Trip out with Micro Organs
Micro Organs’ (Jenny Gillespie and Mathieu Blanchard) new video for “Ne’er Do Well” crafts a strange and entrancing wonderland, thanks to Gillespie’s trilling (and trill) vocals and Heather Rappard’s dark rainbow projections. Infuse your Wednesday afternoon with a solid toke of psych folk garage realness. Seriously, guys. Click for grunge:
Layla Boutique Shop opens
It’s only been about two weeks since her shop has opened, but Layla Summer of Layla Boutique Shop (5181 Sackville Street, 440-0627) says that her clothes are already out of stock. “I didn’t think business would go so fast!” she says. But business had every right to go quickly because no two items at the…
Promoting transit as riders
“Riding the Metro Transit one day,” writes Gillian Wesley, “we noticed an HRM ad that pictured three walking trails that could be reached by bus. We thought this was a brilliant idea (props to @hfxtransit) and have been inspired to take it one step further with a series of posts on all the cool HRM…
BH2 Salon opens
Tucked away on a downtown corner, BH2 Salon (5189 Sackville Street, 406-3131) might be a little hard to find. But this barber shop is definitely worth the search. While many salons advertise the trendiest cuts and styles, Brian Hart, owner and stylist, is determined to find the cut that’s most you. No wonder their motto…
Let SKIN sink in
Walking into the newest Art Gallery of Nova Scotia exhibit, SKIN: the seduction of surface, might provoke a twinge of a blush on your inner prude. Confronted with rooms full of pieces like torso-shaped rubber forms featuring a generous amount of hair and nipples, a likeness of a nude woman rendered meticulously in beads, a…
Halifax Record Fair 3
The third time is the charm, evidently. With two successful events under their belts, organizers Kevin Beal and Phil MacDonald are now planning Halifax Record Fair 3, an all-day (10am-4pm) event, on Saturday, June 2, at the Halifax Forum’s Maritime Hall. They’ve lined up 35 vendors, promising to bring 75,000 LPs. The fair is also…
Not stopping for pedestrians at street corners
I wish I got your license plate, the owner of a black sedan car who almost hit 2 kids in a very quiet residential area when they (the 2 kids) were trying to cross the street at a street corner in Clayton Park. You sick driver, you will get caught one day because you sick…
No pow wow this summer
I just found this out. For the last two years, there was a big pow wow held on the commons, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I am aboriginal, and I really enjoyed meeting other Native people from different parts of the globe! I’m so disappointed right now… —Sad Neech
RIP Kinchie
News has just surfaced of your passing in the Cayman Islands. You were loved by many. Touched many hearts. xo Rest in peace sweet man. You will be missed. —ESM Girl
Tickets on a holiday?
I bike everywhere and I am all for wearing helmets. I wear my helmet ALL the time. But first thing in the morning on a HOLIDAY when I am just busting around the corner to water some greenhouse plants, you—asshole cop—follow me into my driveway, treat me as if it’s a crime to a) not…
Go back to driving school
To the driver of the #1 bus on Saturday afternoon, May 19, going outbound on Barrington… Are you fucking kidding me? Where did you get your licence? Does a blind spot mean anything to you? Or even a flasher? So there I was, following a pickup truck. We stop at the crosswalk to let pedestrians…
Forget you not
I was out dancing with a group of friends a few weeks ago at a popular dance night in the north end. The place was packed and my throat felt like it was on fire after an hour or two on the floor, so I grabbed a glass of water and took a seat at…
Who wears short shorts?
Dear Residents of HRM, I will be wearing short shorts all summer. Like I did last summer. I don’t know if you forgot, but you may as well stop scowling at me and pointing and laughing at me now… or it’s going to be a long summer for all of us. —I Wear Short Shorts
Don’t touch my butt
Hey you, guy downtown on a Saturday night. You don’t have the right to touch me. Just cause I was walking in front of you a little slower than you would like. I don’t know you from Adam. You are just another 25-year-old baboon, probably intoxicated. I hope the next girl you do it to…
Really??
