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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

Contact

Email
orders@thelaff.ca
Social links
Facebook, Instagram

Opening hours

Monday
11:00–02:00
TuesdayToday
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

2,398 businesses within a 15-minute walk

  1. Quiznos Subs

    Restaurants

    10 m
  2. India Cafe

    Restaurants

    10 m
  3. India Cafe

    Restaurants

    10 m
  4. Aux Delices Bakery

    Bakeries

    20 m
  5. MR. Mango Tea & Juice

    Cafés

    20 m
  6. The House of Cheese

    Grocery & Specialty Food

    20 m
  7. Coza Mia

    Restaurants

    20 m
  8. Baskin Robbins

    Cafés

    30 m

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

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Data updated September 2026.

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