Touring the Byward Market is a bit like touring a community but when you're with the Market Manager, Philip Powell, well, he's a magnet and at least half a dozen vendors/shop keepers greet him with unbridled enthusiasm. And this during the time when the outdoor vendors are barely there. According to Powell, the market doesn't kick into high gear till after Mother's Day. By mid-May it's a rowdy, aroma-filled place with fresh schnitzel frying, all sorts of meat being smoked and some of the best 'street' food anywhere. For an extraordinary panini, as good as any I've eaten in Italy, built with meat from their own deli and toppings from their own kitchens, head to Nicastro's.
For a hockey player's appetite, there's the towering Bison Burger at Sweet Grass.
