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When Caprese Ristorante Italiano, Ottawa’s first completely gluten-free restaurant, opened last year, Chef Lino Marchi had a hard time finding
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John* is a 28-year-old bartender working in Ottawa, Ontario. He has worked for six years in the industry in two
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In Ontario, when you want to buy a bottle of wine for your dinner party, you only have one option.
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In a residential area just past the South Keys shopping center in Ottawa’s south end, is a quaint, two storey,
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It’s crawling through the city of Ottawa, and spreading at an alarming rate. The pub crawl—a half-day drinking event where
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For centuries alcohol has played a prominent role in social events. Arguably, the bottle holds its most iconic status in
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