Category: Food and Drinks

Today’s Groupon Ottawa Daily Deal of the Day: Il Piccolino Ristorante: $29 for an Italian Dinner with Entrees and Desserts for Two or $55 Four or $10 for $20 Worth of Lunch (50% Off)

Buy now from only $10
Value $20
Discount 50%
You Save $10

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, January 23, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Ivy-covered patio & textured dining room walls serve as a backdrop for dishes of four-cheese cannelloni, specialty pizzas & house tiramisu

The Fine Print
Expires May 16, 2012
Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. Dine-in only. Not valid for Table D’Hote special. Not valid on Mondays. Not valid on 2/11/12 or 2/14/12.

Il Piccolino Ristorante
http://ilpiccolino.ca/
449 Preston St. Ottawa, Ontario

Today’s Groupon to Il Piccolino Ristorante. Choose from the following options:

• For $29, you get an Italian dinner for two (up to a $58.90 total value). The dinner includes the following:

1. Two entrees (up to a $25.95 value each)
2. One dessert (up to a $7 value)

• For $55, you get an Italian dinner for four (up to a $117.80 total value). The dinner includes the following:

1. Four entrees (up to a $25.95 value each)
2. Two desserts (up to a $7 value each)

• For $10, you get $20 worth of anything on the lunch menu. Lunch is served Tuesdays through Fridays, and entrees range from $12.95 to $18.95.

Guests at Il Piccolino Ristorante choose traditional Italian offerings from a dinner menu of hearty pastas, meat entrees, and inventive pizza creations. Patrons use forks or industrial-sized straws to consume the four gooey cheeses stuffed inside cannelloni, which dons a coating of tomato and béchamel sauce. For the Dante’s Inferno specialty pizza, culinary artisans assemble a smorgasbord of mild Italian-style sausage, portobello mushrooms, and a chili-marinated eggplant atop a doughy disc. Sweet-pepper-chipotle salsa tops grilled salmon with linguine pasta, and apple-brandy cream sauce slathers a stuffed chicken breast. For dessert, dining duos and quartets indulge in the house tiramisu, which dessert gurus craft in the Northern Italian tradition of pouring coffee over everything.

Old photographs and softly lit wall sconces adorn the intimate dining space’s yellow, textured walls. At the front of the building, an outdoor patio encloses eaters in an ivy-covered perimeter where large umbrellas protect from the sun and hang gliders trolling for their next meal.

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Today’s Groupon Ottawa Daily Deal of the Day: The Wine Garden Warehouse Winery: $75 for a Winemaking Experience with 18-Litres of Wine (Save $75 or 50% Off)

Buy now from only $75
Value $150
Discount 50%
You Save $75

This is a limited 4-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
24 bottles of deep red Argentinian malbec or crisp Italian pinot grigio brew up during interactive experience guided by expert vintners

The Fine Print
Expires Jul 25, 2012
Limit 1 per household, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. New clients only. Reservation required, subject to availability. Valid only for location purchased. Must be 19 or older. Bottles not included, may bring your own or purchase on location for $0.75 per bottle.

The Wine Garden Warehouse Winery
http://www.thewinegarden.ca/about.html
100 Schneider Rd. Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 270-9083

1501 Sieveright Rd., Unit 6, Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 737-6767

1977 St. Joseph Blvd. Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 834-2586

Today’s Groupon: for $75, you get a winemaking experience at The Wine Garden Warehouse Winery (a $150 value). Choose from the following four Ottawa locations:

• Chatelain Avenue
• St. Joseph Boulevard
• Sieveright Road
• Schneider Road

The experience includes the following:

• An 18-litre batch (24 750-mL bottles’ worth) of one of the following wines:

