Daily Xtra Travel - Your Comprehensive Gui to Gay Travel Ottawa

Contents:

• GAY OTTAWA
• A COMPREHENSIVE GAY GUI TO OTTAWA, ONTAR
• OTTAWA GAY SNAS
• OTTAWA GAY MAP
• A COMPREHENSIVE GAY GUI TO OTTAWA, ONTAR
• GAY DATG OTTAWA

GAY OTTAWA

Canada’s pal is a lively place, makg Ottawa a favore statn for gay people om around the untry. Lols are hopg to turn Bank Street to an official gay village, like siar gayborhoods Toronto and Montreal, and The Village signs wh rabows mark signifint rners on Bank om Nepean to Jam Streets, but there are some other important clubs jt off Bank on Somerset, and as far up as Sparks and Queen Streets towards the river. Make this your first stop fdg gay Ottawa.

A COMPREHENSIVE GAY GUI TO OTTAWA, ONTAR

Ottawa's Gay newspaper, Xtra, no longer has a prt edn, but the DailyXtra webse ntu to provi LGBT news, current events, mentary, travel articl, listgs and more. The Dorothy's Closet webse has about "Ottawa's Morn Liftyle" wh gay and lbian trends, events and bs listgs. For map lotns and webse lks to the bs below, and more, see our gay Ottawa listgs pag.

OTTAWA GAY SNAS

Lookout (41 York St, upstairs), predomantly gay but straight-iendly, balny overlookg marketplace, pool table, bar munchi, adorable barmen. Seasonal event to brg some spice back to the Ottawa gay scene, " om the DJs and producers of the old Flamgo Club, wh ocsnal parti around town.

T's Pub (323 Somerset St W), new gay/all-wele pub Centretown; DJs, dancg and partyg, ocsnal drag shows, gut vio stars, karaoke, snacks, pat, personable bar staff. CLOSED: Centretown Pub (340 Somerset St W), mostly guys piano lounge/bar, terrace, karaoke/bands, cisg/dancg, drag/ leathernights; Edge Club (212 Sparks St), gay nightclub, drag/baret shows and ntts, roof-top pat. Ahora (307 Dalhoie St) Byward Market, gay-owned rtrant wh bt Mexin food around: burros, quadillas, enchiladas, pl excellent margaras.

OTTAWA GAY MAP

Stonewall Wil's (370 Bank St), upstairs gay bookstore, art, jewellery, and artisan cholat, events clu we socials and book readgs; downstairs lub, toys, greetg rds, DVD vios, and knick-knacks.

Benner's Bed & Breakfast (539 Bserer St; 613-241-6403), gay-iendly elegant four gutroom B&B jt a short hop east of everythg the downtown hub cludg Byward Market. The Ri Inn (177 Frank St; 613-688-2753), general public, gay-iendly optn Goln Triangle rintial neighbourhood at Ri Canal.

A COMPREHENSIVE GAY GUI TO OTTAWA, ONTAR

As Ottawa is pal of one of the most progrsively gay-iendly untri the Wtern Hemisphere, 's not surprisg that the cy has a sizable GLBT muny. You won't fd the r party scene more typil of Montreal and Toronto, but there are a handful of fun gay bars, not to mentn a great variety of hip rtrants and loung terg to a mixed bunch. Follow Bank Street south of Parliament Hill for about 10 blocks, and you'll fd yourself the heart of Ottawa's Gay Village.

The roughly six-block span of Bank Street (and to a lser extent O'Connor Street) between Somerset and Gladstone mak up the heart of this GLBT hub, which has jt one gay bar but several shops, rtrants, and f wh strong muny ti. Plenty of lols assert that "Gay Village" is somethg of a misnomer given how eclectic the aforementned Bank Street area is, and also takg to nsiratn how geographilly diffe the cy's GLBT muny is. There's a noticeable gay prence, both terms of nightlife and dg, the lively and hip Byward Market district, on the northeast si of downtown, jt across the Ri Canal om Parliament Hill.

GAY DATG OTTAWA

Some of Ottawa's gay nightspots are right the center of downtown, jt blocks om Parliament Hill.