GOLD WINNER Battery Park Beerbar & Eatery 62 Ochterloney Street website SILVER WINNER Good Robot Brewing Co 2736 Robie Street website BRONZE WINNER Stillwell Beer Bar 1672 Barrington Street website It’s hard not to find a beer you’ll love at Battery Park, downtown Dartmouth’s hottest taproom that features 20 rotating taps of the finest Nova […]
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Best Local Character
GOLD WINNER Woody the Talking Christmas Tree Mic Mac Mall, 21 Micmac Boulevard website SILVER WINNER Gus the Tortoise Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street website BRONZE WINNER Black rocks at Peggys Cove 72 Peggys Point Road, Peggys Cove website Woody the Talking Christmas Tree resurfaced last year to the delight and horror of […]
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Best Jewellery Store
GOLD WINNER Black Market Boutique 1545 Grafton Street website SILVER WINNER Fireworks Gallery 1569 Barrington Street website BRONZE WINNER House of Moda The Doyle, 5431 Spring Garden Road, suite 201 website You’ll know you’ve arrived at the Black Market Boutique well before you walk through its front door. Whether it’s the full-storey purple and teal […]
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Best Museum
GOLD WINNER Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street website SILVER WINNER The Discovery Centre 1215 Lower Water Street website BRONZE WINNER Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street website In the year that Gus the Gopher Tortoise, Halifax’s unofficial mascot, turns 100, it feels only fitting that the museum he’s long called […]
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Best Diner
GOLD WINNER Ardmore Tea Room 6499 Quinpool Road website SILVER WINNER Pleasant Street Diner 205 Pleasant Street website BRONZE WINNER Armview Restaurant & Lounge 7156 Chebucto Road website This multiple-gold-winning institution has been serving affordable breakfast classics to the masses for 70 years, 64 of them from its Quinpool location that the street simply wouldn’t […]
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Best Folk Artist / Band
GOLD WINNER Willie Stratton website SILVER WINNER Hillsburn website BRONZE WINNER Laura Rae website Willie Stratton first began unconscious designs for a gold win in the Best Folk Artist category about a decade ago—an accidental MacBeth moment thanks to the immediate word-of-mouth success that saw him filling open mic nights to capacity with his Woody […]
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Most Important Local Issue
HIGHEST PRIORITY Affordable housing crisis website SECOND-HIGHEST PRIORITY Healthcare website THIRD-HIGHEST PRIORITY Homelessness website Affordable housing ranks at the top of the list for being the worst thing facing this city. This will come as no surprise to the growing number of Haligonians who are being driven from their homes and being forced to sleep […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
GOLD WINNER Cows Historic Properties, 1891 Upper Water Street website SILVER WINNER Dee Dee’s Ice Cream 5668 Cornwallis Street website BRONZE WINNER Dairy Bar 1489 South Park Street website Caramel Moochiato? Cowamel Apple? Cookie Moonster? Epic. Besides the legend behind Cows’ puns deserving all the awards, this go-to spot is a perfect post-dinner stop while […]
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Best Bedford Restaurant
GOLD WINNER il Mercato Trattoria Sunnyside Mall, 1595 Bedford Highway website SILVER WINNER Birch & Anchor 367 Bedford Highway website BRONZE WINNER Cha Baa Thai Restaurant 1511 Bedford Highway website For the seventh time in a row, il Mercato Trattoria has taken home the gold for Best Bedford Restaurant. This warm, lively Italian joint has […]
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Best Patio
GOLD WINNER Birch & Anchor 367 Bedford Highway website SILVER WINNER Pickford & Black Historic Properties, 1869 Upper Water Street website BRONZE WINNER Good Robot Brewing Co. 2736 Robie Street website HALL OF FAME Your Father’s Moustache 5686 Spring Garden Road website Inducted in 2016 Jennifer Swain, the chief operations officer at Birch & Anchor, […]
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Best Activist
GOLD WINNER El Jones website SILVER WINNER Kate MacDonald website BRONZE WINNER Trayvone Clayton website El Jones is once again named the city’s best activist. Jones said she’s happy to be recognized by the community for the work she’s doing, but wonders about the category in which she’s won. “Best Musician means they made good […]
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Best Dog Groomer
GOLD WINNER Jollytails 6390 Lady Hammond Road website SILVER WINNER Dapper Dogs 1658 Bedford Highway website BRONZE WINNER Prim & Pupper 2310 Gottingen Street website The biggest thing that makes Jollytails grooming appointments different, according to senior manager Bronwyn Brent, is they’re “not in a rush.” Every groomer at the Lady Hammond Road pet store […]