THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com 613.241.1010 The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice Year 46, No. 10 November 2018 The Company of Adventurers’ Antony and Cleopatra Antony (Abbey Sugars-Keen) and Caesar (Simon Lindsay-Stodart) face off. Standing: Rachel Lowenberg, Neve Sugars-Keen, Sophie Miliner, Paige Roy, Layla Esleben. Read the full story on page 18. PHOTO BY BRUCE DEACHMAN COMMUNITY CALENDAR Fri, Nov. 2, 19:30 Cafe Piaf with Pandora Topp, Southminster Wed, Nov. 7, 12:00 Shine until Tomorrow, Southminster United Wed, Nov. 7, 18:30 - 19:30 Ingenious Talks: The Northern Nomad Tiny at the Firehall Home, Sunnyside Library Branch Thurs, Nov. 8, 18:15 War Stories to Remember, Sunnyside Library Branch Local Artists & Artisans Thurs, Nov.8, 19:00 Writer’s Festival - Rick Mercer’s Final Report, Southminster United Sat, Nov. 10, 9:00-13:00 Southminster United Christmas Bazaar Sat, Nov.10, 9:30-14:00 Frosty’s Fair Christmas Bazaar, Trinity 260 Sunnyside Avenue Anglican Sat, Nov. 10, 10:00 - 14:00 Christmas Craft Fair, May Court Club Sun, Nov. 11, 15:00 Hypatia’s Voice Women’s Choir led by Local Talent Laura Hawley, Trinity Anglican Sun, Nov.11, 16:00 Film Mercy’s Blessing, Mayfair Monday, Nov.12, 19:00 OOS Garden Club - Emily Fraser from Lee Valley Tools, Firehall Wed, Nov.14, 12:00 Lovely Impulsive Youth, Southminster Wed, Nov. 14, 19:30 Caelis Academy and Baroque Consort performs Bach, Southminster United Wed, Nov. 14, 18:30 - 19:30 Children and Online Safety, Sunnyside Library Branch Breakfast Fri, Nov. 16, 19:30 The Poet’s Pilgrimage with Jeanne Amièle, Southminster United with Santa Sat, Nov.17, 16:30 Stephanie Piercey Beames tribute to Montserrat Caballé, Trinity Anglican Wed, Nov. 21, 12:00 Chopin’s Legacy, Southminster United 10:30 am-12:30 pm Sun, Nov. 25, 10:00-16:00 OSCA Christmas Craft Show, Firehall Wed, Nov. 28, 12:00 Songs of War, Southminster United Wed, Nov. 28, 18:30 - 19:30 Science Cafe: Vaccine R and D, Sunnyside Free pancake breakfast for the first 150 people! Library Branch oldottawasouth.ca To see the latest listings, go to the online calendar at www.oldottawasouth.ca Page 2 The OSCAR l November 2018 BUSINESS BEAT Across the Bridge By Erik van der Torre Billings Bridge, they are the only higher-end shoe number of unisex items — like ELKA rain gear. store left within walking distance. This summer they experimented with selling a few We are blessed in OOS for many reasons. And Glebe Trotters’ selection of shoes is excellent, women’s items from some of their favourite brands the stretch of stores and businesses between the both for women and men. What first drew me and given the positive results they plan to do so bridges is definitely one of them. Another huge into the store was the fact that they sell OluKai again in the future. reason for why I love living in OOS so much shoes and flip-flops. Our brief stint in Vancouver is its proximity to other neighbourhoods. Like turned me — like so many others — into a flip Il Nigozio Nicastro the Glebe. I used to walk into the Glebe very flop convert and I was glad to see that a local store Ever since the closure of Serious Cheese, frequently when I still walked my kids to and carried my favourite brand. They also carry trusted Nicastro has been our go-to place for cheeses and from school. And even though the frequency has brands like Clarks, ECCO, On Running, and, of charcuterie. Their selection is really amazing and dropped a bit lately, I still love walking across the course, Blundstones, the unofficial footwear of I love going in there to occasionally try and buy Bank Street Bridge to run errands in the Glebe. OOS. new stuff. In addition to the fantastic cheese and In this month’s Business Beat I would like to deli sections, Nicastro also has great — often local highlight just a few stores that I think make the Readi Set Go — produce, a very good selection of pastas, oils, Glebe a perfect complement to our own stretch of Another store I really like is Readi Set Go. From and vinegars, and a great fresh pasta and antipasti businesses in OOS. humble and cramped beginnings in a small store section. just south of Fifth Avenue, Readi Set Go now has And with the days getting shorter and colder Glebe Trotters two locations in Ottawa, including a bright, large again, I am already looking forward to the great There is no denying that Bank Street in OOS store just south of Third Avenue. As their website selection of specialty raclette cheeses they will does not attract the same amount of foot and indicates: “Readi Set Go