Hintonburg
Supply & Demand
Modern Pasta · CultSupply & Demand is the Ottawa pasta cult — handmade pasta, a tight kitchen, the bar seats are the best in town. Worth showing up at open if you don't have a reservation. The west-side benchmark.
Local pick: The pasta, full stop — walk in for the bar
Westboro
Pubwells / The Carleton (Westboro)
Pub · PatioThe Westboro Richmond Road pubs are the everyday neighbourhood answer — pub food, real beer, big patios. The Saturday-afternoon-after-the-river move.
Local pick: Pint on the patio in summer
Civic Hospital
Petit Bill's Bistro
French BistroPetit Bill's is the Wellington W French bistro — steak frites, a real wine list, the neighbourhood-grown-up dinner answer. Walk to it from anywhere west.
Local pick: Steak frites, the patio in summer