Peter Hum
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Dining Out: Below Harmons Steakhouse, its casual sibling Abby's Wine Bar gets upscale snacks and skewers right
The three-month-old wine bar on Elgin bar opens premium bottles and serves modest but still special meaty treats and bites. → Read More
"Playing music is what makes me feel right with the universe" — the Avi Granite interview
The New York-based guitarist begins a tour that will bring his freewheeling sextet to Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto and Ottawa. → Read More
Dining In: Peter Hum tries three Ottawa eateries specializing in tantalizing, hefty arepas
These massive sandwiches available in downtown Ottawa, Vanier and Orleans do Venezuela and Colombia proud. → Read More
Dining In: Tucked away in a Barrhaven strip mall, Ayini brings the South Asian heat
Despite its glut of franchise eateries and fast-food joints, Barrhaven has become a bit more diverse and spice-positive. → Read More
'We saw a path and never wavered'— Ottawa chef Briana Kim on winning the Canadian Culinary Championship
'We saw a path and never wavered.' In a Q&A, the self-taught chef talks about her win, her food, and what lies ahead. → Read More
Ottawa chef Briana Kim wins the 2023 Canadian Culinary Championship at the Shaw Centre
The champion, chef-owner of Alice restaurant on Adeline Street, makes highly inventive and technically formidable plant-based dishes. → Read More
Some Ottawans are desperately trying to put SoPa on the map. Others question the point.
Party-poopers notwithstanding, a launch event is to happen Wednesday night at Queen St. Fare → Read More
Dining Out: Cocktails outshone food at Speakeasy Tapas Lounge
It's hard to find any mention of speakeasies serving tapas back in the day. However, for a new tenant in the ByWard Market, that's the concept. → Read More
The restaurant that introduced sushi to Ottawa is closing; a sad ending in the success stories of two immigrants
Masanori Arai was 19 years old when he picked up the magazine that would inspire him to move to the other side of the world and then spend the rest of his life in Ottawa. → Read More
C'est Japon à Suisha, which pioneered sushi in Ottawa, announces it will close in July
After nearly five decades of serving Ottawa sushi-lovers, C'est Japon à Suisha is to close July 1. → Read More
'The ironworkers are like superheroes...They're fearless' Sky Dancers tells the story of 1907 bridge disaster
When the first iteration of Sky Dancers was presented soon after, it was only 15 minutes and three scenes long and it involved just a few dancers. "It started really tiny, like a seed," Diabo says. Diabo enlarged her work over several years, thanks to grants such as the $120,000 she received from the NAC's National Creation Fund, which since 2018 has provided about $3 million annually to support… → Read More
Dining Out: Long drive to Tuk Tuk Thai Cuisine yields hits, misses and interesting finds
Some lesser-known dishes and items featuring duck lured the Citizen's restaurant critic to Ottawa's southeast end. → Read More
Today's letters: Shortage of family doctors prompts panic
"We already have a two-tier system: those who have a family doctor and those who do not." Letters@ottawacitizen.com → Read More
A bittersweet first 'Canadian Christmas' for Ukrainian newcomers
In the midst of a war back home, Ukrainian families find some joy in their first Christmas in Ottawa. → Read More
Remember Ottawa's beatnik era? Hippie era? Swing era? Rob Frayne’s Ottawa Suite brings audiences back in time
The production celebrates Ottawa's legendary live music venues of yore, before the "city that fun forgot" nickname was born → Read More
Deluge rains out New Year's Eve lightshow on Parliament Hill
The multimedia light show that was to have lit up Parliament Hill on New Year’s Eve has been rained out, according to a federal government → Read More
Many Ottawa restaurants struggled in 2022. Next year could be worse.
Several high-profile restaurants shut down amid waves of COVID-19, ongoing staffing shortages, skyrocketing food costs and inflation. → Read More
Homicide: Ottawa-Gatineau region saw 18 murders in 2022, three more than 2021
The tally of Ottawa-Gatineau’s homicides crept up slightly from 15 in 2021 to 18 last year, with stabbings and second-degree murder charges dominating. → Read More
The Ottawa Citizen's Best Bites of 2022
But first, a few caveats. My selections are not the absolute tops in Ottawa in their categories, but they are drawn from the several dozen eateries I visited this year. Second, the dishes, as good as they were, are not full-on endorsements of the restaurants that made them. Finally, some seasonal or even momentary items left menus long ago. → Read More
The 10 best Canadian jazz albums of 2022, from hard-swinging to hyper-rhythmic to heart-melting
It’s been another strong and diverse year for made-in-Canadian jazz recordings, with massive talents from Newfoundland to Vancouver chipping in must-listen… → Read More