You steal the plants/flowers from my deck?? When I’m home! At noon, on this beautiful day!! Fuck! I was already having a shitty day. Due to a broken thumb, I cannot get out on my bike, or plant my garden. My new neighbours are outside, playing shit music at full volume. Now I’ve just come…
Consultant report lays out plan to save Seaport Market
Project for Public Spaces, Inc., the consultant hired by the City Market of Halifax Cooperative and the Halifax Port Authority to study operations and management of the Seaport Farmers Market, has released its report to market investors. I haven’t had time to read the entire 67-page report, but at first glance it appears to be…
I know the 80’s are back in some ways…
But why in the fuck did the habit of bathing oneself in perfume/cologne become so common again?? I can’t walk down the fucking street, or especially ride the bus to and from work every day, without sneezing and/or being so stuffy I can’t breathe! Jesus Christ. I’m expecting to get a whiff of Drakkar Noir,…
Friendly female police officer
I’m glad I was breaking the law just enough to have a pleasant conversation about how dangerous biking is in Halifax. If more police officers were like you, this city would be a much better place. Good luck out there! —Sidewalk Cyclist
Can you not read or use a computer properly?
To all the university students posting sublets for bedrooms in houses and such. These DO NOT BELONG IN APARTMENTS FOR RENT. It’s already hard enough to find an apartment in this city without having to click though pages upon pages of rooms to sublet for 2 to 3 months. Can you not see the room…
Big plans
To the guy down in the corner who admires my shoes and sells me my cds/dvds. When I say I have no big plans, that’s your cue! —Running Out of Multimedia Money
Community groups frustrated by Seaport Market management
The Seaport Farmers’ Market is a community hub for downtown Halifax, that is, unless your community has a political message. In an emerging string of similar incidents, market management has given the cold shoulder to unrelated local activist groups. Most recently, the artistic collective Puppets Et Cetera had to relocate its Mayworks Festival performance to…
Girls who think they are queen shit
For a conversation to work you have to compromise a bit and not just sit back trashing what the person is saying to you because you want them to be below you. Maybe I should change my first question to just telling you my job and what car I drive. These girls should be fed…
Limping from the grocery store
You guys were kind enough not only to notice my pain, but to drive my boyfriend and I to our home. I really cannot thank you enough. I’ve been feeling jaded about Halifax lately, but two acts of kindness in one week have totally turned it around. Thank you to all Haligonians who go the…
Skateboarder needs chillin’
To the skateboarding a-hole travelling the wrong way down a one-way street in downtown Halifax on Saturday, May 19: It’s not all about you! We were not laughing at you as we drove by. We were sharing a joke and generally having a great time enroute to the market. I happened to glance in your…
Catfish
Reminiscing of our times and I smile. You were the most amazing lover I’ve ever had, hands down. With merely a thrust you made me squirt and it hasn’t happened since. Look me up lover, I’m back in the city. Time to play again. —Blowfish
Some friends you guys are
I’m currently doing a work term for school and I’m not getting paid. I have to work part time somewhere else to get any income. You guys knew I was on a budget and that I didn’t really wanna spend money going downtown, but you insisted and I gave in. I had some money saved…
Goodbye
Be careful when joining non-specific large chain operated fitness centers. Some of these places will charge you all kinds of fees when you decide not to renew your membership. They will justify it by saying that you needed to provide notice that you were canceling. Then they will hire a call center to harass you…
Going On
The middle of anything can be an exciting place, a vantage point from which to look both backwards and forwards and to make choices about the road ahead. In the one-woman play Going On, actress Elizabeth Richardson braids together vignettes from her years in an intense Buddhist retreat with her early experience as an actress…
Here comes the sun
There’s nothing better than the first strains of summer. Waking up this morning at 6:30am and being nearly blinded by the light, at first I was pissy but really, it’s worth it to spend the rest of the day in this cheerful sunshine. I love you, sunny days, never leave. —Little Patch of Sunlight
