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Thanks from the Sunnyside Library to the Green Dreamers THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice 613.241.1010 Year 46, No. 6 June 2018 Thanks from the Sunnyside Library to the Green Dreamers Green Dreamers at the Sunnyside Branch of the Public Library to celebrate National Volunteer Week. From left to right are: librarian Kelly Sirett and Green Dreamers Winnie Pietrykowski, Brian Ure, Martha Wiebe, Christine & Mike Bradley, Barbara Dempsey, Nora McKnight, and Joan Foster-Jones. For the story see page 7. COMMUNITY CALENDAR @ BREWER PARK Friday, June 1, 19:00 - 22:00 The Butterfly Run Film Night, Sunnyside 0 brate 4 Wesleyan ARto cele Trk nue r Pa e conti t Brewe Saturday, June 2, 10:00 Capital Ward Bike, Walk & Roll Along the CA as w 8 ART a Join OS ur 201 Rideau River, Windsor Park Tennis Courts with o vent! years e dors, Saturday, June 2, 19:30 Ewashko Singers ‘Spring Romance’, es, Ven halleng Southminster United e Art C c, Liv ORE! Wednesday, June 6, 12:00 Doors Open for Music (DOMS): Bach ve Musi and M Li Violin Sonatas, Southminster United SUNDAY,JUNE 17 2018 Friday, June 8, 19:30 Master Piano Recital Series: Eric Lu, Brewer park Southminster United 9AM-3PM Saturday, June 9 to Sunday Spring Give Away Weekend (set it out June 10 marked as ‘FREE’ ) Free admission Wednesday, June 13, 12:00 DOMS: Parallel Journeys, Southminster OLDOTTAWASOUTH.CA @OLDOTTSOUTH United Saturday, June 16, 8:00- ‘The Main Event’ Community Garage Sale 14:00 & Celebration, Main Street Saturday, June 16, 13:00- Belmont Paddlefest, Windsor Park Dock 15:00 Saturday, June 16 16:30 Music at Trinity: A Tribute to Benny Goodman, Trinity Anglican Sunday, June 17, 9:00-15:00 OSCA Art at Brewer Park Wednesday, June 20, 12:00 DOMS: Bountiful B’s, Southminster United Sunday, June 24 Community Kicks Recreational Soccer Tournament, Brewer Park Yoga and Fitness classes to enjoy all summer! Wednesday, June 27, 12:00 DOMS: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Southminster United To see the latest listings, go to the online calendar at www.oldottawasouth.ca Page 2 The OSCAR l June 2018 BUSINESS BEAT The 40-Year-Old Business Beat By Erik van der Torre to see businesses featured that are still there (or only recently relocated). As you may have noticed from Stores like Hillary’s Cleaners, C.A. several special events and recent Paradis, Patty’s Pub (originally in the retrospective articles in the OSCAR, location that is now Quinn’s), and this year marks the 40th anniversary Roy Barber (now moved south along of the Firehall as OSCA’s community Bank Street) were already staples centre. For this month’s Business along Bank Street 40 years ago and Beat, I thought it would be fun to regular advertisers in the OSCAR. dive into the newly digitized OSCAR archive and check out what was Business Association happening in the OOS business I can highly recommend browsing community in 1978. through the OSCAR archives. It’s a lot of fun to see what sort of things A History of Bank Street Business The Eldorado Streak House at 1069 Bank Street in1978. Taken from the restau- were topical in OOS back in the day. through OSCAR Ads rant’s ad in the February 1978 OSCAR. One thing I found fascinating is how One of the fun things about FROM THE OSCAR ARCHIVE similar the issues and themes of 40 digging through some old OSCAR years ago were to those right now. was seeing all the business names Haddad, who promised “fine special also used to be one just a block Several of the 1978 OSCARs have in the advertisements. And luckily meats” and “superb pastry.” further north of there. articles that talk about a community for me, almost all the ads included Bank Street also had more clothing There are not too many ads for plan to look at new development an address, making it quite easy to and apparel stores than we do now, restaurants that I could find, but and the height new development match up current store locations with with Starbucks being the home of where Ten Fish Sushi is now was should be allowed to have. There what was there 40 years ago. Sager’s Shoe Store, the Garden of once home to Interlude Cafe. One is a plea to “buy local” to prevent One of the first things that struck Light location housed Rudolph’s of my favourite ads that I found was local businesses from disappearing. me as I was going through the Custom Clothing (!), and where for Eldorado Steak House, which And throughout 1978, the business ads, was how many food related Massage Addict is now was once was located along