Next time you’re pondering accepting another round when the waitress returns to take a second drink order think about calling Designated Drive-yers. Instead of leaving your vehicle downtown and hailing a cab, or trying to drive home after drinking, give this student run business a call – you’ll be met at your convenience by a […]
Shannon Webb-Campbell
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Oh, Such Pretty Things
Specializing in vintage, retro and rockabilly, Pretty Things Boutique had to shut down their retail nook within Junk & Foibles (1533 Barrington) when they closed their doors late March. Over the past few months Pretty Things owner Cadence Macmichael has been scoping out various locations throughout the downtown core, but couldn’t find the right atmosphere […]
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Menz Bar’s Queer Beer
Menz Bar reopened its doors last night at their new location (2182 Gottigen), merely a hop skip and a jump from their old haunt on the corner. In honour of the official grand opening the boyz celebrated in-style with “Queer Beer” – Menz Pale Ale, an unpasturized natural blonde ale brewed down the street by […]
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Homecut Haircuts
With the high cost of rent these days, small business operators need to be creative. Hair stylist Veralynn Beattie, owner of Hair On The Go, closed her Herring Cove-based shop the Hairing Cove Clipper (3 Ocean Breeze Drive) last winter and took her business on the road. Based in Clayton Park, Beattie specializes in mobile […]
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Guiding lights
Over the centuries, Paris has inspired many great thinkers—Simone de Beauvoir, Gertrude Stein and T.S. Eliot. Recently,Canadian songwriters such as Feist, Hawksley Workman and Sarah Slean have been drawn to its omnipresent glow. Slean blames the City of Light for her latest effort, The Baroness. She’ll share her secrets and reasoning at the Rebecca Cohn […]
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Come See, Stay For Tea: Sawadee
Sawadee Tea House (1871 Granville) opened its doors last week. Owners Michel St. Jean and Mie Mie Sein have brought a little taste of South East Asia, India and Australia to Halifax with their extensive selection of loose leaf tea, art and giftware. The couple also operate a small import business MS2 Import Inc. on […]
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Still Adventures
Back in February my buddy T.C. mentioned Strange Adventures might have to pack up shop and move their comic haven elsewhere. The shop’s quaint home at 5262 Sackville Street can stay put, at least for the time being. “The building was sold to a new owner whose current plant is to keep the building as […]
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Be Well, Well Be
In a historic port town the past always seems present. Be Well Spa (2110 Robie Street) found its home in a Queen Anne shingle-style house built in 1898. Originally the location was a doctor’s house, during the Halifax explosion it served as a temporary hospital and over the past few years it’s been a seniors […]
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Loomis + Loomis & Toles = DeSerres
Don’t hang up when a customer service consultant greets you –the art supply/crafter in need –with, “thank you for calling DeSerres Halifax, you’ve reached…” thinking you’ve dialled the wrong number. Loomis Art Store (formerly Loomis & Toles) has adopted a new brand image and revamped its identity – DeSerres (1546 Barrington). In honour of their […]
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Destination: Europe via Halifax
There is something rather mystical about wandering down winding cobblestone streets, knee-deep in Paris, Rome or anywhere in Europe really. Unfortunately a roundtrip across that big Atlantic pond costs a pretty penny, why not just saunter on down to Café Chianti Restaurant (5165 South Street) for a little taste of Europe right here in Halifax. […]
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Cupcake King
Got a sweet tooth? Susie’s Shortbreads sure does. Based in Halifax, the rather stylish baked goods company certainly goes beyond the usual shapes and sizes of traditional cookie-cutters. Susie’s Shortbreads boasts an extensive list of cookies and cupcakes – flavours such as the Elvis cupcake (banana cake swirled with chocolate chips, topped with peanut butter […]
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Maritime-inspired Poutine
CUT Steakhouse & Urban Grill (5120 Salter Street) may be the only location in Eastern Canada to dry-age its beef in-house for 35 days (to develop flavour intensity), but it’s their poutine that is truly one of a kind. For the old fashioned Montréaler in you there is the standard poutine beefed up with with […]