Is Fairouz in Ottawa halal?
Fairouz is verified halal friendly: it publishes halal sourcing but is not site-certified, and the bar serves alcohol.
Fairouz, the upscale Lebanese restaurant in the ByWard Market, communicates halal meat sourcing and is listed as halal friendly in our directory. It does not hold (or has not shown us) site-level halal certification, and like most fine-dining rooms it serves alcohol.
Whether that combination works for you depends on your standard — many halal diners are comfortable with halal-sourced meat in a licensed room; others require a fully dry, certified kitchen. The listing shows the sources behind the label so you can decide.
We label a restaurant halal only when the operator publishes the claim through its own channels (website, menu, signage or certifier listing) and we can cross-check it against at least one independent source. "Not verified" does not necessarily mean a restaurant serves no halal items — it means we have found no published halal program to verify, so we cannot call it halal.