You are all I have ever wanted
When you told me that you want to marry me and start a family, the feeling I felt inside of me was the happiest moment ever. I have never felt this way before and never thought it would happen to me. We have had our problems but through it all our love for each other…
Coffee blues
WTF? Went to my local coffee shop, very famous coffee shop, known all over the world for their coffee and I looked for The Coast. Nothing. Asked the staff and they said they did not carry it any longer. What? —Want to Read The Coast with My Coffee
Tis the Season to be beggin’
Glad I moved away from SGR and Barrington (because of work). There are more panhandlers out there than house flies this season. Trying to dodge these leeches and hurdle around the Bible Freaks and Binder Hippies, what a freakin’ time it is to have a peaceful walk down the street. —Later Tater
Painted lines
I drive Burnside to Lower Sackville everyday. Do you guys realize how many idiots can not stay in their own lane on corners? Especially when they are driving the speed limit. A speed limit is supposed to be a speed that everyone can drive safely, even grandma. So what is your excuse? —Trying to Pass…
Reformed Stephen Harp
Oh how I detest thee, let me count the ways. 1, 2 skip a few 99, 100. —Citizen David
Fishing
Jeremy Webb is a very good actor whose greatest gift is injecting the characters he plays with his own rakish charm. This charm is much in evidence in his new play Fishing (written by Webb and directed by Alexis Milligan) where he plays a middle-aged divorcee named Paul Fisher who looks for love on an…
Facebook “friends”
Some people in this city are so full of bullshit; insecure and superficial. Some of you don’t even say hello to me in person but we interact online or ‘like’ things or whatever the fuck you do on Facebook, but you will never initiate any kind of real-life contact. The whole reason we added each…
Stop putting the word “gate” on everything
I don’t know who started this trend, but now whenever there is a somewhat controversial public incident, the media slaps the word “gate” onto the end of it. I just read an article about the suspension of Blue Jays player Bret Laurie for throwing his helmet and hitting a ref, and the reporter referred to…
Life of Pi
I hope your intentions are true. I’d miss your freckles. I want to taste your lips, and let you hold me. I am so in love with the way you feel. —Long Legs
You beautiful bastard, you
Just graduated, preparing for my first big interview in my field. I realize the appointment is at 2, not 3, and run for the bus. I run to catch it and jump aboard only to realize I forgot my wallet, and only have a looney. This bus driver says “ya that’s fine” and I’m overwhelmed…
Boys are mean
You build a fort at work and then you put a ‘no girls allowed’ sign on it? Jerks. I didn’t want to visit your stupid ‘fun hut’ anyway. —Girl Who’s Not Allowed
Paycheque blues
I wish I could complain but I need my job. My employer switched to a payroll service last year and they are still having problems. But it isn’t so bad. I love getting no money on payday. I love not having a phone number to call payroll. I love only being able to send faxes…
This city sucks for skateboards
I longboard and bus around Halifax to get to Dal and work. I don’t appreciate the weird looks or rude comments from other girls who think it’s not classy or “only for guys”. Nor do I appreciate dirty looks from people when I bring my board on the bus; it really doesn’t take up any…
Stop making excuses!
Feel like bitching at myself but wanted to share with anyone out there who might be going through a similar struggle. I came out in the last few years to my friends, work, family, etc. I naively thought that coming out would somehow magically reveal me as a lesbian to every other gay girl for…
Mobile love!
So much thanks to a certain little phone company! I’ve dealt with all the evil giant companies before, it was unbelievable what they get away with…robbing people blind and what not! And those contracts…oh, the contracts! But that is what I love about you! No contracts. No bullshit! I pay $80 a month, for 3G…
Halifax Bridget
The new Bridge’s ad campaign Bridget is sexist, unintelligent and outdated. Hello! It is 2012!!! —Furious
Iron Dog Fitness Equipment closes
A reader writes to say that Iron Dog Fitness Equipment has closed, and sure enough, the store’s website confirms it. The reader says Iron Dog was the place for hard core gym rats to get supplies locally.
