Gahan House 1869 Upper Water Street, 902-444-3060 Sun-Tue 11am-11pm Wed-Sat 11am-midnight The Gahan House has been in Charlottetown for over 10 years. It’s been in Halifax for over 10 weeks. So why not compare the two? Let me get this out of the way: I find the beer at the Gahan House pretty samey, hoppy […]
Restaurant Reviews
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Staggers walks the line
Staggers Pub & Grub 26 Portland Street, 902-406-3661 Tina Turner is rasping her way through one of her hits as we wander into Staggers, a small pub on the Alderney end of Portland Street. It was $7 lunch specials that lured us here. It’s a pretty irresistible price. We sit at a table by windows […]
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Comfortably Hum’s
The door to Hum’s Kitchen sticks a bit when I try to open it. After almost tripping inside after a forceful push, my friend Rachelle and I are greeted and told to sit down anywhere we like in the almost empty dining room. Hum’s is a small, tidy restaurant. The chairs are solid, carved wood […]
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Lots of love, Layla
We’ve all heard about the exception that proves the rule. Well, that exception has a name: Domino’s. Domino’s, I’ve discovered—as much as a crackpot theorist can discover—is the linchpin that holds the precarious perfection of 480 Parkland Drive in check. It’s the only explanation for how goddamn good the other restaurants in that strip mall […]
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Dip it good at Baba Ghanouj
Baba Ghanouj is adorable. It’s hard to miss the new restaurant on Barrington Street—the chalky white walls are painted with green accents and a couple of cute tables flank the door. It’s bright and welcoming—you can’t help but want to go in. Unfortunately, the charm of the outside is a bit lost once inside. Two […]
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Shack attack
The screen door at the South Shore Fish Shack flaps and creaks, banging lazily against the doorframe in the weak breeze that makes its way up Lunenburg’s Montague Street. The restaurant is small, but the line-up outside the door stretches the length of it and beyond, to the end of their patio. The crowd is […]
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Back in the Cellar
There is an odd sense of walking through the 1990s when you hit that part of Clyde Street where it intersects Brenton. Le Bistro and the Cellar sit across from one another, seemingly built on a foundation of nostalgia; in the wake of all of the changes in the neighbourhood over the years—gelato and second-hand […]
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All hail White Sails
Red, green and yellow horizontal stripes cover the White Sails Bakery & Deli, making the restaurant an unexpected yet easy-to-spot rainbow on the side of Peggys Cove Road in Tantallon. A big lawn, covered with an array of Adirondack chairs and picnic tables, slopes down to the water of Whynachts Cove. It looks like a […]
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Meet the Halifax Press
You can’t miss Halifax Press. In the midst of all the gravel and brick that makes up the Historic Farmers’ Market, the truck stands out big and bright, a lime green beacon that leads to cheese. The shade from a yellow-and-white awning that stretches out over the window crawls towards a scattering of lime green […]
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Going bananas at Bistro 920
It’s Saturday afternoon, I’m on Portland Street, so what is there to do but go to one of those little restaurants stuck in one of the thousand strip malls that make up this part of Dartmouth? Formerly the Colby Ale House, Bistro 920’s newly revamped menu features classic fare like pasta, sandwiches and thin crust […]
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The Lion & Bright stuff
Lion & Bright, the bar and cafe that stole the name of the children’s book I was writing about the heartwarming friendship between a white lion and an anglerfish, has its own storied roots in a pair of animals. The name pays homage to oxen: a team of two buddies hitched would often be named […]
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Midday magic
The Midday Bistro is a simple, tiny restaurant, a hole in the wall on Portland Street, with only a simple, tiny sign that hangs just outside, over the door, marking the spot. The Midday looks like it’s been there forever. The devotion of the day-to-day regulars also suggests a long history, but in reality it’s […]
