“Zane was not moving through the world respecting other people,” says Dean Petty about his former business partner. Zane Kelsall, one of the city’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs and a Dartmouth success story who’s been profiled in local and national media (including The Coast) is now without a job. Two If By Sea Cafe and […]
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Apartment 3 Espresso Bar slated for Sackville Drive
Heather and Alex Stephen took the road less travelled to wind up at small business ownership. The couple—she’s a former World Cup bobsleigh competitor from Edmonton, he’s a St. FX basketball alumnus—made the move from Toronto to Lower Sackville three years ago seeking a more subdued, outdoorsy life, and now they’re gearing up to open […]
Open Book Coffee to open on Strawberry Hill
Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press are moving their offices and with the new, improved digs (3660 Strawberry Hill Street) comes an added bonus. A coffee shop! In partnership with the publishers, Joe Tinney—partner of Nimbus/Vagrant GM Terrilee Bulger—will open Open Book Coffee sometime in May. After a 30-year career as a flight attendant allowed him […]
Scotia Pharmacy is moving (not very far)
Your friendly neighbourhood, all-caps-tweeting pharmacy is on the move. The north end’s beloved Scotia Pharmacy (2151 Gottingen Street) announced it’ll be making the very short jaunt across the street and moving into the MacDonald Building (2131 Gottingen Street—where the home of chicken delight, The “No Name” Cafe, was for 24 years). “It’s a smaller spot,” […]
SHOP THIS: Hill’s Jamaican Jerk Sauce
When Paul Hill moved to Halifax in 1994, he missed Montego Bay’s food more than its sunshine. With the aromas of jerk chicken and pork a recent memory, he started experimenting with his own sauce recipe, playing with ingredients on a quest to strike the right balance. “Two years ago I went back to Jamaica […]
Three dishes to try from Jamaica Lee Style
Jamaica Lee Style various locations streetfoodapp.com/halifax Ludlow Lee learned everything he knows about cooking from watching his mother work her magic in the kitchen. “Every time she cooked something I would like, I would try it and then I would go try and make it,” says the co-owner of Jamaica Lee Style. But he’s come […]
SHOP THIS: Halifax Paper Hearts enamel pins
It has been a big few years for Stefanie MacDonald, the owner and designer of Halifax Paper Hearts, a stationery company inspired to tell love stories and fairytales that don’t fit the standard narrative. Now, her work is sold in over 125 stores countrywide and will be debuting in the US the spring and she’s […]
Red Lunchbox opens next week
Michael Grove isn’t your average restaurateur. The owner of the soon to be Red Lunchbox (6172 Quinpool Road)—a plant-based restaurant slated to open on Tuesday—was inspired to open his own business after a brush with cancer, but his vision of a cooperative, collaborative workplace long predated his health scare. “I’ve had plans, not even of having […]
What’s your biggest question about sex, dating and love?
It would be nice if we had all the answers, wouldn’t it? The game of love (and Tinder) is full of so many frustrating unknowns so we popped this loaded question to the heart-on-sleeve Sex + Dating survey respondents. Turns out we’re all just a people wishing we could read minds. “How do I know […]
36 of the biggest red flags in online dating profiles
1. Topless bathroom selfies. 2. Obviously ill-kept living quarters. 3. Guns 4. A picture of their car. 5. Bitterness towards their target dating demographic. 6. Horses 7. Too much love for Jesus. 8.“Dal law” 9. “Not interested in drama.” 10. “Devil’s advocate” 11. Pictures of them with a girl that has her face Photoshopped out. […]
How do you show love for yourself?
Treat yo’ self means a lot of different things to a lot of different people but it turns out those of you who took this year’s anonymous Sex + Dating survey actually have a ton in common (you all just looooove jacking off). Regardless, we’ve rounded up some of the best responses to the question, “How do […]
When do you feel the most attractive?
Whether totally buck naked or dressed to the nines, feeling yourself or feeling somebody else’s body, our survey respondents are a good looking bunch. Here are some of the standout answers to our Sex+Dating survey’s prodding about when you feel your finest. Unbutton your blazer, pull up your boy-shorts and enjoy. “When I’ve been admiring […]

