There is an odd sense of walking through the 1990s when you hit that part of Clyde Street where it intersects Brenton. Le Bistro and the Cellar sit across from one another, seemingly built on a foundation of nostalgia; in the wake of all of the changes in the neighbourhood over the years—gelato and second-hand […]
Melissa Buote
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All hail White Sails
Red, green and yellow horizontal stripes cover the White Sails Bakery & Deli, making the restaurant an unexpected yet easy-to-spot rainbow on the side of Peggys Cove Road in Tantallon. A big lawn, covered with an array of Adirondack chairs and picnic tables, slopes down to the water of Whynachts Cove. It looks like a […]
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Meet the Halifax Press
You can’t miss Halifax Press. In the midst of all the gravel and brick that makes up the Historic Farmers’ Market, the truck stands out big and bright, a lime green beacon that leads to cheese. The shade from a yellow-and-white awning that stretches out over the window crawls towards a scattering of lime green […]
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Going bananas at Bistro 920
It’s Saturday afternoon, I’m on Portland Street, so what is there to do but go to one of those little restaurants stuck in one of the thousand strip malls that make up this part of Dartmouth? Formerly the Colby Ale House, Bistro 920’s newly revamped menu features classic fare like pasta, sandwiches and thin crust […]
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The Lion & Bright stuff
Lion & Bright, the bar and cafe that stole the name of the children’s book I was writing about the heartwarming friendship between a white lion and an anglerfish, has its own storied roots in a pair of animals. The name pays homage to oxen: a team of two buddies hitched would often be named […]
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Midday magic
The Midday Bistro is a simple, tiny restaurant, a hole in the wall on Portland Street, with only a simple, tiny sign that hangs just outside, over the door, marking the spot. The Midday looks like it’s been there forever. The devotion of the day-to-day regulars also suggests a long history, but in reality it’s […]
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Street meet: Right Some Good’s block party
“I fell in love with Nova Scotia last year at Right Some Good,” Matt Basile says. “The people, the food the energy: I just felt very comfortable and at home there. I lived my entire life in Toronto and I love my home,” he continues. “But I also love how amazingly different the scenic Nova […]
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Naval grazing: Right Some Good on the HMCS Preserver
Get your towels ready, it’s about to go down. Ships start here, so it makes sense that Right Some Good pops up in Halifax with at the Stadacona Drill Shed and, yep, you guessed it, sha-sha-shorty: on a motherfuckin’ boat. “The flight deck on HMCS Preserver is obviously an incredible spot for a pop-up, that […]
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Introducing, Fiasco’s new owners
If you haven’t heard, Fiasco (1463 Brenton Street) not only has a new menu, but also two new faces behind the scenes. As of early May Morné Van Antwerp and Sue Ann Lambert took over as owners, and creators—he as the chef and she, the pastry chef. And they’re a power couple, to say the […]
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Love in the Resolutes Club
It’s easy to feel behind the times when it comes to restaurants, with new places opening and old places closing like clockwork, almost as regularly as the sun rises and sets. But it’s not often you feel a hundred years behind the times. Started in 1901, the Resolutes Amateur Athletics Club of Halifax is the […]
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Happy Veal or no deal
The first time I saw the sandwich board outside of Park Victoria promising fresh noodles and homemade dumplings, I thought I was hallucinating Happy Veal Hot Pot into existence. I’d always pictured the bottom floor of Park Vic as nothing more than a Goodlife bumping up against Le Bistro by Liz, so this new restaurant […]
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Arms way
It’s early Saturday evening. A hedge of limousines wraps around the Public Gardens and a dull chatter hangs in the air like a low cloud. It’s not until I see the creased tuxedos and wrinkled taffeta that I realize: it’s a prom night. Droves of girls wander around in gossamer fabrics, sunlight firing from sequin […]
