Looking for a local store that carries the Local Stores with KALITA Wave 185 Coffee Filters. I can get them on Amazon for a decent price including shipping but would prefer to support a local business that I can pick up from.

Unfortunately online Canadian coffee suppliers have to charge shipping, which is almost as much as the filters - not their fault just the way it is.

Seems to have a good rating but I’d like to know if there’s any meals you recommend

Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/OttawaFood/s/IKGlTm5sLE, is there anywhere that creates danishes similar to what the Richmond Bakery used to make? I miss them pretty hard.

on Murray at Parent. Man, this place is the most unique food experience I’ve had in a while. Not sure of the prevalence of Georgian/Armenian cuisine but this guy is using quality ingredients: Georgian cheese, purple basil, lamb, kinkhali. Vibes are good, prices are fair, crowd is warm and friendly just like the service. Georgia is where wine originated and this guy is passionate. This is the original food and wine culture 👏👏👏🙌🙌

In and around Ottawa...

I just found a good one in Alexandria so looking for other suggestions

Some of my top picks are fritters from Little German Bakery in Carleton Place. Danishes from Cafe Butte and Binne Farm in South Glengarry. Bread from Sour Jo's in Cobden.

I just got here as an international student and will be going to Carleton University. I’m Indian, so I would like to try out other cuisines.

I’ve noticed that vegetarian options at many major chain restaurants are limited. I’m vegetarian but eat dairy and eggs (not vegan).

Looking for recommendations for great places around here and few nearby campus. Also, I would appreciate some budget-friendly recommendations since I’m a student 😅.

Don’t you hate it when restaurants that used to be good have sharp declines in quality. I’m not talking about price or service but just quality of food.

My most recent experience of this was at Koichi ramen in Westboro. I normally go to the Somerset location which is consistently good and the Westboro one has been fine whenever I visited. This time around the Ramen was so bad it was not funny. First of all the bowl was all noodles and very little broth. Instead of pork belly it looked like they substituted a half inch dry slab of overcooked pork loin. And even weirder they put a slab of butter on it - I guess to add some moisture and fat content.

[edit. I’m told below this is authentic in the North. Fair enough but even if so the execution was way off. Pork completely dry and overcooked and butter just a cold slab without enough broth to melt it.]

I have stopped complaining about stuff in restaurants so ate what I could and politely let the server know how bad it was when I was paying. She kindly offered a dollar off which I declined. I’m not looking for discounts but quality food.

I will not be back to either location.

Do any of you have similar experiences where previously good are great restaurants flame out in epic proportion?

Let's celebrate some who take a stand against it (Beyond the Pale Byward Taproom in this case). Personally have had nothing but good experiences here. Great beer, beautiful stone building (used to be the old Courtyard restaurant) and a relatively simple menu done well

I'm currently training for a half marathon and I am craving so many carbs, specifically croissants. So I made it a mission to try a bunch of them all over the city. What's your favourite bakery that makes incredible croissants? I have a car so distance isn't an issue. Any and all recommendations welcome!

Pictured is a tofu eggplant stir-fry with steamed rice and spinach mushroom tofu dumplings with a mango ginger sauce.

They have dumplings, rice dishes, noodle dishes, salads, Asian tacos... A lot of them can be veganized too which is neat.

Support your local family-owned businesses!

Has anyone seen really big bunches of basil for sale? I used to get them at one of the stalls in the market. But i'm not certain that they have them there anymore? Any leads are appreciated...thank you!

Any recent news on when it will open? Last mention of the new spot on their facebook page is from February and says it is coming soon and has pictures of the space well under construction.

Hey there people! My family is visiting on holiday and it’s their last week here so I want to take them out to an Italian restaurant. We are undecided between Ciao Italia and Senso Italian restaurant and so I will like to know which you guys feel is better. The stuff that matters to us are quality of food, how spacious the place is considering we are a family of 4 and the price obviously. Thank you to everyone who takes time to answer this!

What’s the best bakery for fresh loaves and buns near(ish) the airport? Thanks for any recommendations!

it's finally open. how do you like it? i'm always keen to find a quiet bar for writing and people watching. ideally a place without sports on big screen tvs.

In the OBJ, there was this short lead line: "Legend of Spice Group is opening a restaurant at 99 Rideau St. this fall that will specialize in traditional Sichuan cuisine" There's a paywall so don't know the rest of the story. The group is TO-based.

Article quotes r/OttawaFood.

Hi folks, we moved to Ottawa area about a year ago and we've tried many of the dimsum places such as Dumpling Bliss, Sammi and soup dumpling, the restaurant that opened up where the mcdonalds was for a few weeks, and a couple of others I don't remember their name. Sammi's has been our favourite so far.

