| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food & Drink Awards 2012
Voted Ottawa's Favourite Restaurant 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food & Drink Awards 2011
Voted Ottawa's Favourite Restaurant 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------  | We raised $92,000
for the 6th annual
Heart of Glass
in 2012. |
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This is a don't miss event supporting
the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
We raised $84,000 for the annual Heart of Glass.
Amongst many silent and live auction items, Stuntman Stu will auction
airfare and tickets to the Grammy's!
For incredible food, amazing wine, fabulous martini's and a great party,
be sure to come!
For information, tickets, or donations click on: http://www.kintera.org/ Back to top ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Dining Al Fresco
Colleen Johnson, Xpress' Guide to Patios
When: June 2nd, 2011
Nicest rooftop patios: Stella (81 Clarence St.) has a stunning rooftop patio with an upscale feel. The menu here is heavy on the Italian comfort food, with options like Caesar salad, chicken parm and spaghetti bolognese. Back to top ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Eat, See, and Be Seen.
Paula Roy, Ottawa At Home
STELLA OSTERIA Photographed by: Mark Holleron
Stella offers more than just a casually elegant, energetic vibe.
It’s also a restaurant that was specifically designed to provide
good sightlines throughout, making it all the easier to see and
be seen. Drawing everyone into the action is also what co-owner
Ida Firestone describes as a “living room feel,” thanks to an
assortment of banquettes and small tables with stylish chairs.
The space is enhanced by two semiprivate nooks and,
throughout summer, both a street-side and rooftop patio.
Ottawa’s social elite seem to favour Stella, as do many politicians
plus the embassy and hockey crowds. The name is widely known,
with many bands and famous comedians hitting up Stella when
performing in town. Rounding out the clientele are devoted patrons
who return for the food, the atmosphere and also the chance
sightings of the famous or near-famous.
Favourite menu items include the deep-fried ribbon zucchini,
lemon garlic tiger shrimp and Stella Italian salad. The handcrafted
flatbread pizzas are a sure hit, as are the braised short rib gnocchi
and linguine de mare. Sweet temptations include a unique
chocolate crème brulée.
For this family-run business, it’s all about service. The sommelier
and chef are always pleased to personalize your experience,
helping to maintain Stella’s reputation as one of the
ByWard Market’s favourite spots. Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Stella Osteria's fresh fig pizza is even
sweeter on Tuesdays. Ottawa Magazine
Published: March 14, 2011 The Place: Smack dab in the heart of the Byward Market, Stella is
a large, handsome room with a few warm touches, including a large flower arrangement,chocolate coloured cushioned seating, and plenty of natural daylight flooding in during the afternoon. The pulse of dance music infuses the cavernous space with an energy that nods to its notoriously bustling nocturnal nature. ~ Read all about it.... Back to top
| Hey, Stella! Published: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Ron Eade - Editor Food Section, Ottawa Citizen "Utterly perfect calamari"
"The owners of Stella are fixated on interesting and creative food"
"Chianti-based short rib is heavenly" Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For your dining pleasure Published: Saturday, May 27, 2006
Daniel Drolet, Ottawa Citizen "Stella Osteria serves up savvy design hits"
"Overall effect is classy, not trendy" Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope for Kate 
Please join the Community for Kate to support Kate and her family
in hope for her future.
When: Monday, June 7th 2010, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Where: Blue Cactus Bar and Grill
2 Byward street in the Byward Market
What: Hors d'oeuvre & cocktails raffle
Call 613-612-1291 to purchase tickets. Hope for Kate [PDF - 600 kb]
Published: Monday, May 6, 2010 Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heart of Glass 4th Annual 
An evening of fine wine and food pairings [PDF - 1.6 mb]
Published: Monday, April 5, 2010 $88,000 raised for the Heart of Glass event. Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Firestone Restaurant Group proudly raised $61,000 at the 3rd Annual Heart
of Glass event! Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 10 New Restaurant in Canada 2006 Since opening in May, Stella has been attracting considerable attention with its smouldering good looks, irresistable Italian fare and cheeky cocktails....... Published: Porter Airlines, October, 2006 Back to top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bustling Market eatery serves up comfort food with contemporary edges
The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Sunday, July 09, 2006
"Stella is the new girl in The Market, playing to full houses" "Once in you are struck by a welcoming aroma of garlic and grilled shrimp, and once seated, you can't help but admire how well Stella looks." "The room achieves a dramatic effect with a narrow range of tones -- all those fashionable earth colours, beiges and browns and tans, darkened rusts and bits of bronze -- within a frame of aged brick, to which is added polished marble, dark mirrors and large oils, massive sprays of flowers and rows of fat pillar candles." "Plate portions are generous, not fussy, and the prices -- particularly in the pasta and pizza section -- are kept in a relaxing range." "Generously served" "The porcelain-coloured buffalo milk mozzarella makes the tomato, asparagus salad memorable, and the obese meatball rising out of the minestrone (a very tasty brew of vegetables, beans, bacon and fresh thyme, perfectly seasoned) is a meal in itself." "Pasta choices are winners. The linguine is perfectly cooked, moistened with an oceanic broth, wrapped around fresh Manilla clams, chunks of pancetta, sauteed grape tomatoes, basil and sweet nuggets of garlic. Al dente cavatelli (gnocchi-shaped pasta) soak up an herbed and buttery broth, with wild mushrooms and wilted spinach, and on top, short ribs, slow-braised and succulent." "Duck is delicious, a thin layer of fat beneath a deeply bronzed skin gives flavour and juiciness to the pink flesh beneath. A dried cherry sauce plays the fruit-with-game card very nicely." "For dessert, the warm chocolate cake, here called "fallen," is a delicious rendition of this popular dessert -- its moist, dark insides oozing into a sauce of caramel, another of milk chocolate. A few local strawberries tart it up and a scoop of walnut studded vanilla gelato provides the cool relief." "So Stella has lots going for her: comfort Italian food with contemporary edges, a beautiful decor, an exciting atmosphere." Back to top
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