A city council decision on the bid by a developer to demolish a vacant, century-old Centretown building has been postponed until April by the city’s planning committee.
Heritage decision set for spring
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Month: November 2016
A taste of Korea comes to Elgin St.
YeHee Yang serves a fresh basket of spicy Korean fried chicken at The Fry on Elgin Street. Kelsey Curtis, Centretown NewsPeckish? Elgin Street is now home to the Korean fried chicken joint The Fry, a chain restaurant from Toronto that is riding a global wave of interest in the Asian take on the KFC fast-food staple and opened its first Ottawa location in September.
Businesses not keen on fee to park
One of central Ottawa’s main commercial strips will be saying goodbye to free parking if a city recommendation is implemented.
New Starbucks café a Canadian first
Timothy Barretto-Burns, coffee master at Canada's first Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar, uses a siphon brew to make coffee. The priciest drinks cost close to $10 per cup. Heather Botham, Centretown NewsCanada’s first Starbucks reserve coffee bar, offering state-of-the-art coffee at as much as $10 a cup, has opened in the ByWard Market.