Lowertown

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About this Neighborhood

Lowertown is old Ottawa at its most alive, a near-perfectly walkable district at 99 where 134 restaurants and 28 coffee shops share the streets with the ByWard Market crowds. The area rates 4.7 on Yelp across nearly 900 reviews, and there's no more Ottawa way to start than a pastry from BeaverTails, with Pili Pili and Le Mien Craft Noodle rounding out the global spread. Seventeen grocery stores, five parks and five courts keep the residential side thriving, and Foursquare tastes span Mexican, Thai, French and BBQ kitchens. This is the capital's most concentrated eating-and-strolling ground, dense and endlessly browsable on foot.

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