Happy Canada Day everyone! Hope all you Canadians are enjoying the Canada Day weekend.
I'm continuing the Ottawa post trend with a feature on Art Is In Bakery. I almost feel like this post doesn't need an introduction. People from Ottawa know and love the bread here. Even if you haven't visited their shop, you have probably seen their bread at restaurants, cafes, or local grocery stores like Farm Boy.
Art Is In started out as a stand at the Ottawa Farmer's Market and grew from baking their bread at the Ottawa Bagel Shop to now owning a permanent shop in an industrial warehouse area. It almost seems like an odd place to have a shop when you first pull up, but you quickly forget where you are as soon as you walk towards the bakery. They have created their own unique funky atmosphere, and all the wonderful scents from the bread, sandwiches, pastries and desserts are sure to distract you from everything else.
The mango and aloe drink is especially good. It was a combination of aloe juice, mangosteen juice, and mango juice with chunks of aloe floating in the bottle.
The special of the day was the ginger beef banh mi with fennel, cucumber and pickled carrots. It was a really cool idea but the beef unfortunately was way too salty and overpowered everything else in the sandwich, including the condiments.
Ginger Beef Banh Mi
I'm a prosciutto lover so you can't go wrong with the warm prosciutto, ricotta, white truffle and arugula sandwich served on their dynamite kalamata olive bread. Delicious!
Prosciutto, Ricotta, White Truffle and Arugula Sandwich
The eating area at Art Is In is alfresco style so they don't have a/c in the summer time.
They have a great selection of pastries and sweets including almond croissants and cookies. And of course, if you want to buy some of their bread before you go, there is a section where you can do that. Two favorites are the 12 grain fennel and the dynamite potato caramelized onion & dill bread.
Art Is In Bakery
250 City Center Avenue Bay 112
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Telephone: 613-695-1226
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3 comments:
I love when you take me to Ottawa:)
Sorry the meat was salty:( Yours looks great~
Happy Canada Day to you.x
I tried one of their loaves; I think it was jalapeno and cheese...loved it!
I've heard about the Art Is In bakery for quite a while, but never got the chance or urge to go out and try some. How dumb of me. I've fallen in love with the dill potato caramelized onion dynamite bread as well! I can't wait to visit their stand at the Bayshore farmers' market on Wednesday.
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