Rinaldo’s 2186 Windsor Street Tue-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri 11:30am-1am, Sat 10am-3pm and 5pm-1am, Sun 10am-3pm and 5pm-10pm As I walk down Cunard Street towards the bus stop, two little boxes sitting as heavily in my bag as the slowly digesting carbs sit in my stomach, I make a promise to myself: I will never go back […]
Restaurant Reviews
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A night at Bar Kismet
Bar Kismet 2733 Agricola Street Tue-Sun 5pm-12am One of the biggest downsides of writing about a restaurant that you really love is the potential to ruin your chance of ever getting a table at that restaurant ever again. When there are only a few dozen seats, you kind of want to keep every single one […]
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Qiu Brothers Dumplings feels like home
Qiu Brothers Dumplings 1335 Barrington Street 11am-9pm daily My favourite restaurants are the ones that feel personal, the ones that combine not just a point of view, but a point of reference. Think of the needlepoint on a compass: That steady leg rooted into the very core of what defines a person, the hinge stretching […]
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Patrons 902 Modern Food Fusion finds its course
Patrons 902 Modern Food Fusion27 Dellridge Lane #105 Tue-Fri, 4-10pm Sat-Sun, 11am-10pm There is quite literally nothing I care less about in this world than golf. My knowledge of that sport starts and ends with a childhood viewing of Dorf on Golf, so I know there is a ball and a hole and a flag […]
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First Look: inside The Watch That Ends The Night’s cool Canadiana
“Happiness annihilates time,” wrote Hugh MacLennan in his 1958 novel The Watch That Ends The Night, the namesake of Bethany and Joe Gurba’s new 80-seater restaurant and cocktail bar on the second floor of King’s Wharf in Dartmouth. “It’s the idea time can be cruel and arbitrary, but it feels amazing when it dissolves,” says […]
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Kaiser’s, king of subs
Nostalgia is a force of nature. It can come in a lightning flash and turn into a whirlwind of sentimentality or a tidal wave of longing or regret. It can’t be manufactured in irony or kitsch lest you wind up with a pair of ruby slippers that do nothing but remind you of the home […]
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Gangnam’s paradise
The first time I had Korean food was around 15 years ago. Jim’s Grill was a little greasy spoon not far from Wrigleyville, in Chicago. It was tiny, just a handful of tables with bright orange swivel seats and chipped counters. The menu was simple: Noodles, soups, bibimbap, bulgogi. It was the first place I’d […]
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Pho Hoang Minh’s magic number
Pho Hoang Minh 172 Wyse Road Mon-Wed 11am-9pm; Thu-Sat 11am-10pm Sun 4pm-9pm Fifteen is a perfect number. It’s one plus two plus three plus four plus five. It’s a magic constant, a triangular number, a hexagonal number and a pentatope number. In numerology it is apparently associated with harmony. It’s a point in tennis. And […]
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The fantastic East of Grafton and where to find it
East of Grafton 1580 Argyle Street Tue-Fri 12-3pm & 5:30-10pm Sat 11:30am-3pm & 5:30-11pm Sun 11:30am-10pm East of Grafton probably wishes it was anywhere else, thanks to the nonsensical oversaturation of construction that has basically made Argyle Street the shittiest place to spend time on the peninsula. (“Hold my beer.” —The Waterfront.) We have all […]
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Grill crush at Bearly’s
Bearly’s House of Blues & Ribs 1269 Barrington Street There’s a sign in the parking lot of Bearly’s, gleaming white with newness. “Amazing BBQ chicken ‘n ribs!” it shouts in retro blue and red, an arrow with Bearly’s written on it pointing towards the House of Blues and Ribs. It’s the kind of sign that, […]
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Little Oak goes a long way
Little Oak 1475 Lower Water Street Mon-Wed 4pm-10pm; Thu-Sat 4pm-late You don’t need to be a bartender at Little Oak to be “behind the wood.” It is impossible not to be behind wood at this tiny bar: The entire space is essentially a warm oaky embrace. The room is small, but manages to feels airy […]
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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 […]