The owner and award-winning chef at Coconut Lagoon says his east Ottawa restaurant will be "out of commission for a long time" following a Friday evening fire in the upstairs unit. Joe Thottungal said ...

He can be very proud of his reputation-making east-end restaurant Coconut Lagoon, which since 2004 has celebrated the cuisine of Kerala, Thuottungal’s home state on India’s tropical southweste ...

The chef has found a location in front of Almonte Old Town Hall, but he is still working on his new restaurant’s concept and ...

When the Citizen last reviewed the restaurant in 2009, my predecessor lauded Thottungal’s food but said Coconut Lagoon, which previously had been a humble sports bar, was “a real Plain Jane ...

It’s a tradition, of sorts. In 2019, Thottungal marked another milestone with a cookbook: 15 years of his first Ottawa restaurant, Coconut Lagoon, where he serves the food of his native Kerala ...

What's a chef to do with his restaurant when he's off for a couple days to represent Ottawa in a nationwide cooking competition? Coconut Lagoon owner and chef Joe Thottungal will represent Ottawa ...

From left, AFP Ottawa board president Jeff Todd, president-elect Bronwen Dearlove (National Arts Centre Foundation), Derek deLouché (Carleton University) and Joe Thottungal, chef and owner of Coconut ...

The owner and award-winning chef at Coconut Lagoon says his east Ottawa restaurant will be "out of commission for a long time" following a Friday evening fire in the upstairs unit. Joe Thottungal ...