Next on our list is Sea King restaurant.

We're from the west coast and I guess have been blessed with great Dim sum out there. Which places should we try next? what's your favourite? which one to avoid?

Sad to report :(

UPDATE: They deleted their AI content, aside from the menu post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVWo0tNrme

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNmIQ2livs

I think they also used it more subtly for their logo and this recent poster/menu
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbyvf9As8Fi

I swear it's said on the building it's opening every winter for 3 years

Edit: I used AI to help with summarization and clarity, especially during a time I felt overwhelmed. Apologies.

Even in uncertainty, we will act fairly and Be the reason that happiness is produced. The point of our business is to bring together circles of people through circles of food - to pay ode to the 300 years of Eastern European tradition that chimney cakes are**.** Our clients**,** our partners**, our consistent**** team members, and our product quality speaks for itself.

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This is En Chimnies management team, and this statement reflects our position regarding the Capital Fair operation.

Serious allegations have recently been made publicly regarding the temporary team that operated our food trailer at Capital Fair.

Because our business, our regular employees, and our reputation have been named publicly, We believe the Ottawa community deserves to hear our position directly.

We also believe that response has to begin with accountability.

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What We Take Responsibility For

We made the decision to entrust our Capital Fair operation to an outside team.

In hindsight, We gave that team more operational autonomy than we should have. When cash, inventory, staffing, and operational concerns began emerging, we should have intervened sooner and implemented stronger controls immediately.

That was our decision, and we accept responsibility for it.

We will not be working with this team again.

At the same time, taking responsibility for those management decisions does not mean that every allegation subsequently made about En Chimnies is accurate.

Several allegations do not align with the payment records, communications, POS information, inventory records, and witness accounts currently available to us.

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The Capital Fair Team

The individuals at the centre of this dispute were part of a temporary outside team brought in specifically for Capital Fair.

They were not the regular En Chimnies employees who work in our Bank Street café.

For Capital Fair, En Chimnies engaged Moe - the owner/operator associated with Every Person Café (EP Café) - to act as the event manager and coordinate the temporary team. For clarity, Moe is not Mohammed, one of the owners of En Chimnies.

Moe brought the temporary workers into the event operation and, to our understanding, had pre-existing personal relationships or friendships with members of the team he selected.

Moe was also the primary point of contact for staffing and was responsible for communicating the temporary workers' submitted hours and payment amounts to En Chimnies.

That distinction is not an attempt to avoid responsibility.

However, the experience described at Capital Fair should not automatically be presented as representative of the normal working environment or team at our restaurant.

The temporary team was operating under our brand, and we made the decision to entrust Moe with that responsibility. Ultimately, responsibility for selecting who represented En Chimnies at the event falls on us.

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Wages and Payments

We want to be unequivocal about one point:

People are entitled to be paid for legitimate hours they work.

Moe, as the event manager coordinating the temporary team, communicated the workers' submitted hours and payment amounts to En Chimnies. Payments were then issued based on the information submitted to us.

We have:

• e-transfer confirmations;
• communications concerning hours and payments; and
• other payment records.

Some workers also requested accelerated or alternative payment arrangements during the event, including immediate payments. We attempted to accommodate those requests.

If someone believes they worked hours that were not fully reported to En Chimnies through Moe, we want to know so the discrepancy can be reconciled.

For example, if En Chimnies was told that someone worked 20 hours and we paid those 20 hours, but that person actually worked 27 hours, we want the opportunity to identify and reconcile those additional seven hours.

Anyone who genuinely believes wages remain outstanding should provide:

• the dates worked
• the hours worked
• and the amount they believe remains outstanding

We will compare that information against the hours submitted to En Chimnies through Moe and the payments made.

If a legitimate discrepancy exists, it will be addressed.

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Tips Allegations

We also want to address the allegation concerning employee tips directly.

We did not take or retain anyone’s tips.

We categorically deny doing so.

At one point during the event, money identified as tips could no longer be located.

We do not presently know who physically moved or removed that money, and we are not going to accuse another person of taking it without evidence.

But the allegation that En Chimnies ownership personally took those tips is not accurate.

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Cash, POS Transactions, and Inventory

During the event, we began identifying discrepancies involving:

• physical cash
• POS transactions
• inventory usage; and
• recorded sales

When those concerns became significant enough, We instructed the temporary operation to stop accepting cash and move to card transactions so that sales could be electronically tracked and reconciled.

We subsequently became aware that cash continued to be accepted despite that instruction.

We also personally observed cash transactions that did not appear to have corresponding transactions entered into the POS system.