I, Animal
In I, Animal, Daniel MacIvor’s newest work, we’re introduced to three characters: “Man in Scrubs”, “Boy in Hoodie” and “Woman in Prada”. Man is queer and black (Not gay and African American. It’s an important distinction for him). He’s dealing with questions about anger, death and love. Boy is inquisitive and angsty. His issues centre…
Shoe Shop turns 17 today
The Economy Shoe Shop turns 17 today, May 17. The bar will be serving prosecco at its annual party along with “other surprises.” Owner Victor Syperek hints, “There might be birthday cake.” This is also a time for new starts: The Backstage and The Diamond are getting makeovers to make room for more fun. They’ll…
Cancer as a song and dance man?
I know it’s kind of perverse, but I left This is Cancer feeling a little sorry for the disease. Well, sorry for the disease as imagined by talented funny-man Bruce Horak, who brings cancer to life as a gap-toothed, long-legged, lamé-clad lump. The premise of the show is that cancer believes himself to be beloved,…
Best Cafe
Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Bronze Winner Uncommon Grounds Cast your mind back to Dartmouth before November 2009, before the arrival of Two If By Sea. The impact of this quality cafe with its small-but-excellent menu of coffee and spectacular baked goods run by Zane Kelsall (also…
Best Fine Dining
Gold Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Gio Restaurant We’ve decided that this year, to best communicate why Chives continues to win these awards, we’ll simply share the names of a few of the menu items and some of the ingredients beloved by the bistro’s customers: mussels Normandy with Tideview…
Best Liquor / Wine Store
Gold Winner Bishop’s Cellar Silver Winner Port of Wines Bronze Winner Premier Wine and Spirits A great selection and stellar staff including three sommeliers set Bishop’s Cellar apart from your run-of-the-mill liquor stores. Don’t mistake this for elitism. Although the cellar is a bit of a connoisseur’s playground—often sourcing from smaller vineyards—retail manager Alanna McIntyre…
Best Pub Food
Gold Winner The Henry House Restaurant & Pub Silver Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Bronze Winner Your Father’s Moustache For the third year running, Coast readers have crowned The Henry House as having the Best Pub Food, hands down. From their traditional British grub—hello, steak and mushroom pie—to their fish and chips or…
Best Stall At The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Produce)
Gold Winner Noggins Corner Farm Silver Winner Elmridge Farms Bronze Winner Selwood Green Owned by the Bishop family since 1760, the Noggins Corner Farm is nestled in the fertile Annapolis Valley. With 175 acres of orchards and 80 acres of crops, it’s easy for this family to live by their motto of “Eat local, buy…
Science alliance
A musical laboratory is quite a sight—keyboards of all sizes, switches, gadgets, pedals, guitars, drums and huge speakers—organized in a way no outsider could possibly understand. It all makes perfect sense to Craig Mercer and Aaron Collier, the mad men behind Scientists of Sound. Formerly of Halifax’s Jimmy Swift Band, the duo have been making…
Best Campus Eats
Gold Winner Jerry “The Dawgfather” Reddick Silver Winner The Grawood Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Hot dawg! Jerry Reddick sure knows how to quell students’ stomach rumbles. More commonly known to Dalhousie students and staff as The Dawgfather, Reddick is considered by many as a fixture on campus. The hazy smoke of his barbeque draws…
Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner The Battered Fish Bronze Winner Phil’s Seafood “We haven’t changed much in the last 42 years,” says co-owner Strato Baltas. Maybe that’s the answer to why John’s Lunch has been voted Best Fish & Chips for the second-year running. You may have to venture over to the darkside, but…
Best Food Blogger
Gold Winner Passable.ca Silver Winner With Bite Bronze Winner Little Red Kitsch’n Pass-a-ble: adjective from the French passable, meaning “acceptable, fair, not bad, all right or middling,” writes one of the bloggers for the website of the same name. Sleek and simple, the blog is based on the premise that passable, as a word to…
