Edible Ottawa
The Covid Hustle
Photo by Brendan Burden
For Jeremie Thompson and Andy Bassett, owners of Little Victories Coffee Roasters, reopening after the lockdown meant they could only allow two guests at a time into their Glebe café, grinding the fast-paced business to a halt. They adjusted, adding a shipping container shop behind their building. On Day 1, amongst the colourful graffiti of the quiet courtyard, they had a lineup from 7:30 a.m. onwards.
Emma Campbell and Caroline Murphy, co-owners of the Corner Peach, above, have turned their cosy restaurant into a corner store selling quality essentials...
... a good bottle of wine, fresh-baked bread and other pantry staples — as well as takeout burgers, fries and poutine.
Buchipop's kombucha production facility has added a fullfulment centre for its curated online grocery store, stocked with products from local farmers and makers, such as Top Shelf Preserves, le Coprin mushrooms, Pascale's All Natural Ice Cream and Against the Grain, for pickup or delivery.
Erin Clatney, owner of DISH Catering + Events and Parlour x Dish in Wellington West, has plans to keep customers warm and satiated onthe patio, through colder months — think heaters, warm blankets and hot cocoa.
North & Navy received a quicker-than-usual approval to turn the courtyard beside its building into perhaps the city's best looking outdoor patio.
The "road openings," as Councillor Catherine McKenney likes to refer to the closure of roads to vehicle traffic in Somerset Ward, have allowed restaurants to extend their dining space to the street, creating a vibrant and safe dining space.
