is great for those on a budget. With $4 domestic pints and conveniently located a 10 min walk from home you'll find great people, good conversation and cheap beer :D
Barrymore's is one of the oldest venues in Ottawa, a three storey music hall converted to a night club this is one of my favourite places to party! They host amazing shows (EDM, electronic, club style) with famous artists as well as local artists, offer themed nights like 1990s throwback and attract some of the best crowds of young party-going students. Conveniently located a 10 min walk from home and right next to Babylon night club and Cue and Cushion billiards hall you definitely won't regret checking out this spot!
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Barrymore's Music Hall
323 Bank StBarrymore's is one of the oldest venues in Ottawa, a three storey music hall converted to a night club this is one of my favourite places to party! They host amazing shows (EDM, electronic, club style) with famous artists as well as local artists, offer themed nights like 1990s throwback and attract some of the best crowds of young party-going students. Conveniently located a 10 min walk from home and right next to Babylon night club and Cue and Cushion billiards hall you definitely won't regret checking out this spot!
House of Targ is perfect for those hipsters seeking a throwback vibe! It's a pinball bar located in Old Ottawa South near Carleton U. It regularly hosts as a performance venue for the alternative music scene, offers $5 free play nights where all pinball/arcade games are free for a $5 cover at the door and is famous for their one and only food item on the menu; perogies!
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House of TARG
1077 Bank StHouse of Targ is perfect for those hipsters seeking a throwback vibe! It's a pinball bar located in Old Ottawa South near Carleton U. It regularly hosts as a performance venue for the alternative music scene, offers $5 free play nights where all pinball/arcade games are free for a $5 cover at the door and is famous for their one and only food item on the menu; perogies!
Cue and Cush is the ultimate low-key pool hall, just a ten min walk from home. This venue has an awesome chill and relaxed vibe, always a fun atmosphere that attracts a lot of students, you'll feel like you're playing pool in your buddy's basement. $1.50 per game of pool, Foosball, or to spin a track on the jukebox, and is home to some of the best bar staff in town!
Cue'n Cushion Billiards & Bar
319 Bank StCue and Cush is the ultimate low-key pool hall, just a ten min walk from home. This venue has an awesome chill and relaxed vibe, always a fun atmosphere that attracts a lot of students, you'll feel like you're playing pool in your buddy's basement. $1.50 per game of pool, Foosball, or to spin a track on the jukebox, and is home to some of the best bar staff in town!
Sightseeing
A tour of Canada's parliament is a must for international visitors! Behind parliament hill you'll find a stunning view of the lake and the Ontario/Quebec border. Every Wednesday at 12 noon Parliament hill hosts FREE outdoor yoga classes and every night, starting July 9-Sept 10 the "Northern Lights" lazer and light show is projected on to the parliament buildings telling the story of Canada's history.
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Cerro del Parlamento
Wellington StreetA tour of Canada's parliament is a must for international visitors! Behind parliament hill you'll find a stunning view of the lake and the Ontario/Quebec border. Every Wednesday at 12 noon Parliament hill hosts FREE outdoor yoga classes and every night, starting July 9-Sept 10 the "Northern Lights" lazer and light show is projected on to the parliament buildings telling the story of Canada's history.
Parks & Nature
Dows Lake Pavillion is ideal for those looking to enjoy Ottawas famous Rideau Canal. It offers very affordable kayaking, canoeing, and paddle boating by the hour. Additionally it has a restaurant with a gorgeous outdoor patio overlooking the canal.
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Dows Lake
1001 Queen Elizabeth DrivewayDows Lake Pavillion is ideal for those looking to enjoy Ottawas famous Rideau Canal. It offers very affordable kayaking, canoeing, and paddle boating by the hour. Additionally it has a restaurant with a gorgeous outdoor patio overlooking the canal.
Located right next to the transitway bus stop on Slater street only a two min walk from home this community garden is attached to one of Ottawa's famous legal graffiti walls. "Tech Wall" is located at the corner of Bronson and Slater behind/below the garden and also doubles as a dog park. Stop by and appreciate the wonderful work of local graffiti and spray paint artists, play basketball on the courts or play with some friendly dogs. This site is great because it is constantly changing with new art! There's a very likely chance you'll even see some artists at work on the wall.
