ottawa foodies

Looking for vanilla flakes that coffee houses provide for sprinkling over coffee. Is there a place in Ottawa that sells them? thank-you for your help.

What you find at places like Starbucks - besides bad coffee :) - is vanilla powder; vanilla bean extract mixed with a sugar base.
I'd first check out/call the Natural Food Pantry or (a good bet) Artistic Cake Design.
Or you could order online...
www.cooksvanilla.com
www.beanilla.com

For something similar, but texturally different, you could buy and grate your own vanilla beans and create a mix with fine sugar.
And, ooh la la, for vanilla, this company is grand...
www.tahiti-vanille.com

Good luck.

Thank-you AMR for your information. You are right about Starbucks. This was the one coffee shop that my husband said the "vanilla flakes" weren't very good!