Winning in three separate categories means they’re doing something right. Scratch that, they’re doing a lot of things right and doing it all the time. That they scooped the same three from last year, shows a welcome consistency. As we have remarked upon, there is magic in that linguini, the tomato and the fromaggi, in […]
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Best Milkshake
Explain to someone who hasn’t tried one that the peanut butter burger is an absolute delight. Watch them scrunch up their face trying to imagine how that can be. Then take them to Darrell’s. If they hesitate, order a burger of your own and offer them a taste. Watch how their expression changes with the […]
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Best Donair
It’ss right there in the name, and multiple locations around town tend to make it a lock in this category. That isn’t to suggest their product is anything less than regal, but their prime Pizza Corner site gives them an insurmountable edge in the minds of those who know the only thing that will soak […]
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Best Steak
There are times when devouring an enormous slab of meat with all the fixings is the only way you’re going to get through the rest of your week. We have weeks like that all the time, and we suspect it’s the consistency of the service, the classy, strategically lit vibe and, of course, the marbled […]
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Best Crew Of Regular Customers
It doesn’t take long to become a regular at Tom’s. You stop in for a sandwich or maybe their excellent Pad Thai on a Monday, then you meet a friend downtown on a Wednesday and it’s the obvious choice. On a rainy Sunday afternoon you don’t feel like staying in, so you wander by and […]
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Best Middle Eastern / Persian Restaurant
In the three years since Mezza opened on Quinpool near Oxford Street, the restaurant has been featured three times in this poll, first as Best New Restaurant and followed twice by Best Middle Eastern restaurant. While authentic Lebanese ingredients are shipped in, owner Tony Nahas makes every effort to buy locally to ensure freshness. It’s […]
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Best Smoothie
In some ways, Pete’s is all things to all people. It’s a gourmet grocery store, offering the best in fresh produce and imported delicacies. It’s also Pete’s To Go Go, a deli counter extraordinaire with the best sandwiches in town, Coast readers assure us. If that wasn’t enough it’s also Pete’s Power Juice Bar, with […]
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Best Food Truck
Reports of the retirement of the beloved chip truck owners Bud and Nancy True appear to have been exaggerated, as the truck is now operational again (though on Grafton Street, not at the familiar spot outside the library on Spring Garden). It seems the Trues had trouble selling the business so decided to give it […]
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Best Atmosphere
Somewhere along the way the restaurant became the default place to bring someone who just arrived in town, the hub from which the city spreads out in all directions, like spokes. Having won the Best Nachos so often the category was retired to the Hall of Fame this year, the Shoe also regularly gets props […]
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Best Wine (glass)
The one restaurant in town to employ a wine director, you can see that Seven takes its wines very seriously and it continues to own any category that includes merlot, chardonnay, riesling, cabernet sauvignon, pinos gris, sangiovese and so on. New wines keep on coming into the bar and the staff can make recommendations, so […]
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Best Fries
Reports of the retirement of the beloved chip truck owners Bud and Nancy True appear to have been exaggerated, as the truck is now operational again (though on Grafton Street, not at the familiar spot outside the library on Spring Garden). It seems the Trues had trouble selling the business so decided to give it […]
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Best Sushi Restaurant
Though the Hamachi empire stretches its hand across the city’s face with a variety of tastes and eateries, including Brussels and the Little Europe deli in the Hydrostone, they’re best known for their talent in the Japanese delicacies. The menus are regularly updated to keep things fresh, including recent happy hour prices and dishes. The […]