Nanny Goat Hill Community Garden
565 Laurier Ave WLocated right next to the transitway bus stop on Slater street only a two min walk from home this community garden is attached to one of Ottawa's famous legal graffiti walls. "Tech Wall" is located at the corner of Bronson and Slater behind/below the garden and also doubles as a dog park. Stop by and appreciate the wonderful work of local graffiti and spray paint artists, play basketball on the courts or play with some friendly dogs. This site is great because it is constantly changing with new art! There's a very likely chance you'll even see some artists at work on the wall.
Arts & Culture
In to the alternative/underground scene? Art & hip hop? In to secret cool spots to take amazing photos? In to underground raves that take place under bridges?! If so this spot is the spot for you! It's actually located underneath the George Dunbar bridge, right on the edge of the canal and is home to Ottawa's first free zone for legal art. If you're lucky enough to visit between Aug 25-28 you can experience one of the coolest underground art festivals there is! Called "The House of Paint," this art and culture festival celebrates Ottawa's grassroots hip hop community with a BBQ, vendors, DJs, local graffiti artists, break-dance competition, and one of the dopest nightlife events; an outdoor rave underneath the bridge!
George Dunbar Bridge
George Dunbar BridgeIn to the alternative/underground scene? Art & hip hop? In to secret cool spots to take amazing photos? In to underground raves that take place under bridges?! If so this spot is the spot for you! It's actually located underneath the George Dunbar bridge, right on the edge of the canal and is home to Ottawa's first free zone for legal art. If you're lucky enough to visit between Aug 25-28 you can experience one of the coolest underground art festivals there is! Called "The House of Paint," this art and culture festival celebrates Ottawa's grassroots hip hop community with a BBQ, vendors, DJs, local graffiti artists, break-dance competition, and one of the dopest nightlife events; an outdoor rave underneath the bridge!
The Canadian War Museum is Canada's national museum of military history. It has permanent and temporary exibits that cover all facets of Canada's military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several hundred years ago to the country's most recent involvement in conflicts. Located just a 6 min drive from home!
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Museo de la Guerra de Canadá
1 Vimy PlThe Canadian War Museum is Canada's national museum of military history. It has permanent and temporary exibits that cover all facets of Canada's military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several hundred years ago to the country's most recent involvement in conflicts. Located just a 6 min drive from home!
The national gallery of Canada is a famous art gallery containing permanent and temporary collections of famous Canadian and international art. Great for couples, families, and children and located right downtown near Parliament hill. Known for it's famous giant spider sculpture out front. It has great family activities and tours, and it's free for children 11 and under and FREE on Thursday evenings from 5pm-8pm.
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National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex DrThe national gallery of Canada is a famous art gallery containing permanent and temporary collections of famous Canadian and international art. Great for couples, families, and children and located right downtown near Parliament hill. Known for it's famous giant spider sculpture out front. It has great family activities and tours, and it's free for children 11 and under and FREE on Thursday evenings from 5pm-8pm.
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum that includes all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing. Located close to home and near Elgin St Diner this museum makes a great tourist destination for families, couples and solo travellers. There's FREE admission to permanent galleries on Thursdays from 5pm-8pm and it's constantly cycling through exciting and fun temporary exhibitions, offers interactive exhibitions and a 3D movie theatre.
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Museo Canadiense de la Naturaleza
240 McLeod StThe Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum that includes all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing. Located close to home and near Elgin St Diner this museum makes a great tourist destination for families, couples and solo travellers. There's FREE admission to permanent galleries on Thursdays from 5pm-8pm and it's constantly cycling through exciting and fun temporary exhibitions, offers interactive exhibitions and a 3D movie theatre.
Essentials
Conveniently located 10 min walk from home on Bank st and Somerset ave, bus access as well.
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Hartman's Your Independent Grocer
296 Bank StConveniently located 10 min walk from home on Bank st and Somerset ave, bus access as well.