Hello ORLÉANS!
Welcome to the 34th edition of Orléans Connect.
🎃 Halloween is tomorrow, and while it looks like we’re going to get some 🌧️ rain, we can’t wait to see you all in your amazing and scary costumes. It’s time to give away a serious amount of 🍬 candy and treats!
Also of note, Michelle’s Little Free Library will be hosting a 📚 BOOKS and 👻 BOOS event on Halloween night with free books for kids of all ages (there will be some grown up books too!). We’ll be setup from 4:00pm onwards. We’ll be in the garage with the door open if it’s too wet.
🍩 This week, we’ve also got a brand new Orléans Food Spot review. Check out our review of Lokma Dessert Bar. It’s got us doing this: 🤤
Don’t forget to check out this week’s poll ❓ at the bottom of the newsletter. Today we’re asking about your favourite 🥢 Chinese Food restaurant / take-out place in Orléans.
Let’s look at all that’s happening in Orléans over the next seven days: ⬇️
Here’s our roundup of upcoming events:
🧑🏽🌾 October 30th - Orléans Farmers Market has their final market of the season, on from 11 AM - 4 PM. Shop fresh seasonal produce, baked goods, meat and dairy, prepared foods, crafts and more!
📍Ray Friel Recreation Centre, parking lot
🎃 October 31st - Trick or Treat at Place d’Orléans from 10 AM - 12 PM - at participating retailers, while quantities last.
📍110 Place d’Orléans Dr
🦇 October 31st - Stray Dog Brewing Company is hosting a special Halloween Trivia from 6 PM onwards. Free to play, but reservations encouraged - send it to [email protected]. Costumes highly encouraged (but not required). World Series game will be on right after the trivia finishes!
📍501 Lacolle Way
🧛🏼♂️ October 31st - Taproom260 is hosting a Halloween Party with Live Music, Halloween Bingo and a Costume party with prizes, from 7 PM - 10:30 PM.
📍260 Centrum Blvd, Unit 101
👻 November 1st -The Blackburn Hamlet Community Association is hosting Halloween Parties for Kids and Youth at Blackburn Community Hall.
📍190 Glen Park Dr
🎃 November 1st - Chapel Hill is hosting their Annual Pumpkin Parade at Parc Louis Perrault from 4 PM - 7:30 PM.
📍6250 Beauséjour Dr
🎶 November 1st - Listen to some wonderful acoustic tunes at Broadhead Brewery’s Live Music Saturday, featuring Claudia Caird. Killer tunes, cold pints and all the good vibes! Starts at 2 PM.
📍 1680 Vimont Ct, unit 106
🎃 November 1st - Tint or Treat Car Show is on at FullMoon Autoworks from 7 PM to late. Cars, costumes, contests and even a haunted hallway! Pumpkin carving contest on from 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM.
📍1439 Youville Dr, Unit 9
👢 November 1st - Navan Boot Scootin’ Dance Nights at Lonestar! Grab a bite and join for some line dancing from 7 PM - 9 PM
📍Lonestar Texas Grill, 1211 Lemieux St, Ottawa
🎁 November 2nd - Check out the Heart of Orléans Holiday Market! With over 130 local vendors, you’ll definitely be able to get your holiday shopping started (or finished!). Event runs from 9:30 AM - 2 PM.
📍290 Centrum Blvd - vendors on the gravel pad and also in the courtyard
💫 November 2nd - It’s the Orléans Comic Book and Novelty Show at Place d’Orléans from 11 AM - 5 PM. Explore 100+ vendor tables featuring comics, collectibles and unique novelties! Patrons encouraged to attend in cosplay - dress up and join the fun!
📍110 Place d’Orléans Dr
🥊 November 2nd - 9Round Orléans is hosting their 8th Anniversary Workout from 11 AM - 12 PM. Open to members and non-members, so bring a friend! There will be prizes, fun activities and plenty of sweat!
