The O•S•C•A•R© The Community Voice of Old Ottawa South Year 39 , No. 4 The Ottawa South Community Association Review APRIL 2011 Specialty Kitchenware and Cheese Shops Leave the Neighbourhood By William Burr Ottawa South for great support over “I come here so often. How can they the years. “This is the house where do this to me? I resent it.” t could be a bleak summer for the we grew up and we’ll always miss it,” Claire Hunter has been another Old Ottawa South gourmet. Grace he said. regular customer. “If they’re moving in the Kitchen and Serious Cheese The new place will combine both closer to Sunnyside, then that’s good, I stores in one. Serious Cheese will but if they’re moving further away, will move out of the neighbourhood when their lease expires at the end of become a kind of island in the middle then I probably won’t be as happy. June. of a larger Grace in the Kitchen. In But I’ll probably still come,” she said. It will be harder to find cheeses a way, that’s how it started out: as a Neighbouring business- like Morbier, a semi-soft variety that little cheese fridge inside the kitchen owner Jerome Scullino of Jerome tastes like nuts and fruit. appliance store. photography said that losing both It could also be more difficult The cheese shop also serves stores at once could be hard for the to get just the right cheese grater meals, and some customers having a community’s economy. “I hope or espresso machine without the cheesy lunch on a rainy Wednesday they get filled soon with exciting kitchenware store. afternoon were not happy to hear businesses,” he wrote in an email. Grace has been around since about the upcoming move. Nadon’s favourite memory from “I am appalled, absolutely his two years selling cheese in Old 2003, with the cheese shop following Jamie Nadon, co-owner of appalled,” said Mike Taylor, jokingly, Ottawa South is of an enormous, in 2009. Serious Cheese The two businesses, which share but serious about his disappointment. mysterious gift. owners, will be moving to Ottawa’s One morning, he arrived with his colleagues at the shop to find a crate west end, according to Grace in the brought kids, who have sometimes the size of a child’s bicycle, covered Kitchen’s website. When they finalize gotten to ride her. “If anything, I in Dutch writing. They cracked it the new location, they’ll announce it think Elsie would say goodbye to the open and found a purple, porcelain on Twitter first (@seriousfromage). neighbourhood, more than anybody cow with the Beemster label printed Serious Cheese co-owner Jamie else,” he said. on it inside. There was nothing else in Nadon said he and the other co- Nadon will also fondly remember the package – no letter of explanation. owners want to increase floorspace in the Hopewell public school kids who Beemster is a cheese producer order to offer more selection. Now, fill the store 20 at a time during their and Nadon had been a good customer. they’re “bursting at the seams.” lunch hour. They’ve never caused a “It’s the Dutch way of saying He said they want to thank Old problem. thank you. They send you a cow,” he He hopes Old Ottawa South joked. Nadon has a finely trimmed residents will make the trek out to the beard and a gruff sense of humour. West end from time to time. To get They nicknamed the cow Elsie that fruity, nutty, Morbier cheese, they and put her on display in the store. might just have to. Nadon is serious about the joy she’s Upcoming Community Events Thursday, April 7 6 pm to 9 pm The 2nd of two Public Open House for the Old Ottawa South Area Traffic Management Study will be held at the Southminster United Church. Sunday, April 10 10 am -3 pm Shop Your Local Talent at the Firehall. Tuesday, May 3, 7:00 pm – 9:00pm Annual AOSCA GM Friday May 13 Lucky Lobster Supper at the Firejhall. Wednesday May 25, 2011 Presentation by the Lansdowne Park Conservancy Mayfair Theatre 6:30 doors open - 6:50 – 8:05 presentation Thursday, June 23, 5:00pm – 8:00pm OSCA Spring/Summer BBQ Find more events throughout OSCAR. Page 2 The OSCAR - OUR 38th YEAR APRIL 2011 APRIL 2011 The OSCAR - OUR 38th YEAR Page 3 CONTRIBUTIONS The OSCAR The OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY Contributions should be in electronic format sent either by e-mail to ASSOCIATION REVIEW [email protected] in either plain text or WORD format, or as a printed copy delivered to the Firehall office, 260 Sunnyside Avenue. 