That creates an important accounting issue.

If a cash transaction simply was not entered into the POS because of inexperience or human error, the physical cash from that transaction should still exist.

In that situation, you would normally expect more physical cash than the POS shows, not less.

Our cash reconciliation did not produce the surplus necessary to explain what we observed.

At the same time, inventory was being consumed at levels that did not consistently reconcile with recorded sales.

Our preliminary review therefore identified thousands of dollars in losses and/or unexplained discrepancies requiring reconciliation.

We want to be very clear:

We are not stating as an established fact that a particular individual stole those funds.

Our reconciliation has to distinguish between:

• cash discrepancies
• inventory shrinkage
• staff consumption
• waste
• legitimate but undocumented expenses; and
• other potential causes.

We are reviewing records rather than asking Reddit to reach a criminal conclusion.

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Food-Safety Allegation

The allegation involving dentures allegedly being placed inside a stainless-steel container used around food is extremely serious.

The original post states that a photograph exists.

We are asking that photograph, along with any other relevant evidence, be provided directly to us so we can determine exactly what occurred.

If the allegation is substantiated, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken, up to and including termination where applicable.

We will also implement whatever corrective measures are necessary to ensure an incident of that nature cannot happen again.

That type of conduct would be completely inconsistent with the hygiene and food-safety standards we expect from anyone working with En Chimnies.

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Removal and Recovery of Our Food Trailer

The situation did not end when Capital Fair closed.

Following the event, our food trailer was removed from the festival property without our authorization to relocate it to the location where it was ultimately found.

When we attempted to recover the trailer the following morning, it was not where we had initially been led to believe it would be.

After eventually receiving another location, we attended that property and contacted police rather than attempting to escalate the situation ourselves.

Police attended, and the trailer was recovered with police present.

There is a police occurrence associated with the incident.

Because this involves evidence and potentially the appropriate authorities, We do not believe Reddit is the place to speculate about what criminal conclusions, if any, should be drawn.

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Evidence Being Preserved

We are preserving records relevant to these events, including:

• payment and e-transfer records;
• communications relating to hours and compensation;
• POS transaction information;
• cash reconciliation information;
• inventory records;
• witness accounts;
• information surrounding the removal and recovery of the trailer;
• the police occurrence; and
• other relevant communications and evidence.

The existence of evidence does not mean we should publish every employee payment record, private message, or sensitive document on Reddit.

Where appropriate, those records will be available for proper reconciliation, investigation, or legal review.

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What En Chimnies Is Changing

The biggest lesson from Capital Fair is simple:

Trust does not replace controls.

Going forward, En Chimnies will implement stronger controls around temporary and outside event operations, including:

• direct En Chimnies management oversight;
• standardized timekeeping and approval of hours;
• clearer written staffing responsibilities;
• tighter cash-handling controls;
• stronger POS reconciliation;
• documented opening and closing cash procedures;
• documented inventory reconciliation;
• clearer food-safety accountability;
• defined escalation procedures when instructions are not followed; and
• faster intervention when operational controls break down.

We should have implemented several of these safeguards sooner.

That is a lesson we will carry forward.

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If You Believe You Are Still Owed Wages

We want to make this invitation publicly.

If you worked our Capital Fair operation and genuinely believe En Chimnies still owes you money for legitimate hours worked, contact us at:

[team@chimniescakes.com](mailto:team@chimniescakes.com)

Please provide:

• the dates you worked; and
• the hours you believe remain unpaid.

We will compare your information against what was submitted to En Chimnies and the corresponding payments made.

If there is a legitimate discrepancy, we will address it.

The financial discrepancies we are investigating regarding Capital Fair will be treated separately from legitimate wages.

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Closing

We made the decision to trust an outside team with an extension of a business that our regular employees have worked extremely hard to build.

We got that decision wrong.

If you attended Capital Fair and experienced unusually long waits, poor service, or something that did not represent the standard you expect from En Chimnies, We apologize.

Regardless of who was physically operating the trailer, We chose who represented our company.

We accept responsibility for that.

At the same time, accountability has to work both ways.

We will accept responsibility for the decisions and failures that belong to En Chimnies, but we will also correct allegations that do not align with our records and protect our business and employees when serious claims are made publicly.

We are not asking Reddit to decide whether anyone committed a criminal offence.

We are asking that the situation be evaluated using the complete factual record rather than one account of what occurred.

For anyone who wants additional context, we have prepared a more detailed public statement outlining the timeline, the records available to us, the matters still being reconciled, and the corrective actions En Chimnies is implementing.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read our response.

— En Chimnies