Guidebook for Ottawa

Jess & Joel
Guidebook for Ottawa

Arts & Culture

This is a funky board game cafe. They have hundreds if not thousands of games. Also, this is where you can pickup a Right Bike - Bike share. They're about $5 a day. A great way to get around the city.
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Monopolatte
640 Somerset St W
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This is a funky board game cafe. They have hundreds if not thousands of games. Also, this is where you can pickup a Right Bike - Bike share. They're about $5 a day. A great way to get around the city.
Local theater just a few blocks away. We've been once and keep meaning to go back.
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The Gladstone Theatre
910 Gladstone Ave
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Local theater just a few blocks away. We've been once and keep meaning to go back.
Comedy Club. Have been a few times and enjoyed it very much.
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Absolute Comedy Ottawa
412 Preston St
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Comedy Club. Have been a few times and enjoyed it very much.

Everything Else

Rock Climbing gym. Some guests of ours recently discovered that if you go after 9pm (they're open til midnight), they charge only $6 admission and $3 for shoes. Walking distance from our house.
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Vertical Reality
161 Middle St
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Rock Climbing gym. Some guests of ours recently discovered that if you go after 9pm (they're open til midnight), they charge only $6 admission and $3 for shoes. Walking distance from our house.
Pool for lane swimming (25 metre length). Public Swim, hot tub and steam room also available. Gym for weight training or cardio machines. 1 block away from the house.
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Plant Recreation Centre
930 Somerset St W
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Pool for lane swimming (25 metre length). Public Swim, hot tub and steam room also available. Gym for weight training or cardio machines. 1 block away from the house.

Shopping

Yarn. If it's your thing, then you should go here. If the first word left you cold, don't worry about it.
Wabi-Sabi
1078 Wellington St. W
Yarn. If it's your thing, then you should go here. If the first word left you cold, don't worry about it.
We buy all our soaps here. Worth a visit just to give your nose a day out on the town. So many interesting soaps with so many interesting smells.
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Purple Urchin
1094 Bank St
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We buy all our soaps here. Worth a visit just to give your nose a day out on the town. So many interesting soaps with so many interesting smells.

Sightseeing

Want to just take a walk? Walk down Preston Street until you get to Dow's lake, go right, then you're in the Arboretum. Just a lovely place to walk is all.
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Dominion Arboretum
Arboretum
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Want to just take a walk? Walk down Preston Street until you get to Dow's lake, go right, then you're in the Arboretum. Just a lovely place to walk is all.
In summer you can rent kayaks and canoes and paddle up and down the Rideau Canal. In winter, this is where you would rent skates for your 7 km skate.
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Dows Lake
1001 Queen Elizabeth Driveway
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In summer you can rent kayaks and canoes and paddle up and down the Rideau Canal. In winter, this is where you would rent skates for your 7 km skate.
Love the building they've restored and love to visit their art. Make it part of your visit to Art-Is-In Bakery for croissants. Recently learned that it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Orange Art Gallery
290 City Centre Ave
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Love the building they've restored and love to visit their art. Make it part of your visit to Art-Is-In Bakery for croissants. Recently learned that it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Food Scene

Another roastery that is off the beaten path. Worth finding.
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Mainstay Coffee Company
1111a Wellington St. W
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Another roastery that is off the beaten path. Worth finding.
Bacon Maple Glazed Donuts. Enough said.
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SuzyQ Doughnuts
1015 Wellington St. W
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Bacon Maple Glazed Donuts. Enough said.
Great Pub with locally sourced foods and beers. Good food, good art. Try the fries with their own ketchup.
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The Hintonburg Public House
1020 Wellington St. W
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Great Pub with locally sourced foods and beers. Good food, good art. Try the fries with their own ketchup.
Gelato. Need I say more?
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Pasticceria Gelateria Italiana Ltd
200 Preston St
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Gelato. Need I say more?
Great café. Monday nights are Bluegrass nights... which if I wasn't always working, would attend. Good place for waffles on the weekend.
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Pressed
750 Gladstone Ave
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Great café. Monday nights are Bluegrass nights... which if I wasn't always working, would attend. Good place for waffles on the weekend.
Literally a stone's throw away... well, perhaps my arm isn't that good. A block away, how about that. Nice coffee shop though can be noisy when they're roasting. Good coffee and worth checking out.
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Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
130 Anderson St
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Literally a stone's throw away... well, perhaps my arm isn't that good. A block away, how about that. Nice coffee shop though can be noisy when they're roasting. Good coffee and worth checking out.
Great bakery and wonderful place to go for breakfast... though on a Saturday or Sunday you'll inevitably need to wait in line for a bit. I like the almond croissants.
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Art-Is-In Bakery
250 City Centre Ave
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Great bakery and wonderful place to go for breakfast... though on a Saturday or Sunday you'll inevitably need to wait in line for a bit. I like the almond croissants.

Drinks & Nightlife

A true original. This pub is not to be missed, principally because of it's décor... I can't explain it, you'll just have to check it out. They have beer brewed by actual monks... I appreciate that.
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Pub Italia
434 Preston St
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A true original. This pub is not to be missed, principally because of it's décor... I can't explain it, you'll just have to check it out. They have beer brewed by actual monks... I appreciate that.