Call it anything you want, but Halifax’s year of cafe, bar and restaurant openings, closings, re-openings and industry gossip certainly wasn’t boring. The year 2022 brought our fine Atlantic city a chef’s plateful of new waterfront restaurants, a weeklong war over pizza, an ownership change to a north end institution and a labour shortage (or […]
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We asked, you answered: The results of our Quality Street candy poll
As of 2022, there are 11 different flavours in a tin of Quality Streets and whether you love em’ or hate em’ a lot of folks have a small, octagon-shaped space in their heart for these nostalgic treats. So, last week we asked our readers: Which Quality Street is the best? Hundreds of responses came […]
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Quinpool Road sushi spot Wasabi House finally reopens for eating in
After nearly three years of take-out only, the Quinpool Road institution Wasabi House opened its dining room this week. For lovers of affordable Japanese cuisine, friendly service and the fact that you’ll somehow always receive a few extra rolls on the house, this is the post-pandemic reopening of all post-pandemic reopenings. Chef and owner Richard Wu […]
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Daryâ restaurant is here to transport you to the Eastern Mediterranean
It’s been a hectic few months for Wesley Bernard, chef de cuisine at Daryâ, the newest culinary addition to the waterfront Queen’s Marque district. Preparing to open a restaurant is both an exhausting and exhilarating endeavour full of revamping, restructuring and reorganizing, but once the dust has settled, seeing everything come together is nothing short […]
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In praise of Greco, the greatest bad pizza around
I can only recall feeling envy once on Twitter (that’s an emotion usually found lurking under Instagram’s round-cornered veneer). It was midway through the hellscape of 2020, and while there were a billion pressing things I should’ve been fixating on, I found myself repeating the same story to any friend held captive in my socially distanced […]
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Vandal Doughnuts is closing its doors—for now
No, Vandal Doughnuts isn’t gone for good. Or at least, that’s the message owner Jens Heidenreich tells The Coast when reached by phone on a late Friday afternoon. But as you might’ve heard rumoured online, the 2150 Gottingen Street donut shop is, indeed, closing for the time being. With a change in ownership and a […]
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How to beat Halifax’s sriracha shortage
If you’ve wandered the aisles of your nearest big box grocery store in the last few months, you might’ve stumbled upon something troubling and unfamiliar—no, not the armed Halifax police officers in the bread aisle this time, or “some dumb kid” at the checkout asking if you’d like a discount. An “unprecedented” crop shortage, first […]
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Halifax restaurant workers know the real reason for the labour shortage
Harpreet Jagdeo has a passion for food; they’ve loved cooking since they were a kid. And they love Halifax. But after working in this city’s restaurant industry for years and barely managing to make ends meet, Jagdeo just couldn’t take it any longer. It got to the point where they were working three kitchen jobs […]
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The war on pizza
Monday, Oct. 3, is as per usual, a busy day at Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria. Owner John Amyoony greets his steady flow of customers by name and asks them how their day is going while drizzling donair sauce on slices of pizza bigger than a human head. Today is different though, because he’s also […]
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Eat, Drink, and Experience Nova Scotia
Trying to figure out what’s on the menu for your next getaway or staycation? Let’s take all the guessing work out of planning your next culinary outing and leave it to the experts at Taste of Nova Scotia. They’ve spent over 30 years collecting members who bring the best of Nova Scotia to our plates […]
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Oscar-winning Haligonian Ben Proudfoot releases new food-focused doc
You’d be forgiven if, due to a certain slap, you missed when Ben Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios took home the Oscar earlier this year for best documentary short—but don’t for a second think that Halifax missed seeing their hometown boy make good in front of the entire film world. Since then, Proudfoot’s been busy on a […]
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The Halifax Lebanese Festival returns this weekend
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the annual Halifax Lebanese Festival returns to the Olympic Community Centre this Friday through Sunday, Sep 16-18. This edition of the fest isn’t quite back to normal—watch for the full four-day version with live music and entertainment in July 2023, with any luck—but Joanne Lawen Mrakic, the […]