Arts

Diners head out to Ottawa restaurants for this year’s Taste for Life

A culinary delight for a good cause

By Noreen Fagan • April 28, 2010 8:00 pm EDT

The Zen dining experience

  • Members of Parliament at Zen Restaurant on Somerset Street

  • diners at Zen Restaurant

  • Dave Loan - co-owner of Zen Restaurant

  • diners at Zen Restaurant

  • Social in the Byward Market

  • Social in Byward Market

  • Social in Byward Market

  • Social in Byward Market

  • Social in Byward Market

  • Social in the Byward Market

  • East India Company on Somerset Street

  • The Chef - East India Company on Somerset Street

  • East India Company on Somerset Street

  • East India Company on Somerset Street

  • East India Company on Somerset Street

  • The youngest guest and Oz Kafé

  • Oz Kafé

  • Oz Kafé

  • Oz Kafé

  • Benitz Bistro on Somerset

  • Benitz Bistro

  • Benitz Bistro

  • Benitz Bistro

  • Café Paradiso

  • Café Paradiso

  • TD hosts with owner Alex of Café Paradiso

  • Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • The Buzz restaurant on Bank Street

  • Savannah Café

  • Savannah Café

  • b/side wine bar and small plates

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • Jak's Kitchen

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

  • The Whalesbone on Bank Street Imag

Restaurants around Ottawa participated in this year’s Taste for Life on April 28.

From 5pm onwards, 48 restaurants opened their doors to hungry diners eager to spend the evening with family and friends while enjoying good food and supporting a good cause.

Xtra took to the street to visits some of the featured restaurants — Oz Kafé, Social, Benitz Bistro, b/side Wine bar and Side Plates, East India Company, Café Buzz, Savannah Café, Zen Restaurant, Jak’s Kitchen and the Whalesbone.

Each restaurant was alive with conversation and people enjoying themselves; each was fully booked.

At 10pm the Whalesbone was still packed with diners who showed no sign of leaving.

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