The Glebe's Sultan Ahmet restaurant closes after failure to pay rent
After just more than a year, the restaurant on Bank Street in the old Clocktower pub building has closed.
By Alexa MacKie, Ottawa Citizen
Published Jul 11, 2025
After about 15 months of operation, the restaurant Sultan Ahmet Turkish Cuisine in the Glebe has closed, effective July 9.
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Two days later, white plates and cutlery still sat on the restaurant’s tables while the interior lights were off. Two termination notices are posted to the property’s front doors.
“The Tenant has again failed to pay Rent on July 1, 2025, as required by the Lease,” reads the notice of termination from the landlord. “The Landlord is therefore entitled to terminate the Lease.”
The tenant has been previously notified of “repeated” failures to pay rent, most recently on June 2 for failure to pay June’s rent as well, according to the notice.
Eric Dwyer of Brazeau Seller LLP, the lawyer who signed the notice, said he has no further comment on the termination without first speaking to his client.
Zone Management Group Inc., the landlord, has terminated the occupancy under the Commercial Tenancies Act, as a result of defaults totalling $17,676.64, according to Cease Bailiff Services’ notice of termination.
Dave of Cease Bailiff Services (whose last name wasn’t listed on the posted notice, and he would not provide it when asked) said the company had no further comment either.
In an interview with the Ottawa Citizen, Sultan Ahmet’s founder, Ahmet Dogan, described a payment dispute between owners. Other owners could not be reached for an interview.
The restaurant was located in the same building that once was home to Ottawa’s first Clocktower Brew Pub, which closed in December 2023.
Sultan Ahmet opened its Ottawa location in April 2024.
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