has all the gear you need undoubtedly be selling again this fall and winter. destination traffic as the stretch in the Glebe does. — whether you’re travelling across the country, This would explain why some types of stores across town, or just down the street to the park.” don’t seem to do as well in OOS as others. One Beyond a travel accessory store, they also have a example is clothing and accessory stores (a notable huge selection of lunchbox containers and food exception is, of course, The Clothes Secret). And storage items. Pretty much all of our kids’ lunches although the Glebe isn’t necessarily rife with them get sent to school in containers purchased at Readi either, I have to say that Glebe Trotters is one of Set Go. my favourite stores across the bridge. With the closing of Armtrong & Richardson at Thanjai I realize we are quite fortunate with a decent number of restaurants in OOS, including a good number of Asian restaurants. That said, we were pretty keen to try this new South Indian restaurant that someone had recommended to us. And although Thanjai (Third Avenue, just next to the Canada Post) is an Indian restaurant, the food is quite distinct from the other two Indian restaurants in the Glebe, Taj Mahal and Light of India. Thanjai is the sister restaurant of a Montreal restaurant started by South Indian couple Geetha and Kumaresan Muthukrishnan, and offers traditional South Indian fare. One of the signature dishes of this region is the Dosa, a crepe-like pancake made from fermented batter. Thanjai has over 20 different Dosas listed on their menu, as well as a wide range of other choices. Although we’ve only been able to go a couple times so far, Thanjai is an instant favourite and I’m sure we’ll be making the trek PHOTO BY BRENDAN MCCOY across the bridge for lunch or dinner regularly in the future. Starbucks No, I did not include the Starbuck at Bank & Stomping Ground Third into this review as a reason to cross the Bank I am the first to admit that some of the stuff at Street Bridge. That said, as by now everyone will Stomping Ground (just south of First Avenue) is have noticed, this is now the closest Starbucks for a bit too cool for mid-40s OOS me. But the store residents of OOS. Despite my efforts to get to the is so inviting, bright, bottom of things, at the time of this writing I am and beautiful, and the still as much in the dark about why the Starbucks staff so nice that I will at Hopewell closed its doors as everyone else. often pop in to browse The most plausible explanation I have heard is their great selection of that this was a corporate decision purely based on familiar and less familiar performance. But for the coffee starved, luckily, brands. In additional to there are enough excellent coffee places left in the (retro) brands like Fila, hood to make up for the loss of Starbucks. Champion, and Reebok, Stomping Ground also Business Beat is a monthly feature that high- carries a large selection lights new and existing businesses in Old Ottawa of lesser known local and South. Opinions are my own. If you know of any Scandinavian brands. new businesses opening up or want to share your My favourite summer thoughts about existing businesses, send a note to: pants of all time were [email protected]. bought at SG and made Erik van der Torre has lived in Old Ottawa South by Minimum, a great with his wife and three sons for over 9 years. He is Danish brand. Stomping a member of Hopewell Avenue PS’ Parent Council Ground primarily carries and OSCA’s Traffic & Safety Committee. men’s clothing, shoes, and grooming products, but they also have a The OSCAR l November 2018 Page 3 NEWS An Invitation to Explore Truth & Reconciliation By Winnie Pietrykowski transformation and change. Ultimately, the focus by the On Sunday, September 30th the new Commission on determining the mural at Trinity Anglican Church was truth of residential schooling and its officially launched. Creative designer impact on indigenous peoples was & artist Mique Michel and one of an important foundation for future the many young artists who helped reconciliation. Now that we know paint “Telling the Truth,” Marcus about residential schools and their Mique Michel, lead artist, and Marcus Kisa one of the young artists who helped realize this collaborative work of mural art at Trinity Anglican. From left to right: Rev. Arran Thorpe (Trinity Church), Melissa Hammell (Pine Gum Studio), Justin Holness (Tr1be Academy), Mique Michel (Artist) and Marcus Kisa (Artist) in front of the “Telling the Truth” mural on Bank Street near Cameron Avenue.