1. Organic Argentinian malbec red wine
2. Organic Italian pinot grigio white wine

• Instruction from a master winemaker
• Corks, labels, and shrink-wraps

The Wine Garden Warehouse Winery’s grape alchemists help oenophiles craft their own quaffs at urban breweries outfitted with Italian stainless-steel fermentation vessels. Working alongside a master winemaker, burgeoning vintners participate as much as they like in the brewing process, which begins with choosing one of two organic juice bases before mixing, filtering, and guiding wine through its awkward teen years. Once thought doomed after European vine plagues but later taught to thrive in South America, the Argentinian malbec varietal produces a deep color and plum flavor, with notes of anise. Alternatively, the Italian pinot grigio blooms into a white elixir possessing a floral aroma and citrusy taste only otherwise accessible by using rose petals as a condiment. Once wines are blended, stored, and done fermenting, buyers return to bottle their creations and slap on a personalized label. Customers may bring 24 of their own 750-millilitre bottle or purchase them on the premises for $0.75 each.

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Today’s Groupon Ottawa Daily Deal of the Day: Nando’s Flame-Grilled Chicken: $10 for C$20 Worth of Peri-Peri Fare, Kebabs, and Sandwiches (50% Off)

Buy now from only $10
Value $20
Discount 50%
You Save $10

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Chefs prepare signature peri-peri chicken by marinating never-frozen fowl in blend of African spices before grilling meat over open flame

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 1 per person. Limit 1 per table. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for dine-in. Not valid for carryout. Not valid toward the purchase of alcohol. Valid only for location purchased. Not valid for specials. Can not be combined with other offers. Must purchase a food item.

Nando’s Flame-Grilled Chicken
http://www.nandoscanada.com/
1461 Merivale Rd. Nepean, Ontario
(613) 749-7445

103-3838 Innes Rd. Orleans, Ontario
(613) 424-2821

Today’s Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of peri-peri fare at Nando’s Flame-Grilled Chicken. Choose between the following locations:

• Nepean (1461 Merivale Rd.)
• Orleans (103-3838 Innes Rd.)

Two friends launched the first Nando’s Flame-Grilled Chicken in South Africa more than 20 years ago by fusing culinary techniques from Portugal and Mozambique to create their secret peri-peri spice recipe. Named after the Swahili word for the bird’s eye chili, the eatery’s signature peri-peri chicken crowns its menu, tempting diners to sink incisors into fowl marinated for 24 hours in antioxidant-packed spices before it’s grilled over an eternal flame (from $6 for a leg and thigh to $17 for a whole bird). Further options include a whole-wheat wrap stuffed with roasted vegetables ($6.50), a veggie burger ($6.50), or peri-peri chicken threaded onto double kebabs (from $10 for a meal with one side). To cool taste buds inflamed by the fowl’s capsaicin kick, cinnamon-dusted Portuguese tarts ($2) ooze a custard capable of relaxing even an auctioneer’s palate.

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Today’s Groupon Ottawa Daily Deal of the Day: Bento Sushi – $15 for Sushi Rolls, Edamame, and Hot Tea for Two ($31.65 Value)

Buy now for only $15
Value $31
Discount 52%
You Save $16

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Diners stifle hunger with rainbow, tempura, or spicy tuna rolls from a selection of 20+ while sipping hot tea & snacking on edamame

The Fine Print
Expires Jul 18, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Not valid until 2/1/12. Must purchase 1 food item. Dine-in only.

Bento Sushi
http://bentosushiottawa.com/
606 Rideau St. Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 562-2563

Today’s Groupon: for $15, you get a sushi meal for two at Bento Sushi (a $31.65 total value). The meal includes:

• Any two rolls (up to an $12.95 value each)
• Small order of edamame (a $3.25 value)
• Two hot teas (a $1.25 value each)

Bento Sushi’s chefs masterfully roll rice, seaweed, and fresh seafood or vegetables into delectable rolls sliced up into bite-sized morsels of flavor. Guests can focus reading orbs on the menu and fish out any two rolls from a selection of more than 20, including the rainbow roll, a california roll enhanced by assorted fish and a pot of edible gold. Guests can also divvy up a crunchy chicken tempura roll or surprise an unsuspecting palate with a spicy salmon roll. Two steaming cups of tea keep senses awakened to the variety of flavours, and a small order of edamame makes for a healthy snack in between sushi bites and rice-log-rolling contests.

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