Outdoor patios popped up in front of a few more Elgin Street restaurants this summer with the introduction of a city pilot project, prompting concern from some Centretown residents who say patios take up too much space on the sidewalk. But some of the street’s restaurants see the patios as beneficial to their business. 
Samantha Halyk, Centretown NewsThe City of Ottawa recently approved Town, a restaurant on Elgin Street, for a patio pilot project.
Category: Business
Viewpoint: Controversy over sex shop displays points to larger issue
For stores in pedestrian-heavy neighbourhoods, shop windows are often the first point of contact with consumers. Local sex shops are no different. They need to get people’s attention and no one should be shocked when a sex shop window display represents what inside.
Chinatown uses walking tours to attract business
Hoping to entice more customers to Chinatown, the BIA is working with a local company to create the community’s first-ever “walking” tours.
Veronika Gorlova, Centretown NewsThe Chinatown BIA is in the process of creating the area's first-ever walking tour for tourists. It is hoped the initiative will bring new clientele to the area.
Viewpoint: Novelty coffee shop monopolizes on nostalgia for business
A new Centretown café that uses the quintessential board game night to attract customers provides a sound example of a novelty establishment with an unsustainable business.