As spring bursts forth from winter, does it make you want to garden? Or is it rising food prices and growing local food trends? Either way, it’s time to get dirty, and there are loads of local resources to support your emerging or entrenched gardening habits. Tonight (Tuesday, May 3) at 5pm, urban farmer Sara […]
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Photos of Halifax’s new European-inspired restaurant Eliot & Vine
Tonight, Halifax’s new European-inspired restaurant Eliot & Vine opens at 2035 Clifton Street after a champagne opening last night, where photographers Andrew Donovan and Crissie Brenton (Phototype) snapped a few sneak-peek photos of the 55-seat venture by film producer Johanna Eliot. The gorgeous resto offers exquisite design, reminiscent of Eliot’s childhood in Greece, luxurious ever-changing menus […]
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Ami Goto sells Dharma Sushi
Ami Goto is passing the Dharma Sushi (1476 Argyle Street) torch. A longtime employee turned owner/chef, she took the reins from the restaurant’s founder Hideki Yamamoto back in 2014, but as of April 29 Goto will say goodbye to prepare for her next chapter and Nobu Ishii and his family will take over Dharma’s operation. […]
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Shop this: Maker Mode Aprons
“It’s so weird how it started. I got bored from making soap one day and started making these aprons,” says Sarah Armstrong, the artist behind Bad Mouth Soap and now half of Maker Mode Aprons. Her short-lived stint of boredom—and inspiration from a couple of trips to Japan—drove her to start noodling with a sewing […]
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Guided Tour – Dartmouth
EAT Nothing unites people together in quite the same manner as a sporting event, and there is no livelier place to watch the big game than Dave Doolittle’s Sportsbar & Grill. With nine TVs—including two big screens— there’s something for fans of every sport, as well as the biggest pay-per-view events too. A full kitchen […]
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Trainyard General Store pulls into downtown Dartmouth
There’s yet another addition to Dartmouth’s budding downtown— The Trainyard General Store is a new shop that’ll open this summer. The store is going to be focused on all gifts, goods and furniture crafted in Nova Scotia, and there’ll be workshop space for people who want to do their own creating. Saturday “Open Project Days” […]
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Budget brings tax credit to farmers who donate crops
There’s good news in today’s budget for food-growing Nova Scotians. Farmers who donate surplus crops to registered charities feeding people in need— like Feed Nova Scotia—may now claim a refundable tax credit of 25 percent. Feed Nova Scotia was all in, of course, as the charity distributes a large amount of food to their member […]
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Venus Envy parties like it’s ’98
As of this weekend, Venus Envy (1598 Barrington Street) has been a resource, teacher and playmate in for Haligonians for 18 years, and in honour of such a momentous occasion, the beloved sex shop/book store is in celebration mode. “We exist because people support us,” says Venus Envy’s Kaleigh Trace. “And we wanted to do […]
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Little Oak hits the waterfront this summer
Meet the waterfront’s newest bar, Little Oak. Owners of Agricola Street Brasserie Michael Hase, Rachel Knox and Ludovic Eveno decided to start it up about a year ago, and they’re jazzed to be opening it’s doors at Bishop’s Landing this summer. Hase describes the bar’s 27-seater size as “a footprint that would fit in the […]
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Oysters inspire Sober Island Brewing’s start
While across the Atlantic at a pub in Wales, Rebecca Atkinson was reminded of home. As she sipped on an oyster-infused beer, Atkinson asked herself, “‘Why don’t we have this?’” “It really inspired me,” says Atkinson, a native of Sober Island, a community in Sheet Harbour, and the owner of Sober Island Brewing, a new […]
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A taste of the Halifax Tea Festival
“It’s like time travel in a cup,” said Wanda Aulenback as she hands out samples of tea at the second annual Halifax Tea Festival. Aulenback is owner of Sense and SensibiliTea, an independent, loose-leaf tea company attempting to recreate historic brews for a contemporary audience. Sense and SensibiliTea was just the beginning of what awaited […]
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Shop this: Jutelaune espadrilles
Raise your hand if you’re ready to be freed of the shackles known as socks and boots. Second-hand shop—and home of Anna Gilkerson’s one-year-old clothing line AKG—Makenew (2468 Agricola Street) feels you on this. A scroll through its Instagram feed and you’ll swear you feel a little sunshine on your cheeks. As a perfect accent […]