Ottawa Foodies

What can I say about Goonies other than it is great all around. I have eaten here numerous times considering I work less than a block from the Laurier and O'Conner location. Everything they serve is top notch and at a very decent price. It is one of the places to get a very decent Sandwich in Ottawa coming close to La Botega, and Nicastro's. I have had almost everything on the menu, so I'll try and break it down methodically.

Coffee = Great - its supposedly "fair trade" but who cares, its great coffee for $1 a cup. For breakfast, they have a huge variety of HUGE muffins that are freshly baked in house. They are moist and they have all sorts of flavors - it is leagues ahead of the garbage they serve at second cup or starbucks. Also for breakfast is a line of really affordable breakfast sandwiches. Bacon and Egg, BLT, Ham and Egg, PB and J all on normal loafs of white or brown bread. They are cheep at about 3 bucks a pop. The egg based sandwiches can be stacked with all of Goonies signature ingredients: eggplant, tomato, onion, mustard, lettuce, cucumber, pickle, hot peppers, mayo, olive oil, and italian seasoning. These sandwiches are simple, filling and cheep. But do not even compare to their lunch menu.

I'll start with the sandwiches: tons of options. Italian (salami, capicolo, prosciutto and mortadella with provolone) Tuna, Turkey, a goat cheese one, Thai etc etc (I don't remember them all, but they have many delicious sandwich choices served on a beautiful roll that is put through a quizno's style (except 1000x better than quizno's) toaster before the veggies and condiments are added.

Goonies is also famous for their salads - which are a hit with ladies and virtually everyone who works in the downtown core. It's a large portion, you can choose a predesigned salad, or you can fill out a form to make a custom salad. They have literally anything you would ever want in a salad and more. For example: artichoke hearts, corn, beets, shrimp, radishes, all sorts of seeds and nuts, capers, beans etc etc. on top of the normal salad ingredients you would find anywhere. I would say there are at least 30 things to choose from. The best part is how they assemble them - it is perfect every-time. They find all the ingredients you want, place them in a plastic bag, squirt in the dressing of your choice, and shake it up by hand, covering the whole salad with dressing. They then place it in a huge container and put a piece of bread on top to soak up the extra dressing.

The salads range from 4-8 bucks, and the sandwiches are all 5.99. With a sandwich you can pair it with soup or a small garden or Caesar salad (which are amazing in their own right). I recently had their chicken curry soup which was nice and mild, filling and full of flavor.

I highly recommend Goonies to any foodies out there. Great sandwiches, interesting salads, fast service, and very reasonable price, with your bill including a pop usually under 10 bucks.

4.5/5, Cheers,
Robert