a week in Ottawa

the seven can't-miss dinners

  1. Sunday

    Riviera

    Begin in a grand nineteenth-century bank on Sparks Street, where towering ceilings, a long brass bar and handmade pasta make the city's most dramatic room.

    Riviera
  2. Monday

    Supply & Demand

    A Wellington West room built around oysters, crudo and fresh pasta, and the best argument in Ottawa for going out on a Monday.

    Supply & Demand
  3. Tuesday

    Raphaël

    Chef Lizardo Becerra, formerly of Lima's Central, brings bright ceviche and pisco sours to Elgin Street. The most transporting dinner in the city.

    Raphaël
  4. Wednesday

    Stofa

    Jason Sawision's warm, Nordic-leaning room in Hintonburg, where a three- or five-course table d'hôte follows whatever is best that week.

    Stofa
  5. Thursday

    Gitanes

    Modern French cooking with Canadian ingredients, a serious raw bar and one of the deepest cellars in Ottawa, in an intimate room on Elgin.

    Gitanes
  6. Friday

    Antheia

    Canadian Culinary Champion Briana Kim's fermentation lab and twelve-seat tasting bar, with a menu built on house misos, garums and shoyus, unlike anything else in the country.

    Antheia
  7. Saturday

    Atelier

    End with Canadian Culinary Champion Marc Lepine's long, playful tasting menu, the restaurant that has defined ambitious cooking in Ottawa for well over a decade.

    Atelier