📍3681 Innes Rd
🍂 HALLOWEEN FUN:
🎃 Check out this awesome Halloween map from Explore613, and this article from the Orléans Star includes a helpful list of haunted houses and spooky decorations. Happy exploring! 🗺️
Check out this amazing haunted house here in Orléans that raises money for CHEO every year! 🏚️ Where: 268 Pintail Terrace.
🕕 6 PM - 9 PM on October 30th and 31st. Note there will be live scare actors on the 31st!
🏚️ For Ages 10+, at Proulx Farm, 1865 O’Toole Rd.
🎟️ Entry: $25/person. Tickets sold online and in-person (no ATM). 🗓️ OPEN on Fridays and Saturdays in October. 🕕 Gates and box office open at 7 PM. Box office closes at 9 PM. Last wagon leaves at 9:15 PM. Doors close at 10 PM. Arrive early to avoid disappointment!
🗓️SAVE THE DATES! 🗓️
Get those calendars out - plenty of events coming up:
🎭 Rendez-vous des aînés francophones d’Ottawa (RAFO) proudly presents Pauvres pêcheurs, a play filled with humour, twists, and charming characters! Featuring talented local performers — all volunteers — this production promises an afternoon (or evening) of laughter and heart. Showtimes include: Oct 29, Nov 2, 5, 9, at 2:00pm & Nov 1, 7 at 7:00pm. 🎟️ Tickets can be purchased at online at rafo.ca
🍷 Orléans Cork and Fork festival returns, Nov 7th - 8th, hosted at Shenkman Arts Centre. This event features wineries, distilleries, ciders, craft beer and incredible cuisine - all under one roof! Live entertainment and demonstrations.
🎁 Get a head start on that holiday shopping! Blackburn Hamlet Community Association’s Christmas Market is on Sat, Nov 8th from 10 AM - 3:30 PM at the Blackburn Community Hall.
🎄Robert Plante Greenhouses is hosting their 3rd Annual Holiday Market, featuring 275+ local vendors on the weekend of Nov 15th and 16th.
Do you have an event you want to see featured here? Let us know!
📰 News you should know about…
🩺 Committee approves plan to attract more primary care providers to Ottawa (City of Ottawa)
🚲 The Anatomy of a Suburban Ride: A Two-Wheeled Urbanism Ride-Along (The New Orléans, Rob Attrell)
❌ Why is the new east Ottawa Tewin development so contentious? (Ottawa Citizen)
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 🔦
This week’s Orléans business spotlight is… 🥁 … LOKMA DESSERT BAR located at 2208 St Joseph Blvd, Unit 107.
Lokma is a dessert spot with four locations in Ottawa, including Orléans as well as other locations in both Ontario and Quebec. But what the heck is a Lokma? Well, turns out, they’re a traditional Turkish pastry that’s like a little piece of delicious joy inside your mouth.
Check out our full review of Lokma Dessert Bar in this week’s Orléans Food Spot Review.
As always, if you wind up eating or ordering from there, make sure to tell them that Orléans Connect sent you.
The Gothic-styled Paroisse St-Joseph d’Orléans church is a well known landmark in Orléans with a long history (1830s parish, church built in 1922) and is central to the old village/rural settlement.
Many thanks to Connie D. for sending in a photo of Milo, also known as Orléans greatest escape artist. Milo is a purebred mutt, part Chih Tzu and Bichon Frizé. A really good little dog when he's not being bad. He loves to chase squirrels and rabbits who dare invade his space. He will find that one square inch of mud and trek his dirty paws through the house. It's an endless game of 'catch me if you can'. Never a dull moment with Milo around.
Submit a photo of your Orléans pet(s) by emailing it to: [email protected]
THIS WEEK’S POLL
What is your favourite 🥢 Chinese Restaurant / Take out in Orléans?
📊 Results of last week’s poll: What is your favourite 😋 Shawarma restaurant / take-out place in Orléans?
🥇 Shawarma Palace - 36%
🥈 Royal Rooster Shawarma - 21%
🥉 The King Shawarma - 12%
The Garlic King - 9%
Yala Yalla Bakery - 6%
Grilled Shawarma - 6%
Tyros Shawarma - 6%
Wei’s Noodle House- 4%
