Ottawa Foodies

luscious lemon squares, great cafe jacques ( their own version of a long espresso ),great patio ( shade and sun ), competent and friendly staff

The most wonderful paninis, coffees and cookies in the Market, bar none. What makes them wodnerful, you ask? The meat is thinly sliced, they have wonderful chutneys, and not too many toppings, making it less like the sandwich pies that I often get at Bottega or DiRienzos. And they're grilled. On Art-is-in bread.

And the music is awesome. And you can get free wifi if you sit in the south east nook (you're technically getting it from someone else's hookup, which is dangerous, but sometimes a girl's gotta do what she's gotta do!)

My final contribution as an Ottawa resident - Spicy eggplant panini with tomato and mozzarella, and a double cappuccino.

Awesome. I wanted someone to clear that up for me, because I'm pretty sure that if they have any symbols advising customers that they are FTC, it's the small trans-fair one on the outside of the door, and that can be misleading (Starbucks could put that up because they have one FTC coffee on the menu as whole bean).

That makes me love them even more!

LadyWhoBrunches: Unless they've changed their supplier in the last 6 months, Planet Coffee gets their coffee from Equator: www.equator.ca

All of Equator's coffee is certified Organic and Fair Trade: www.equator.ca

Um, their coffee is amazing, but I don't see anywhere that it is fair trade certified. I know that they get all their meats, cheeses, etc for paninis at La Bottega...and I think this may be the same for their coffee (I can't remember from when I worked there--at Bottega, not PC). Either way, this tag may be inappropriate, as they are not fair-trade certified as far as I know.