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Chateau Lafayette/The Laff

RestaurantsByward Market

In Compliance

Chateau Lafayette/The Laff is a restaurant at 42 YORK St in Byward Market, Ottawa. Its own website lists Live entertainment among its services. Its most recent City of Ottawa public health inspection, on August 5, 2026, recorded it as In Compliance.

42 YORK St
Ottawa, ON, K1N 5S6

Facts about Chateau Lafayette/The Laff

Overview

Nearest O-Train station
Rideau, 200 m in a straight line
In business since
1849
Awards
Best Bars in Ottawa

Services

  • Live entertainment

Products

  • Locally brewed beers
  • Bottled varieties
  • Tall cans
  • Quart of Fifty

Specialties

  • Oldest tavern hotel in Ottawa
  • Original Canadian dive bar
  • Live entertainment

Opening hours

MondayToday
11:00–02:00
Tuesday
11:00–02:00
Wednesday
11:00–02:00
Thursday
11:00–02:00
Friday
11:00–02:00
Saturday
11:00–02:00
Sunday
11:00–02:00

Public health inspection

In Compliance, inspected

Source: City of Ottawa food premises inspections. See Ottawa Public Health for the full report.

Nearby

2,358 businesses within a 15-minute walk

  1. Restaurants

    10 m
  2. Restaurants

    10 m
  3. Restaurants

    10 m
  4. 20 m
  5. 20 m
  6. Grocery & Specialty Food

    20 m
  7. Restaurants

    20 m
  8. 30 m

The closest 8, as the crow flies. The map above shows 40.

All restaurants in Byward Market

Data updated September 2026.