When she’s not writing, advocating for healthy living as a fitness instructor or reupholstering vintage furniture, Antonia McGuire loves to try out new restaurants and spend time outdoors with her new puppy. Her work has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, Best Health, Chatelaine and Glow.
Old Ottawa South’s Glebe community has certainly maintained its appeal as a great area in which to eat breakfast and then walk it off with a ramble through numerous nifty boutiques. Get your morning off to a pleasantly delicious start at these better breakfast spots.
The city’s capital-sized hunger for spit-roasted lamb, chicken and beef is well served by a plethora of Middle Eastern restaurants. Popularly known as shawarma shops, these eateries serve fast food for the health conscious. Their signature shawarma meats, as well as beef donair and vegetarian-friendly falafel, are served both in pita-wrapped sandwich form and as platter-style entrees.