GOLD WINNER Mic Mac Bar & Grill SILVER WINNER Evan’s Fresh Seafoods BRONZE WINNER Black Sheep Restaurant
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Atlantic Lottery Community Festival and Events Program
GOLD WINNER North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) SILVER WINNER East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) BRONZE WINNER Hal-Con Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Category sponsored by Best of Halifax 2023 presenting partner Atlantic Lottery
Best Oyster Bar
GOLD WINNER Dear Friend Bar SILVER WINNER Lot Six Bar & Restaurant BRONZE WINNER The Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Best Pop Artist / Band
GOLD WINNER Neon Dreams SILVER WINNER Nicole Ariana BRONZE WINNER Kids Losing Sleep Related Stories
Best Staycation Spot
GOLD WINNER Sensea Nordic Spa SILVER WINNER Lunenberg BRONZE WINNER Wolfville
Best Theatre Actor
GOLD WINNER Allister MacDonald website SILVER WINNER Nathan Simmons website BRONZE WINNER Jade Douris-O’Hara website While seeing a supernova with the naked eye is the sort of rare experience that stargazers could wait a century for, Halifax was lucky enough to be able to witness one nightly in the summer of 2022 as Allister MacDonald […]
Best Fine Dining
GOLD WINNER The Bicycle Thief Bishop’s Landing, 1475 Lower Water Street website SILVER WINNER Bar Kismet 2722 Agricola Street website BRONZE WINNER daMaurizio Fine Dining Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water Street website This was a stellar Best Of year for The Bicycle Thief, which also won gold for Best Restaurant and silver for Best Wine […]
Best Music Video
GOLD WINNER “Best Friends” by Atay & JAX website SILVER WINNER “Almost Home” by Gizelle de Guzman website BRONZE WINNER “40/40” by Wave Lord website When The Coast calls Atay & JAX—born Adam Taylor and Jaxon Booth, they’ve been making music that’s equal parts pop and hip hop since just before the pandemic—to announce the […]
Best Bike Store
GOLD WINNER & HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Cyclesmith 2553 Agricola Street website SILVER WINNER Bike & Bean 5401 St Margarets Bay Road website BRONZE WINNER Halifax Cycles 3600 Kempt Road website Andrew Feenstra has seen it all at Cyclesmith—from starting as a bike mechanic in 1994, to becoming a partner six years later, to taking […]
Best Italian Restaurant
GOLD WINNER Ristorante a Mano 1477 Lower Water Street website SILVER WINNER The Bicycle Thief Bishop’s Landing, 1475 Lower Water Street website BRONZE WINNER Rinaldo’s Italian American Specialities 2186 Windsor Street website Ristorante a Mano has placed in Best of Halifax’s top three since 2011, and this latest award for Best Italian Restaurant is its […]
Best Brunch
GOLD WINNER The Canteen 22 Portland Street website SILVER WINNER Black Sheep Restaurant 1496 Lower Water Street website BRONZE WINNER Cheeky Neighbour Diner 6024 Quinpool Road website What does it take to serve up the Best Brunch in town? The Canteen’s Renée Lavallée (who is also this year’s gold-winning Best Chef) says the key is […]

