Well, it’s happened. Just as we expected, the local bitching program here at The Coast that we have been nuturing lo these many years has paid off dividends. There are Olympic-level bitches taking off in that section. Like: Disrespectful Gretzky and a Pick-up truck The horror, the horror… Olympic Opening We’re confident that our Bitch […]
Andy Murdoch
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Cheap Eats – Seven Dishes under Seven Dollars
$6.50 – McCoastal breakfast sandwich Coastal Coffee The description of the McCoastal, Coastal’s breakfast sandwich, comes across as tasty but innocuous: two fried eggs, havarti cheese, maple sausage on an English muffin. But the actual physical presence of this delicacy is something else altogether. It is roughly the size of a small human baby. The […]
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Food for a fistful of dollars
Island Greek 2150 Gottingen Street, 422-8888 The donair pogo (two for $3.50) is utterly pornographic, but strangely, um, magentic. Plus, it’s locally made. Caribbean Twist 3081 Gottingen Street, 404-3855 Their Jamaican patty ($2), a meat pie, is a Caribbean wonder. Ciboulette 1541 Barrington Street, 423-JAVA Some say the cinammon bun ($2) is the tastiest, gooiest […]
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Seeking information on inspiration
Between gawping at speed skaters’ Robert Crumb-like thighs and using the channel changer as a biathalon rifle during commercial breaks, did you ever say to yourself: hey, after this doughnut, I’m going to start freestyle skiing? Maybe you’re alone in thinking this. No one knows for sure. The question, “does watching the Olympics make us […]
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HPX Tix for pix and quips review section
The Coast’s HPX Free Ticket Giveaway Single tickets will be given to those contributors who have sent in the best quality contributions. Winning entries will be picked daily and you can collect your tickets at our office between 9am-5pm. Here are the tickets up for Grabs: Herman Dune with Julie Doiron, October 22 – 2 […]
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How to respond to criticism
Thecoast.ca‘s restaurant and bar listings provide a wealth of useful information about everywhere to go out to eat and drink in greater Halifax. As a business owner, your restaurant or bar location page on our site is a valuable tool to promote your business on the internet. If managed well, it will bring Coast readers […]
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Live review: Rick White, Julie Doiron and friends at the North Street Church
As I climbed the Macdonald bridge earlier in the day (seriously, and yes, it was awesome), I found myself climbing a ladder in one of the cramped, sun heated-iron towers and that was suffocatingly hot. Last night, the North Street Church was even hotter. The church was like an iron lung: as soon as a […]
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Five vegetarian places where Paul McCartney should eat
1) Heartwood (6250 Quinpool, 425-2808) Probably the top fresh and local paradise for vegetarians and vegans in Halifax. Plus, it’s full of musicians working behind the counter. Heartwood specials for the week-end include the Lonely Hearts Club Sandwich, with soyanaise and smoked tofu, the Macca-roni, vegan-style with tahini, nutritional yeast, garlic and broccoli and some […]
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Dinosaur Jr. runs on fossil fuels
If you remember anything about pioneering indie rockers Dinosaur Jr., you’ll recall the fiery relationship between bassist Lou Barlow and guitarist J Mascis as much as the sheer volume and intensity of the band. So if Barlow admits to being a perennial shit disturber, you might expect him to say as much. Still, four years […]
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Tears for beers as the Midtown’s end nears
[Editor’s note: This story is one of a package of three of Andy Murdoch’s articles selected for Honourable Mention in the Food Writing category of the Association of Alternative Newsweekies’ 2010 awards. See all three here.] The original Midtown tavern is another icon of an important period in our drinking history that is about to […]
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How to make a Halifax Bucket List
You have one summer left to live. The world ends after Labour Day. Now is the time to do it all, to suck the marrow out of Halifax. Start working on that bucket list. That’s the challenge we put to The Coast’s Twitter and Facebook friends and we received a pile of must-do activities. In […]
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Dinosaur Jr.
Restraint doesn’t figure into Dinosaur Jr.’s vocabulary. The band is known for its inexhaustible supply of ego, talent, volume and guitar noodling as much as frontman J Mascis’ tendency to play it his way or passive-aggressively disappear offstage to play golf. Farm, the reformed band’s second album in two years, stays true to form. Songs […]