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Canada's Best New Restaurants 2022
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Best Restaurants Canada
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3 Diamond Rating
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Porter Airlines Magazine article about our fermentation program
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Top 100 Restaurants in Canada
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Dining Out: More than ample culinary thrills and value at Perch
Recent Press
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Daily Dish: A taste of Canada at Perch
A taste of Canada you won't forget. We explore ethically sourced Canadian ingredients with Chef Justin Champagne-Lagarde.
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Say hello to Chef Justin Champagne-Lagarde, Owner and Chef of Perch Ottawa — and the next addition to our Harvest 2025 lineup!
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Canada’s 100 Best,
The 2025 Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list was released Monday evening, billed as the “definitive guide to the country’s top culinary destinations.
Past Press
Dining Out: More than ample culinary thrills and value at Perch
The last time I ate something from chef Justin Champagne-Lagarde’s kitchen, it was an intimidatingly hefty deep-dish pizza that held smoked meat, sauerkraut and three kinds of cheese in its bready embrace.
For extra flavour and calories, that over-the-top takeout pie from Bar Lupulus, enjoyed last spring, when many Ottawa restaurants had pivoted to selling pizzas and burgers to go, even came with Russian dressing dipping sauce.
Three Ottawa restaurants among Canada's best 100
The reservation platform OpenTable has unveiled its top 100 restaurants in Canada for 2023, with three local favourites making the list.
The list showcased restaurants in Ottawa's Little Italy, including Alice on Adeline St, Atelier on Rochester St and Perch on Preston St.
Ontario has the most restaurants with 41 restaurants featured, followed by British Columbia (20), Alberta (19), Quebec (16), Nova Scotia (3) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1).
Four Ottawa restaurants crack 2025 Canada's 100 Best list
Four Ottawa restaurants made it onto the highly regarded 2025 Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list released on May 5, down from six in 2024.
Top-rated among the local selection is Atelier, chef-owner Marc Lepine’s sophisticated tasting-menu destination on Rochester Street. It ranks 41st now, up from 43rd last year.