Links

	Bignose - Dave's wine blog
	Dave tastes a lot of wine, and keeping good notes is important to keeping them all straight. Dave's blog is a way to store and share his notes, along with some fun thoughts and knowledge about wine and spirits. Bignose

	Omnivore's Ottawa
	The Ottawa Citizen's Ron Eade's excellent blog has covered ZenKitchen a number of times. He's usually first with breaking news about Ottawa's restaurant scene, and organizes a supper club that's the best in town. Omnivore's Ottawa

	Draught Services
	As much as we knew about wine and food, we didn't know much at all about how to get beer to come out of a tap. Enter Draught Services - a subsidiary of The Beer Store. They provided us with training, options, sales and installation and now clean our lines on a frequent basis. They're just great to work with! Draght Services

	Wine Cellar Solutions
	Our excellent multi-zone wine cabinet came from Wine Cellar Solutions, who ordered it from France. They have a lot of cellaring products, from simple racks to refrigerated cabinets to entire wine cellar builds. A fun place for the connoisseur to shop! Wine Cellar Solutions

	Preston Hardware
	Long one of our favourite stores in Ottawa, Preston Hardware's new plumbing showroom has an extensive selection of sinks, toilets, and other fixtures. Preston Hardware

	Rodrigues Upholstery
	We have a lot of different patterns and textures in ZenKitchen, thanks to the excellent work by Heidi Helm and Rodriques Upholstery. Rodrigues Upholstery

	Carpet Sense Flooring
	Carpet Sense, which is located near the restaurant, supplied our beautiful dining room flooring. We get a lot of inquiries about it. It's beautiful and durable. Carpet Sense Flooring

	Ceratec Flooring
	Ceratec has a large showroom in one of Ottawa's industrial/commercial neighbourhoods. They have an incredibly helpful staff and more flooring than I knew existed! The ceramic tile around our bar is from Ceratec. Ceratec

	Urbanomic Interiors
	Heidi Helm's excellent interior design work has brought a lot of attention to ZenKitchen. Her sense of space, ability to put together patterns, textures and colours, and her relentless dedication to finding just the right light fixtures for above the bar have helped make ZenKitchen a success. Urbanomic Interiors

	Against the Grain - fine European millwork
	ZenKitchen's stunning cherrywood bar, backbar and server station were hand built by Tobias and his wonderful apprentice Sara. We regularly receive compliments about the beauty of the bar, and after six months of use it just looks better and better. Against the Grain

	Dejunkt Designs
	Caroline Duhaime's beautiful cherrywood table tops, hand built in her Chesea workshop, are one of the most prominent features of ZenKitchen. She also built the gorgeous harvest table and and fabricated our amazing exterior sign. Dejunkt Designs

	Montana Electrical Services
	David Pamic, owner of Montana, quickly became a friend and trusted supplier. Given the fragile electrical systems at ZK, we counted on David to come by day or night to help us with urgent problems. Of course, he also installed all of our lighting, emergency lights and cleaned up the messy circuit breaker box. Montana Electrical Services

	David's Restaurant Service
	David's slogan is, "The way it should be done" and he certainly keeps that promise. David offers installation, repairs and solutions for pretty much all restaurant equipment and he's become an imporant part of our business. David's Restaurant Service

	Toller Painting and Renovations
	Nick Toller provided fast, efficient and professional painting services. We plan to use his company again when we do the exterior painting. Toller Painting

	The Electrical & Plumbing Store
	The stunning handblown Italian glass pendants above the bar, as well as the track lighting throughout the restaurant, came from this great store. Electrical & Plumbing Store

	Marchand Electrical
	Our lovely diningroom pendants and washroom lights came from Marchand's enormous showroom. Marchand Electrical

	SiteBenefits
	Our excellent web design and hosting company, SiteBenefits is an Ottawa firm was created by restaurateurs and does ONLY restaurant web sites. This specialization works for their clients - they "get" what we need and do it well. Their reservation system gets us kudos from the public, every day. SiteBenefits Inc.

	JACC POS - Silverware
	We depend on our Point of Sale system to manage our orders, billing and record-keeping. We've found Silverware easy to learn and use, and JACC POS great for intallation and support. JACC POS

	Just Food's Mission:
	Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs, as well as to culturally acceptable food preferences for an active and healthy life. As well, foods are produced as locally as possible, and their production and distribution are environmentally, socially and economically just. Just Food's Site

	Savour Ottawa
	Savour Ottawa works to develop and promote Ottawa and area as a premier, year-round culinary destination, with robust offerings of local foods and experiences for both locals and visitors to the area. Savour Ottawa's Site