Best Restaurant
Gold Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Silver Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Bronze Winner The Wooden Monkey Another year and another strong showing from the good people at Brooklyn, who in 2008 took a quiet corner in the north end and made it one of Halifax’s essential food destinations, winning Best New Restaurant from Coast readers and appearing…
Best Steak
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame inductee The Keg Steakhouse & Bar Silver Winner CUT Steakhouse & Urban Grill Bronze Winner Mic Mac Tavern Editor’s note: With its latest Best Steak win in 2012, The Keg Steakhouse & Bar was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. There’s something entirely satisfying in a…
Lowered expectations
Five sets of prospective parents—at least two sets too many—experience pregnancy and childbirth in this adaptation of the famous self-help book. Director Kirk Jones can’t wrangle the mismatched storylines into a cohesive whole, juggling plotlines that range from the romcom wackiness of reality TV star procreation to African adoption to the tragedy that befalls a…
Ingrid Gatin’s well travelled sound
Meet Ingrid Gatin: If there was ever a Canadian equivalent of indie pop icon Fiona Apple, in regards to her openness with experimental music, strong vocals and lyrics that confront the soul, Ingrid would be her. This nomadic darling hails from Winnipeg, but fell in love with the rocky east coast when she was an…
Best Cheap Drinks
Gold Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Silver Winner The Grawood Bronze Winner The Maxwell’s Plum English Pub The best way for anyone to unwind? By having a drink or two. The best way for the penniless student living a student-loan-ridden life to unwind? By having a cheap drink or two. Or a whole pitcher of…
Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Emma’s Eatery Silver Winner The Good Food Emporium Bronze Winner jane’s on the common Emma’s Eatery owner Kim Stacey says she wasn’t expecting her fish cakes to be such a big hit. “It was just a small addition to the menu because I wanted something to celebrate my Newfoundland heritage on my dad’s…
Best Locally Produced Packaged Product
Gold Winner Crowbar Real Foods Silver Winner Fox Hill Cheese Bronze Winner Acadian Maple Fill me up with goodness and call me squared—Crowbar Real Foods is about the only company we know that can make energy bars and healthy snacks sexy. Owner and nutritional consultant Brieghan Hunsley believes that “food is fuel and what we…
Best Bedford Restaurant
Gold Winner The Chickenburger Silver Winner Il Mercato Trattoria Bronze Winner The Cellar Bar & Grill With some staff working there for 30 or 40 years, it’s not surprising that the Chickenburger feels like home for so many of its customers. The Bedford staple has been doling out its notorious titular burgers for 72 years…
Best Sushi Restaurant
Gold Winner Hamachi House Silver Winner Wasabi House Bronze Winner Sushi Nami Royale The crux of Hamachi House’s success rests on first-class sushi chefs who have been lured all the way to Halifax to bring skill and creativity to your plate. Add extremely fresh product to the mix and you’ve got yourself a consistent winner.…
The Dictator swings low
Admiral General Aladeen has previously always had plenty of women, but after being shaved and dumped on the streets of New York he’s forced to learn to masturbate. An accompanying visual montage, containing that scene from Forrest Gump where young Forrest runs for the first time, is probably the funniest part of the low-swinging comedy…
Free Will Astrology
Happy Birthday! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) (April 20-May 20) If we thought of your life as a book, the title of the next chapter could very well be “In Quest of the Primal.” I encourage you to meditate on what that means to you, and then act accordingly. Here are a few possibilities: tapping into…
Best Atmosphere
Gold Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar If you haven’t snagged a seat in the Brooklyn Warehouse yet, now’s your chance. The Windsor Street corner restaurant jumped to 50 seats from 36 earlier this year. The added tables have allowed the restaurant to take reservations for the…
