A stainless steel battleground, the kitchen stadium is a fixture of The Iron Chef, the television show where culinary masters face off, hoping to burnish their golden reputations as celebrity chefs. Outside of the glow of that limelight, there is another world of cooking competitions, a world the public isn’t really privy to, where food […]
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Restaurant reviews and ratings for Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring articles about the best new downtown Halifax and Dartmouth NS restaurants, fine dining, pubs, seafood, local bars, chefs, beer, donairs, pizzas, vegetarian and organic food and more.
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Karaoke city
Bearly’s House of Blues & Ribs, Wednesdays While Bearly’s always has its regulars, it’s all about fist pumps and dancing for everyone—including newbies. “It’s just one of the few places in town where even if you are in a crowd, you still feel like you’re surrounded by friends,” says owner Mimi Iatrou. Whether it’s the […]
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Steak to the heart
Strip malls. I can’t say I love ’em. Maybe it’s because the parking lots tend to be a buzzing glow of industrial light boxes. Or maybe it’s because if you look around too much, you are sure to find some Patrick Nagal-style artwork bathed in the assailing neon tint of words like “waxing” and “nails.” […]
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Retro in the resto
As everyone gets ready to dip a foot into the Hot Tub Time Machine we searched for the perfect cocktail to sip while hanging out back when. Classic cocktails are getting tougher to find, but you can get one mixed if you ask the right bartender. Tom’s Little Havana Tom’s serves the standard classic martinis, […]
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Beer and food
Bob and Doug MacKenzie. Those toque-wearing, Rush-worshiping hosers are arguably the classiest part of the image cultivated by the beer industry. It’s sad, but even though advertising executives may suggest that the entire beer-chugging market is made up of frat boys and gyrating girls, it simply isn’t true. Whether you went for a beer on […]
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The IncrEDIBLE Community Supper
The seemingly barren winter season is still a time to buy local food, and the Ecology Action Centre is hosting a community supper to celebrate just that. As part of a series of community dinners being held across the province by Select Nova Scotia, this IncrEDIBLE gathering will focus on sustainable seafood choices to eat […]
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Hops Warrior
Greg Nash runs up the narrow metal stairs in Halifax’s Hart & Thistle brew pub, his 30th trip up and down since arriving at 8:30am. “Some people exercise, I make beer,” he jokes. Kneeling next to a steaming copper vat, he taps a dial on the heat exchanger and watches the needle on the thermometre […]
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Drink like an Irishman
From the hallowed, boozy days of Sam Mallone and Ernie “Coach” Pantusso on Cheers to weekly armchair visits to MacLaren’s, the haunt of Barney Stinson and the rest of the gang on How I Met Your Mother, our culture loves to celebrate the neighbourhood pub. But more than that, we like to go to a […]
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Green beer cheer
If you’re not sure where to go this year for green beer and Irish food, here are a few emeralds. Hart & Thistle Hart & Thistle’s owners happen to be the same as O’Carroll’s—the beloved Irish pub that’s closed for renovations. “St. Paddy’s was always a grand time at Halifax’s first Irish pub, and we’d […]
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Cuppa brew
If the new library has a cafe, wouldn’t it be nice if it could have a bar, too? Wishful thinking, we know, but there are spots in the city where you can buy a coffee for one hand and a beer for the other. We took a sip out of the coffee-holding hand (honest) and […]
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Chez Tess Crêperie charms
“Charming” is an adjective I long to use more often. Sometimes it seems like the only things you can depend on as consistently charming are vintage hats, France Gall songs and Colin Firth. So when I walk into Chez Tess Crêperie, I am pleased. It is, in a word, charming. A small, sweet space, it […]
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Best of Food 2010
Welcome to the ninth annual Best of Food readers’ poll. You, dear voter, are the most important part of Halifax’s most important bar and restaurant awards. These awards are based solely on what readers decide. The survey is open for voting from February 25 until noon on March 29, and anyone in Halifax can register […]