Ottawa Foodies

I live in Stittsville and I finally stopped in last night to try the food. I bought what Ivan calls European sausages (but I know them by another name because my husband is from Bosnia) and they were delicious! Ivan makes them himself and they smelled so good on the BBQ and tasted even better. Can hardly wait to try the other things we bought. He is also a really nice guy so it was a pleasure being his customer.

Excellent, excellent, excellent!

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I stop in regularly for sausages (and his awesome spicy pepperettes), but never considered getting ground beef before reading BigLar's post. So I tried it.

Ivan was out of it, and his machines were dirty from making sausage so he couldn't grind anything new. He had some seasoned beef that he was going to press into patties (he said what was in it, but can't remember... definitely no egg). He happily agreed to sell it to me by weight instead allowing me to make my own monster thick patties.

Pure awesomeness. The resultant burgers were so flavourful, and not just because of the spices. The meat held together nicely and the burger was super juicy.

I won't be buying ground beef anywhere else from now on.

More on pink slime...

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I recently starting going here after seeing a Jamie Oliver video on the "pink slime" which food processing plants are allowed to add to pre-packaged hamburger (up to 15% of weight) Totally freaked me out.

Ivan grinds his own hamburger from steak daily and you can watch him do it fresh just for you if you ask. What a difference in taste! I had forgotten how real hamburger tastes :) All this at the same price as for the prepared stuff from the chain stores.

Worth the trip for this alone, but the rest of his food is exceptional as well. Agree with the other posts on the sandiches. Best deal in Ottawa.

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I go to a high school near by and had that giant sandwich for lunch today! It was fantastic! Pork loin schnittzel toped with sauted saurkraut and onions!
My dad used to go there when his dad ran the shop.They rented out the space for six years and when the tenent left Ivan told me he missed the buisness and jumped at the chanch to fallow in his dads foot steps.
He really is true to his european heritage and it shows in his food and fresh meat(its a butcher shop as well)My dad is now his customer!Going tommorow for the pulled pork BBQ special!
Great job Ivan and keep it up!!

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So I went today to get a sandwich. As it turns out, I did not buy one. They only had one left, and it was the biggest sandwich I Have ever seen. It would have fed two people easily and I did not want to waste half or possibly more of it. What I did buy were perogies and I just had 6 of them for my lunch. They are the best perogies I have ever had and well priced at 3.99 for a package of 8. I also bought some sausage and cabbage rolls and will post how they are after I have had them. The people there are fantastic, very friendly.

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By far the biggest bang for the buck in sandwiches!!! All under $5 tax in! And fantastic prepared foods such as meat pies,Pastas,Beef & Lamb stew full of meat. Everything is done in the shop. And all kind of European specialty grocery items.They even carry fresh meat for the grill and local AH free meat as well.Oh and I cant forget to mention their KABOBS!! He was on CTV morning live with Sarah making sausage the old school way as well as his kabobs & sandwiches!Never lets me down!

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If you're anywhere near Stittsville, there's no excuse to go to Subway and pay $5 for an inferior sandwich when you can get something like this roasted chicken one for $4.25!

They offer a pre-made special sandwich each day for $3.99 (plus tax). The day I went it was an amazing looking breaded pork cutlet.

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Simply the best! Something new every day.Last week I had grilled Beef Kabob with smokey BBQ sauce ,mayo,roasted red peppers,onions,and a smoked imported cheese!...YUM!