Ray Khattar is the king of the Scotia Square food court, tirelessly serving hordes of hungry Haligonians from his Ray’s Lebanese Cuisine kiosk. Although his shop sells several tasty treats—barbecued chicken sandwiches, the combination plate, homemade baclava for dessert—the falafel is the jewel in Ray’s crown. It starts with chick peas (also called garbanzo beans) […]
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Best Jazz Release
Lauded as much for her smouldering good looks as for her piano and vocal virtuosity, Diana Krall continues to cut a wide swath in the world of jazz. Comparisons have been made to some of jazz’s best singers and players. Critics, in publications from DownBeat magazine to the New York Times, have heralded Krall as […]
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Best Bar to Drink Alone At
Economy Shoe Shop (& Backstage, The Diamond), 1663 Argyle Street
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Best Fries
Bud the Spud, often parked in front of the Spring Garden Road Library
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Best Magazine
Shambhala Sun Jane Neon (In previous years, this question and the next asked for the best and worst magazines besides The Coast. This year, with The Coast more a weekly newspaper than a biweekly mag, such instructions were left out. As a result, The Coast received an embarrassingly large portion of the Best Magazine votes—as […]
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Best Local Actor
Anyone whose ambition is to work with Dudley the Dragon has to be ok. That’s what Mercer was finally able to do this year on ytv’s children’s show of the same name, which, if you think about it, isn’t a far cry from some of the political interviews he has done on This Hour Has […]
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Best Second-Hand Clothing Store
Value Village, 42 Canal Street (Dartmouth) and the Bayers Lake Industrial Park
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Coolest University Course
Human Sexuality, Dalhousie Feng Shui in Urban Design, TUNS