Montana’s Cookhouse and East Side Mario’s are coming to Barrhaven
Here we grow again!
Barrhaven residents will soon have a few more restaurants to choose from. According to the Barrhaven BIA, East Side Mario’s, Burrito Gringо Mexican Grill and Montana’s Cookhouse & Saloon will soon be coming to Trinity Common at Citigate – or as we all know it, the Costco site.
Interesting to see Montana’s opening a location right next to Lone Star Texas Grill. It’s a great time to be a carnivore in Barrhaven! Also happy to see East Side Mario’s making an appearance in the community – a great destination to consider when you need a nice Italian dinner fix.
But the restaurant I’m most excited about is Burrito Gringo Mexican Grill. Their dishes are made with fresh ingredients; never processed and without additives or preservatives. Every morning they dice cilantro, chop up tomatoes, juice limes and scoop-out avocados. Can you imagine how good their salsa must taste! Home-cooked Mexican cuisine prepared from scratch, right here in Barrhaven. Bring it on!
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Seriously? This is not great news.
Burrito Gringo, yes, welcome to the neighborhood.
East Side Mario’s is GARBAGE. Why no promote and support a locally owned place that serves real, unprocessed Italian food, such as La Porto A Casa?
Montana’s food is inedible. I’ve been to the Merivale location twice. The first time was so bad that I wrote a Yelp review stating I would never return. The manager sent me a letter and some vouchers. We decided to give it another try. It was even WORSE the second time! Need a BBQ fix? How about across the street at Sizzle&Grill, another locally owned place that serves great food that doesn’t come out of a frozen box, and is made fresh to order every time.
I agree with your preference for locally own restaurants. I’ve featured several of them on the blog and will continue to do so.
East Sides food might not be good but its a family place that’s cheap.
Actually this is great news thank you very much. East side Mario’s is a great family restaurant that makes going out with your family actually affordable. Kids eat Free on Mondays and on birthdays are believe
I totally agree that we need to support locally owned businesses but if you follow Barrhaven blog, there is lots of support here. But this is also a a rare place for strictly Barrhaven news. So let it be.
When will a Michael’s come up this way! That is what we would like?
I’m still waiting for a Taco Bell
We don’t need carbon copy restaurants in Barrhaven. Its already boring place to be in.
Whether one likes or dislikes a specific restaurant is their choice, but I’ve seen this blog report on both independents and chains alike. Regardless of ownership, the establishment provides employment to primarily Barrhaven residents…the high school student who gets their first job, homeowners, tenants, etc. All the businesses pay taxes which get put back into services supporting Barrhaven. So kudos to anyone brave enough to open a business and to this blog for supporting them.
but you also have to think about people/home owners that like variaty and different chain names restaurants and not always the same ones. Ottawa should follow other Canadian cities and to give a chance and opportunity to other restaurant names so that people can spend their money and enjoy different food at the same time. Life is too short to visit same places over and over.
Ottawa, wake up, its about the time!
Just wondering when these business taxes are going to be used to fix the roads in Barrhaven that are full with potholes (especially Jockvalle Road). Ridicoulous!