The official itinerary for the royal visit to Ottawa has not yet been announced, but it’s unlikely Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will be stopping by the legendary Dominion Tavern or alternative music club Zaphod Beeblebrox or even the Elgin Street Diner, for the so-called healthy poutine.
Those are the suggestions on Vanity Fair magazine’s website, in an article written by Rebecca Sacks, a former Ottawa resident who now lives in New York City,
Sacks writes that newlyweds William and Kate will probably enjoy a visit to Zaphod Beeblebrox, the hip ByWard Market club named after Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Or, they could soak up the local character by swilling a pint at the “beloved dive bar” Dominion Tavern. And they can scoot over to the Elgin Street Diner, which Sacks points out, serves the “healthful-ish” poutine, smothered with mushroom-based, and therefore, meat-free gravy.
Sacks really veers off the beaten path by suggesting the royal couple could get a real eyeful by checking out who “spills out of Bare Fax, the bleak little gentleman’s club” on York Street. Apparently, Kid Rock has been known to visit the strip club, but it hardly seems like the place for the royal couple.
Prince William and Kate will visit Ottawa and the region June 30 to July 2, before travelling on to several other Canadian cities and then to Los Angeles. The royal couple are expected to be on Parliament Hill on Canada Day. A complete itinerary will be released soon.
“It’s supposed to be a fun and lighthearted article about places they won’t go to,” said Sacks, 25, in a telephone interview Wednesday from the magazine’s office in New York City.
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