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After 26 years of serving up vegetarian-friendly eats at 1581 Grafton, Satisfaction Feast has packed up shop and headed north. The restaurant’s been open at its new home, 3559 Robie (the former home of Alvin’s Pizza, behind the Cousin’s Restaurant parking lot) for about three weeks. Owner Sarita Earp found out a few years back […]

About a year after it first opened its doors at 5189 Sackville, high-end street wear and customized sneaker boutique (and NSCADU-graduate showcase) Krisp Clothing is closing up shop. “It wasn’t sustainable,” says Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Krisp’s CEO, of the shop. “At some point, you’ve got to just realize that it’s not going to happen.” The shop […]

Hoping to harness your inner Aretha? Head to new shop Bradshaw Pure Esthetics, now open for business on the second floor of 1539 Birmingham (in the same building that houses the Love, Me Boutique.) There, they’ll make you feel like a natural (man or) woman. After all, esthetician and shop-owner Diana Bradshaw uses only certified […]

Meanwhile, up on the second level of the Barrington Place Shops, (in another former home of Mr. Romance), new salon Reaction Hair Studio is ready to make you feel pretty. The salon, which opened two weeks ago, is co-owned by Ray Kerr (husband of Margaret Ann—see above), and hairstylist Debra Hallett. Hallett’s been doing Kerr’s […]

Heads up, fans of the 7th Avenue Boutique. Tomorrow’s the last day you’ll be able to access the shop at its current location (the corner of Granville and Duke). But stay calm: The shop re-opens at an ever-so-convenient new location, amid the Barrington Place Shops, November 20. (The boutique’s new digs, beside Hatley Clothing, used […]

After seven years in their current home at 2207 Gottingen, the Turnstile Pottery Co-operative and their kiln will soon be on the move. They’re just not sure where they’re going yet. The co-operative, currently 10 members strong, received notice early last week that they have to vacate their current digs by the end of November. […]

The Blockbuster, Little Caesars and Koolex Kleaners branches on Queen are still open. All three stores are getting an external face-lift, but inside, everything’s business as usual…The former home of the Great Canadian Bagel on Spring Garden will soon be home to new boutique Hibiscus, set to open around mid-November…Rumour had it that a branch […]

Apple-certified and locally owned computer training centre Splice Training Inc. also moved recently, from its former home above the vacant Sam the Record Man store, to a new office two buildings down the street at 1668 Barrington (once part of Salter Street Films). Besides being fancy, the company’s new wheelchair-accesible location will also help students […]

Staff at the Spirit Urban Spa (1566 Barrington) spent last weekend packing the place up. That’s a good thing. The spa opens in its new home at 5150 Salter (in the Salter’s Gate development) today. The new larger facility features a state-of-the-art hair studio, a patio (and accompanying harbourfront view), new steam showers, a schmancy […]

Feeling a little bit country? Head to Burnside, cowboys and girls—The Rodeo Lounge (121 Ilsley) is currently in the process of a major expansion. First on the agenda: famed mechanical bull “Ozzy” is getting a whole room to himself and becoming a permanent fixture of the bar. “At this point, we set him up four […]

In the immortal words of the Friendly Giant: look up; look way up. Otherwise, you might miss checking out Spring Garden’s latest salon. A Step Up Hair Design and Day Spa, located at 5982 Spring Garden, makes its home high above street level. It’s nestled in the third floor of the building that houses the […]

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 2008 Halifax Business awards. The awards will be handed out on January 31, at a sure-to-be-fancy soiree at the World Trade and Convention Centre. Finalists up for small business of the year include eco-friendly property inspectors ECCO Environmental Consulting and Contracting Inc., local beer-makers […]