Cafés with outdoor seating in Ottawa
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Ottawa. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
7 cafés · Canada
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Arlington Five
Arlington Five is a beloved independent café tucked on a quiet side street off Bank Street, serving Lulo Coffee with…
Bridgehead Coffeehouse - Hintonburg
The Hintonburg Bridgehead sits on the Wellington Street corridor at the center of Ottawa's most coffee-dense…
Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse
Bridgehead made history as the first business in Canada to offer fairly traded coffee, back in 1981. The Anderson…
Happy Goat Coffee Co. - Centretown
This cozy Centretown location doubles as a community space with outdoor seating, a piano for spontaneous musical…
Happy Goat Coffee Co. - Westboro
Happy Goat roasts fair-trade beans in Ottawa twice a week, sourcing direct from small-scale farmers across more than…
Morning Owl Coffeehouse - Rochester Street
Morning Owl has operated since 2009 as Ottawa's top supplier of organic and direct-trade coffee, roasting in-house in…
Planet Coffee
Established in 1994, Planet Coffee is a women-owned ByWard Market institution serving fair-trade coffee roasted using…
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These Ottawa cafés have outdoor seating, from pavement tables to courtyards and terraces, while still pouring proper specialty coffee.
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