Founded in 1934, The Prescott was one of Ottawa's two original licensed drinking establishments. (The Lafayette House in the Byward Market is the other.)
Its founder, Antonio Disipio, loved to cook and learned his trade at the world famous Chateau Laurier Hotel on the banks of the Rideau Canal, just steps from Parliament Hill.
The business started as a corner store with Disipio making his own sausages and preparing meat. Read more




