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Dartmouth Crossing update: electronics emporium Best Buy and Danish home supply heavenJYSK (No, it’s not Ikea. But is Ikea-ish!) have both officially opened their Dartmouth Crossing locations. Best Buy opened up this past weekend, and JYSK rolled out the red carpet at the beginning of November. Shop it up, Big-box lovers!

Jonesing for jewels? Aching for art? (Angry about alliteration?) The second location of the Lady Luck Boutique opens today at 5519 Young (in the former Abby’s Fabric Shoppe space at the Hydrostone). So does the Hydrostone Gallery, a new art space housed in the boutique’s back room. The gallery and boutique go well together, points […]

Canada-owned chain Music World has filed for bankruptcy protection, and its 72 stores are set to liquidate their wares and close their doors by the end of January. Managers at all three of the HRM’s Music World locations—-in the Halifax Shopping Centre, in the Mic Mac Mall, and at the Sunnyside Mall in Bedford—confirm their […]

It’s sad and official: the closing of the Mediterraneo Restaurant (formerly of 1571 Barrington) is no passing phase. It’s closed for good. (That means no more Coast-award-winning turkey sandwiches and schwarmas). After 11 years of running the restaurant, owner Edward Daniel decided it was time to close up shop. “People weren’t coming in like they […]

Having trouble communicating? Head to Spring Garden—the new Aliant Store is officially open (at 5475 Spring Garden, the former home of Timothy’s World Coffee), and ready to hook you up with cellphones, high-speed internet and PC products. The store opened last Thursday, and is planning a grand opening in early December. “We’re just so excited […]

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 […]

The word on the street is that the Comfy Corner Cafe on Hollis has served its last (super-yummy) breakfast. Sigh…A new Aliant store is opening on Spring Garden Road. Signage is now up, electronic goodies to follow. Stay tuned…A tantalizing blue-and-yellowy storefront in Bayers Lake had the Ikea rumour mill working overtime this week. But, […]

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 organic […]

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 […]

The Niko Video kiosk at the Needs on Queen is definitely not out spitting any more videos. The handwritten sign taped on the empty kiosk describes its owner as “M.I.A.”…Maxwell’s Plum on Grafton no longer offers free peanuts, which means no more nights of shell-flinging debauchery. Be strong, friends…the former One World Café site (2412 […]