explore
centretown
This hood intersects
heritage and contemporary
along the thoroughfare
streets of Bank, Elgin,
Somerset, and Sparks
with great restaurant
and shopping options
Canadian Museum of Nature
GettinG there Bordered by Parliament Hill to the
north, the Rideau Canal to the east, and Bronson Avenue
to the west, this is the heart of Ottawa. Buses 94, 95,
local insider
Amber Stratton loves
having a business in
Centretown. “I lived and
worked on Elgin all of
m y 20s. It’s great to give
back to the community
now.” The co-owner of
Pure Yoga ottawa and
Pure Kitchen (340 Elgin
St.) starts each day with
a green juice from her
vegetarian eatery. “I love
good food,” she says,
“town (296 Elgin St.) and
Citizen (207 Gilmour St.)
are two of my favourites
for dinner, and both have
great wine lists.”
great catcH
Selling only sustainable oysters
and fish, The Whalesbone on
Bank Street was the first of its
restaurants to drop anchor in
Ottawa. With its brown bag
lunch counter just around the
corner on Kent, and a sprawling
restaurant up on Elgin, seafood
lovers still flock to the original
high-end hole in the wall for
smoked scallops, clam chowder,
or that plate of oysters. Dance tHe nigHt aWay
Fridays and Saturdays at
Babylon Nightclub are monthly
dance parties that everyone
needs to unwind. The Electric
Pow Wow lit up by A Tribe
Called Red is a whole different
flavour than the Shameless
dance parties with DJs Skid
Vicious & Matty. And almost
every night of the week, there’s
an out-of-town and local band
tearing it up on stage. 317 Bank
430 Bank St.; 504A Kent St.;
231 Elgin St., thewhalesbone.com St., babylonclub.ca
The Whalesbone
nature is neat
The Gothic-style Canadian Mu-
seum of Nature houses millions
of specimens: minerals, live
bugs, and dinosaur bones. The
new permanent Canada Goose
Arctic Gallery features Indige-
nous perspectives on the North,
specimens and artifacts, and fun
games to connect visitors with
their country’s coolest territory.
240 McLeod St., nature.ca
holiday 2017
where 37
tourism
97 run along slater & Queen streets; 5 & 14 on
elgin street; 6 & 7 on BanK street