These names are probably familiar to you, but they’re definitely well-known to their enemies—the forces of evil and oppression. With this crew of activists on the job, the world will be a better place for all of us, which really makes them the best. Janet Connors is famous for her ongoing fight against the tainted […]
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Best Retail Clothing Store
Winner: Biscuit (tie) Park Lane Mall, 425-5436 Winner: Blue Heron (tie) 5475 Spring Garden Road, 423-0706 You just can’t decide which is the better place to purchase everything you need—from spiffy duds to shoes and sunglasses and other accessories—to get decked out and looking good. So you chose them both. It’s exciting, isn’t it? Runner-up: […]
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Best Singer
Transplanted Haligonian or not, Laura Smith is the city’s Best of Halifax survey pick for Best Singer. Her soothing tones have become a landmark in the melée that is the Atlantic Canadian music scene. Crossing the lines of celtic, jazz and folk but at home in none of those categories, the music Smith crafts with […]
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Best SuperCity Councillor
Mr. B’s frankness may have distinguished him from the pack this year. Remember when he went on record saying sometimes meetings go late and councillors get tired and make bad decisions? How could you forget? Runners-up: Mayor Walter Fitzgerald & Sheila Fougere (tie) Honourable mentions: Howard Epstein (unfortunately, he’s an MLA now) Yeah, right
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Best Local Daily Newspaper
There was once a time when the Daily was run on a shoestring by people who were willing to work hard and sacrifice because, even without a lot of resources or an owner from a newspaper tradition, the upstart paper was at least as good as the competition. Readers could feel that scrappy energy and […]
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Best Coffee
1570 Argyle Street, 423-7100 When it comes to your morning—or afternoon, or evening—jolt, you like to get yours at Trident, a smoke-free environment where you can also pick up a good used book, and usually see a Halifax celebrity or two. Runner-up: Tim Hortons A zillion SuperCity locations
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Best Place to Get Bent
1883 Granville Street, 422-4411 When I turned 19, many years ago, I went to J.J.’s twice a week to drink vodka and limes for $2.20 a pop. I don’t know if the bar still has that special, but it was a great place to get bent then and must be the same now. Runner-up: The […]
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Best Dentist
5991 Spring Garden Road, 423-7333 Dr. Naugler has been practicing on Spring Garden Road since he graduated in 1976….straight into practice. His secretary has been with him since ‘77, so he must be alright. She says he’s “very fun, he really is. He loves to laugh and it sure makes everything easier.” Dr. Naugler himself […]
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Best New Restaurant
1579 Dresden Row, 425-8888 It’s small, its front door is tucked away down an alley and it is another sushi resto in the SuperCity’s seemingly sushi-saturated market. So how did Doraku manage to excel? It must have something to do with serving excellent food. Runner-up: Brewdebaker’s 612 Windmill Road, 468-1059
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Best Cartoonist
It’s a strange thing about Halifax’s daily newspapers: While how bad—or good—they are is a matter of debate, clearly neither is terribly well-respected on the national newscape. (To be fair, few local papers across Canada are; the Ottawa Citizen and Toronto’s Star are exceptions.) But Metro’s two daily cartoonist are widely regarded as among the […]
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Best Second-Hand Bookstore
1684 Barrington Street, 429-1652 jwd is a magical bookwormy world. The smell of the place is attic-y and good—it reeks of literacy. It’s not unusual to get there around noon on a Saturday and emerge, blinking and disoriented—in the best way—a couple of hours later. Runner-up: Attic Owl 5802 South Street, 422-2433
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Best Bar
1663 Argyle Street, 423-7463 For the second year running, Halifax’s “culture dome”—the cluster that includes the Shoe Shop, the Diamond and the Backstage—is our readers’ favourite place to quaff an ale. Runner-up: Velvet Olive Corner of Market and George Streets, 492-2233