the stretch where community was busy setting up a businesses were located along Bank Tallmire’s Ladies Wear. Panago Pizza is now. According Business Association. In the May Street in 1978. Art’s Market was One of the most surprising to a full-page ad in the February OSCAR, the business community in the space that is now Cedars. businesses on the list has to be 1978 OSCAR, Eldorado reopened invited OOS residents to name the The Giant Bike Store used to be Lansdowne Esso, which was located after an extensive renovation: shopping district for the newly Len’s Meat & Groceries, Majestic where Siam Kitchen is now. I knew “Ottawa South’s family restaurant formed association, with the promise Laundromat was Sunflower Bulk that there used to be a gas station has undergone a face-lift. As can of a $150 cash prize for the winner Natural Foods, and where Anna on the NW corner of Bank and be seen from the photograph, the (that’s 18 Filet Mignon dinners at Belanger is now was home to Sunnyside, but I had no idea there ELDORADO has been transformed Eldorado!). with an interesting blend of In the October OSCAR, it was Mediterranean and Western styles announced that the shopping district that will reflect the bill-of-fare will be called “Bank Between the where steaks and Italian cuisine are Bridges”, and that Stuart Heibein was specialties. Nor are all the changes the winner of the $150. After reading on the outside: interior renovations a first draft of this article, Brendan have enlarged the dining area McCoy - OSCAR editor - informed making it even more comfortable me that the business association and enjoyable. Check it out for ceased to exist after the most recent yourself - tell them OSCAR sent failed attempt to form a formal BIA. you!” And back in the day you could Having met several of the Bank get a charcoal broiled Filet Mignon Street business owners over the past steak dinner for $8.25. I kinda wish few years, it seems that the timing they had somehow managed to stick might be almost right for history to around till now. repeat itself, and for local business I was also interested to find that owners to (re-)unite and form a Bank Street used to have an aquarium business association. Stay tuned. store. Sea Urchin Aquarium was located where Roost & Grills is now. Hopewell Avenue PS Play As interesting as it was to find how Structure Fundraising different Bank Street must have been One last thing that struck me while in 1978, I found it just as interesting reading the 1978 OSCARS was that Hopewell Avenue Public School was fundraising for a playground structure. As someone who was heavily involved in the recent fundraising campaign to update the Hopewell Ave PS primary yard, it was interesting to see that this too appears to be cyclical. Happy Goat Coffee Co. To conclude, some current business news: by the time this OSCAR is published work might already be well underway on the newest Happy Goat Coffee Co. location at the corner of Bank & Sunnyside (in the old Antipazzo location). At the Continued on pg. 3 The OSCAR l June 2018 Page 3 NEWS Chez Anh Jim Watson Campaign Office more Canadian than Viet- namese, but this foodie is is at 1101 Bank St. passionate about bringing the wonders of his mother’s Vietnamese kitchen to his Canadian neighbours. An indication of early success came when he was offered a concession at Car- leton University. He seized it, and instantly doubled his workload and risk level. So, now with two locations, Anh Nguyen in front of his restaurant Chez Anh on Sunnyside his mom has come in from Avenue at Seneca. PHOTO BY BRUCE GRANT time to time to lend support. When I see her in the shop, By Bruce Grant ing and adjusting to find I know I am being served by his niche in a very crowded Anh’s maestra and it’s going to be good. The young man in the pic- market. The restaurant is re- ture is a foodie. Big-time. cently re-opened after a brief Meet Anh Nguyen, owner, closure to improve the space Bruce Grant, retired manager, cook, waiter and and create a new menu. engineer, occasional writer dish-washer at Chez Anh on Anh came from Vietnam and layabout, is a resident of Sunnyside Avenue at Seneca. to Canada with his family Old Ottawa South when he’s He is one year into this, his when he was just three years not travelling. first enterprise, still tweak- old. Now at twenty-six, he’s Jim Watson is back in his old neighbourhood of Old Ottawa Opinions are my own. If you know South! A 17-year resident of Old Ottawa South, he will be Continued from pg.
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