Picture of the Week: Lonely Dog

You guys know how much I love mar­kets. I already showed you Toronto’s, Nantes, and Mon­tréal’s local mar­kets but for some rea­son, I had never really taken pic­tures at the Byward Mar­ket in Ottawa.

The Byward Mar­ket is some­what of a fix­ture in Ottawa. It is located down­town, close to the Rideau neigh­bor­hood, between Sus­sex and Rideau St. There is a main mar­ket build­ing (very sim­i­lar to Kens­ing­ton Mar­ket in Toronto or to The Forks in Win­nipeg), sur­rounded by an open-air mar­ket on George, York, ByWard and William Streets.

I don’t care much for the mark­ing build­ing which is a bit of a tourist trap. The small restau­rants inside are always packed but quite over­priced — imag­ine a fancy-looking mall food court. The area around the build­ing is nice though. First, it is the city’s pre­mier bar dis­trict. There are tons of restau­rants to choose from, rang­ing from the touristy Hard Rock Café to smaller gems like the Ahora, a Mex­i­can can­teen. There is always some­thing going on and buskers are quite inven­tive here.

But what I like best is the farm­ers’ mar­ket, which oper­ate almost year round. I don’t eat much meat but I need my veg­eta­bles and I could eas­ily sur­vive on that alone. Prices are quite good and the prod­ucts are fresher than at the super­mar­ket. Besides, most are locally grown… and they look good!

You can see the whole Ottawa Sum­mer set here.

Byward Mar­ket

Been There for 53 Years!

Water­mel­ons

Ontario Fruits

Toma­toes Under the Rain

Fresh Fruits and Veggies	Corn
Québec Apples	Pears
Flow­ers	Pears
Québec Apples	World Famous Cheese
Ontario Peaches	Jam

Fruits Stand

Corn

Ottawa

Related posts:

1. St Lawrence Market
2. Pump­kin Day
3. The Peace Tower
4. A Rainy Day
5. Syd­ney Fish Market