East Coast Bakery 6257 Quinpool Road Bagels—the browned, buttered bread rings round out any brunch spread. But for Gerry Lonergan, they’re much more than a delicious way to carb-load in the morning. The humble toaster fodder has been a central player in his world since day one, ultimately changing his life faster than you can […]
Melissa Buote
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The Last Magnificent‘s Tower trip
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road Opens Friday, May 5 It’s a disgusting quip, but towering is a great way to describe Jeremiah Tower. He is a Paul Bunyan-like figure in American cuisine, a tall tale of culinary innovation, dizzying successes, stunning failure and, then, disappearance. Tower got his […]
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Birdie’s Bread Co. is ready to take flight
Birdie’s Bread Co. 380 Pleasant Street Dartmouth is on a roll thanks to Jessica Best. She is well on her way to opening Birdie’s Bread Co. at 380 Pleasant Street in Woodside. “We’re getting closer. I say that every day, but oh my god there is still so much more to do,” says Best. The […]
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Sea of love
Sushi Shige 1532 Granville Street Omakase reservations:902-422-0740 Omakase is a true statement of trust. When you order omakase at a Japanese restaurant, you put yourself in the hands of the chef. You trust them to feed you and to feed you well. At Sushi Shige, it is without a doubt the best way to experience […]
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Shige’s raw talent
In order to stand at the front of the line, Shigeru Fukuyama first had to get to the front of the board. It can take a long time to do both. And sometimes you don’t even get to do either. But Shige does it all. And he does it right here in Halifax with Aya […]
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Rinaldo’s family focus
Salvatore Rinaldo didn’t exactly leave a trail of breadcrumbs for his sons, Tony and Sam, to follow. It’s more like a path that was coated in breadcrumbs, fried, and covered in marinara. Who wouldn’t follow that path? He was, of course, the founder of the original Salvatore’s New York Pizza (now Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria). Tony […]
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Divine secrets of the Yeah Yeahs brotherhood
Yeah Yeahs 66 Ochterloney Street Opening in May It’s a little bit smoky in the prep kitchen at Yeah Yeahs. Josh Nordin and Dean Petty are testing out dough with their head dough maker, Sal Mosca. He stretches and tosses one of the half dozen dough balls he has with him and then tops it […]
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Battery Park, recharged
It turns out George and Leo Christakos had an ace in the hole. Or, rather, they put an Ace in the hole that chef Mark Gray left in their restaurant concept when, last month, he announced he was going to be leaving Battery Park (62 Ochterloney Street). The food at Battery Park has been defined […]
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Anchor’s the way
The Anchor 3625 Dutch Village Road It’s just after 7pm at The Anchor. A guy with shaggy hair is behind a microphone “check, check, check”-ing out a quick soundcheck before settling in behind a keyboard as the night’s entertainment. The Anchor seems to pack itself with purpose outside of its basic function as a restaurant, […]
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Nova 7 goes into the wild
“Common wisdom would suggest that if something ain’t broke, you don’t fix it, right?” Jean-Benoit Deslauriers says with a laugh. But as Benjamin Bridge is proving on the 10-year anniversary of Nova 7, you also can’t win if you don’t roll the dice. As head winemaker at Benjamin Bridge, Deslauriers rolled the dice—essentially fixing something […]
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A letter to Sam Austin, about downtown Dartmouth
Dartmouth Centre councillor Sam Austin sent a letter to The Coast earlier this week in response to writer Melissa Buote’s review of Picnic on March 9. Austin took issue with Buote’s comparison of downtown Dartmouth at night to the old horror movie The Haunting, saying it was an “attempt at a clever analogy taken too […]
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Destination, Mappatura
Mappatura Bistro 5883 Spring Garden Road The map that led Terry Vassallo and Simone Mombourquette to Spring Garden Road has had a few twists and turns. Their path included a six-year stop in Lunenburg to run the front and back of house at the beloved Trattoria della Nonna, and a handful of years at Cafe […]
