Queen St. Fare

A single Ottawa visit at Queen St. Fare can begin with coffee and a breakfast sandwich at Bar Robo, move to tacos at Mercadito, swing to a hand-stretched pizza or panuozzo at Wicked Good Pizza, finish with pho at Sen Kitchen or a Greek plate at Mighty Greek, and end at Q Bar with a drink in front of a stage — without anyone at the table leaving the building. That is the practical case for the food hall on Queen Street: a single ordering floor with seven vendors, a downtown Ottawa location near Parliament Station, and a daypart that runs weekday mornings through early evenings. Breadth, in this room, is the point.

The strongest kitchen work sits at Mercadito and Wicked Good Pizza. Mercadito's Smoked Chile Braised Beef Tacos arrive with salsa borracha and cilantro, the cleanest pick when the table wants something compact and vendor-specific; the Al Pastor Burrito, the Tostada Huevos Rancheros, and a plate of churros round out the same counter. Wicked Good Pizza runs hand-stretched, stone-fired pies — Vodka Carne, Margherita, Quattro Formaggi, Spicy Puttanesca — and a Prosciutto Panuozzo that pulls dough, prosciutto, fior di latte, arugula, pickled onion, Grana Padano, and garlic aioli into a sandwich-format alternative when a whole pizza is too much. Sen Kitchen carries the Vietnamese line through Pho, Bún Gà, and a Red Curry. Mighty Greek covers the comfort plates with Moussaka, the Mighty Chicken Plate, and the Mighty Gyro Salad. Bar Robo opens early with locally roasted coffee, house-made donuts, and a breakfast sandwich that has earned local press recognition.