GOLD WINNER Dear Friend Bar 67 Portland Street website SILVER WINNER Lot Six Bar & Restaurant 1685 Argyle Street website BRONZE WINNER Julep Kitchen & Cocktails 1688 Barrington Street website The cocktail menu at Dear Friend changes more often than the seasons, reinventing itself about five times a year so the ingredients are always local […]
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Best Blues Artist / Band
GOLD WINNER Garrett Mason website SILVER WINNER Charlie A’Court website BRONZE WINNER Willie Stratton website A tradition turned siren song, every Tuesday at Bearly’s House of Blues & Ribs is blissfully dependable: Garrett Mason will noodle on his guitar, making it by turns wail and gently weep from the bar’s petite corner stage. Another tradition? […]
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Best Public Space
GOLD WINNER Halifax waterfront 1600 Lower Water Street website SILVER WINNER Halifax Public Gardens 5665 Spring Garden Road website BRONZE WINNER Point Pleasant Park 5530 Point Pleasant Drive website The Halifax waterfront is a four kilometre-long boardwalk with lots to see and do. Home to the city’s more notable pieces of public art like the […]
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Best Makeup Artist
GOLD WINNER Selena Marchand, Selena Marchand Makeup Artistry website SILVER WINNER Elle Munster, Daydreamers Beauty Studio 6132 Quinpool Road, suite 201 website BRONZE WINNER Vicky Mina, Vicky Mina Makeup website Selena Marchand lives for the moments of transformation. A makeup artist for 16 years and counting, Marchand prides herself on bringing a boost of confidence […]
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Best Bakery
GOLD WINNER LF Bakery 2063 Gottingen Street website SILVER WINNER Bliss Caffeine Bar 1451 South Park Street website BRONZE WINNER Birdies Bread Co. 380 Pleasant Stree website There are a lot of things that make this French bakery an absolute Gottingen Street gem: The traditional croissants, the decades-old sourdough starter brought over from France that […]
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Best New Bar
GOLD WINNER Bar Sofia Queen’s Marque, 1709 Lower Water Street, suite 104 website SILVER WINNER The Narrows Public House 2720 Gottingen Street website BRONZE WINNER Tusket Falls Beer Project 2220 Gottingen Street website Bar Sofia opened its doors in the Queen’s Marque in February 2022, and has been turning heads ever since. “Overall, we wanted […]
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Best Punk Artist / Band
GOLD WINNER Atay & JAX website SILVER WINNER Like A Motorcycle website BRONZE WINNER Botfly website Atay & JAX (or Adam Taylor and Jaxon Booth, as they’re known offstage) are the first to admit they mightn’t be the typical punk stereotype. Students of the type of pop-meets-hip hop, post-BROCKHAMPTON school of sound that raps more […]
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Best Yoga Instructor
GOLD WINNER Stefanie Winters On The Mat Yoga, 2985 Oxford Street website SILVER WINNER Vero Trudel R Studios, 2470 Maynard Street website BRONZE WINNER Estelle Thomson The Practice, 300 Prince Albert Road website When speaking with The Coast about her latest gold win, Stefanie Winters admits winning a Best of Halifax award never gets old. […]
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Best Lobster Roll
GOLD WINNER The Canteen 22 Portland Street website SILVER WINNER Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street website BRONZE WINNER Tom’s Lobster Shack 110 Peggys Point Road website This year’s gold winner for Best Lobster Roll isn’t technically a lobster roll—it’s a crobster roll. An invention by five-time Best Chef winner Renée Lavallée, the […]
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Best Butcher Shop
GOLD WINNER Gateway Meat Market 667 Main Street website SILVER WINNER 2 Boys Smokehouse & Deli 984 Cole Harbour Road website BRONZE WINNER Brothers Meats and Delicatessen 2665 Agricola Street website This independent Dartmouth butcher, deli and grocery shop has been providing quality meat at affordable prices to the people of Halifax since 2008. It […]
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Best Restaurant
GOLD WINNER The Bicycle Thief Bishop’s Landing, 1475 Lower Water Street website SILVER WINNER The Canteen 22 Portland Street website BRONZE WINNER Bar Kismet 2722 Agricola Street website The Bertossi Group’s literal golden child, The Bicycle Thief, scores the top spot for Best Restaurant this year. This resto is just as much a staple in […]
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Best Councillor
GOLD WINNER Lindell Smith, District 8 website SILVER WINNER Tony Mancini, District 6 website BRONZE WINNER Sam Austin, District 5 website Lindell Smith is a man of multitudes. The co-founder of Centre Line Studio, a non-profit recording space for youth, and co-creator of the “One North End Project,” a community-wide initiative to build bridges within […]