260 Sunnyside Ave, Ottawa Ontario, K1S 0R7 www.OldOttawaSouth.ca/oscar SUBSCRIPTIONS Please Note: OSCAR Has No Fax Moving away from Old Ottawa South? Know someone who would like E-mail: [email protected] to receive The OSCAR? We will send The OSCAR for one year for just $40 to Canadian addresses (including foreign service) and $80 outside Editor: Mary Anne Thompson of Canada. 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Distribution is free to all Old Ottawa South homes and April 15 (May issue), May 13 (June issue), June 10 (July/Aug issue), Aug 12 businesses and selected locations in Old Ottawa South, the Glebe and (Sept issue) Billings Bridge. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of The OSCAR or OSCA. The editor retains the right to edit and include articles submitted for publication. tHe old FireHall FOR DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES, ottawa soutH CommuNity CeNtre CALL 613-327-9080 or email: [email protected] The OSCAR thanks [email protected] the following people who brought us to your door this month: HOURS PHONE 613 247-4946 ZONE A1: Kathy Krywicki (Coordinator), Mary Jo Lynch, Brian Eames and Kim Barclay, Wendy Robbins, Jim and Carrol Robb, Terri-Lee Lefebvre, MONDAY TO THURSDAY 9 AM TO 9 PM Becky Sasaki, Kevin and Stephanie Williams. 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Ottawa South Community Centre - The Old Firehall 247-4946 ZONE D1: Bert Hopkins (Coordinator), Emily Keys, the Lascelles family, Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA) 247-4872 Gail Stewart, Gabe Teramura, Oliver Waddington, Sullivan-Greene family, Ottawa Public Library - Sunnyside Branch 730-1082 the Sprott family. Rob Campbell - [email protected] 730-8128 ZONE D2: Janet Drysdale (Coordinator), The Adriaanse Family, Gaia Kathy Ablett, Catholic Board Trustee 526-9512 Chernushenko, The Rand family, Aidan and Willem Ray, the Stewart family. Centretown Community Health Centre 233-5430 ZONE E1:Brian Tansey(Coordinator), Karen and Curt Labond, Norah CARLETON UNIVERSITY Hutchinson, Steve Adamson, the Sanger/O’Neil family, John Sutherland CUSA (Carleton U Students Association) 520-6688 ZONE E2: Chris Berry (Coordinator), Mary-Ann Kent, Glen Elder and Graduate Students Association 520-6616 Lorraine Stewart, the Hunter family, Brodkin-Haas family, Allan Paul, Community Liaison 520-3660 Christina Bradley, Caroline Calvert, Larry Ostler. Mediation Centre 520-5765 ZONE F1: Carol and Ferg O’Connor (Coordinator), Jenny O’Brien, the Athletics 520-4480 Stern family, T. Liston, Ellen Bailie, Dante and Bianca Ruiz, Wendy Kemp, CITY HALL Kelly Haggart and Taiyan Roberts, Walter and Robbie Engert. ZONE F2: Bea Bol (Coordinator), Paulette Theriault, Ryan Zurakowski, David Chernushenko, City Councillor Susan McMaster, Paige Raymond, Pierre Guevremont, Judy and Pierre ([email protected]) 580-2487 Chamberland, Cheryl Hyslop. Main Number(24 hrs) for all departments 3-1-1 ZONE G: Bernie Zeisig(Coordinator), Claudia and Estelle Bourlon- Community Police - non-emergencies 236-1222 Albarracin, David Lum, Cindy MacLoghlin, Hannah and Emily Blackwell, Emergencies only 9-1-1 Katya and Mikka Zeisig. Serious Crimes 230-6211 Echo Drive: Alex Bissel. Ottawa Hydro 738-6400 Bank Street-Ottawa South: Rob Cook, Tom Lawson, Paula Archer. Streetlight Problems (burned out, always on, flickering) 3-1-1 Bank Street-Glebe: Larry Ostler. Brewer Pool 247-4938 Alta Vista Branch Library: Mary Anne Thompson Brewer Arena 247-4917 City of Ottawa web site - www.city.ottawa.on.ca Page 4 The OSCAR - OUR 38th YEAR APRIL 2011 Brief Notes From the Firehall APRIL at the Firehall PROGRAMS Upcoming SPECIAL EVENTS SPRING is in the air and OSCA SPRING PROGRAMS are set to begin OSCA SPRING ART & CRAFT FAIR – Sunday, April 10, 10am – 3 the first week in April – some spaces still available in some programs.