Melissa Buote

Tucked into a corner of the stripmall complex on Portland Hills that once held Que Tal—a new restaurant called Absolutely Delish Cuisine recently opened in that space—Piez Bistro specializes in pizzas and other savoury pies. It’s a tiny restaurant. A handful of tables fills the corner around the counter, while shelves stacked with jars and […]

Low-key, jazzy music fills The Nook. This new cafe-meets-lounge on Gottingen is, in fact, incredibly low-key in general. There’s a warm, slightly industrial feel to the space that feels very in step with how this part of Gottingen is developing. Natural light floods in through a big window at the front that is lined with […]

Efendy quietly opened on Dresden Row late in 2013. Its dining room will feel familiar to anyone who spent time in the late, great Fid. The banquette is still tucked into one of the walls, while the other is a bold red with a chalkboard menu and a little shelf where a single bottle of […]

Atlantic Canada has long had a Saint John and St. John’s, but in Field Guide, Halifax has found its own St. John. Since 1994, Fergus Henderson, the chef at St. John in London, England, has been at the forefront of nose-to-tail eating, and now chef/owner Dan Vorstermans and his partner Ceilidh Sutherland are leading the […]

If nothing else, the Agricola Street Brasserie is ambitious. But, luckily, there is some else. The restaurant is really beautiful. The huge main dining room is a scattering of tables within a perimeter set by high, comfortable banquette seating. A long bar runs the margin, a corridor of sorts, that leads to the back room, […]