Best Chef
Gold Winner Craig Flinn, Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner Dennis Johnston, Fid Resto Bronze Winner Mark Gray, Brooklyn Warehouse In December, Chives Canadian Bistro celebrated its 10th anniversary, and its 250,000th customer. By either measure, the restaurant has been a huge success, also recognized by Coast readers who have regularly anointed the eatery with laurels,…
Best Food Delivery
Gold Winner Alexandra’s Pizza Silver Winner Xtreme Pizza Bronze Winner Freeman’s Little New York Alexandra’s website is a take-out foodie’s dream. Like online shopping, visitors fill up a “cart” with their orders. First you select a category—say, donairs—then, specialize it by checking off boxes for size, toppings, flavours and extra goodness, and specifying restrictions. (Hold…
Best Lunch Specials
Gold Winner Dharma Sushi Silver Winner Fid Resto Bronze Winner Cha Baa Thai Restaurant Cheap and delicious. What more could you ask for? They’ve been a runner-up for the past few years but this time they’ve come out on top. Dharma Sushi’s got the deals to get you through the day. Manager and owner Hideki…
Best Clayton Park Area Restaurant
Gold Winner Brewdebaker’s Tap & Grill Silver Winner Sushi Nami Royale Bronze Winner Redwood Grill Last year, Brewdebaker’s didn’t even break the top three, but this year it swooped in for the gold. Chef Ryan Payne credits the sudden victory with a few minor changes. The restaurant has expanded its menu and brought in more…
Best Tea
Gold Winner DAVIDsTEA Silver Winner World Tea House Bronze Winner Sawadee Tea House Move over, Red Rose. DAVIDsTEA takes a modern twist on the tea world. Based out of Montreal, the chain may not be local, but it’s won our hearts for making the world of tea fun and accessible to everyone. Staff does all…
Battleship sinks
Liam Neeson sadly does not shout, “You sunk my battleship!” in this two-hour long Navy commercial based on a board game. Instead, Neeson sadly sits most of Battleship out while Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights), and Rihanna (the singer) fight alien invaders off the coast of Hawaii. Tranformers-eque destruction, all…
Best Bakery
Gold Winner Julien’s Patisserie, Bakery and Cafe Silver Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Bronze Winner Smith’s Bakery Founded by authentic Frenchman Julien Didier 18 years ago, Julien’s bakery is the closest thing Halifax has to a European bakery. Artisan breads baked fresh each morning down in Chester, croissants and pastries along with the unique…
Best Chicken Wings
Gold Winner Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar Silver Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Bronze Winner Pogue Fado Bubba Ray’s doesn’t do anything small. The popular sports bar has over six different kinds of chicken wings, 50 varieties and sauces and 10 different dry rubs. That’s the perfect match for the 60 LCD televisions you can catch…
Best Fries
Gold Winner The Battered Fish Silver Winner Bud the Spud Bronze Winner Willy’s While The Battered Fish’s co-owner Jason Bourgoin says they don’t want to reveal too many secrets about their award-winning fries, one thing’s for sure: they cook ‘em just right—using high-grade oils and sea salt to season, your fries are fresh every time.…
Best Martini
Gold Winner Bitter End Silver Winner The Fireside Bar/Restaurant Bronze Winner Onyx They say a “real” martini is made with only gin and vermouth. However, the Bitter End’s customers want more. Changes are made to the martini menu every eight months or so, but if you want something that’s not on the list, just ask!…
Best Cole Harbour Restaurant
Gold Winner Jamieson’s Irish House and Grill Silver Winner The Vines Bronze Winner Talay Thai Owner Chris Smith isn’t changing anything. He swears. He’s just making a few little tweaks. “I think that’s become endearing to people,” he says. “They know what to expect, and it’s comfort. I hear it all the time from customers,…
Best Thai Restaurant
Gold Winner Talay Thai Restaurant Silver Winner Cha Baa Thai Restaurant Bronze Winner Baan Thai Restaurant Pad Thai, cashew chicken, delicious curries…what sets Talay Thai’s dishes apart? Authenticity. Talay Thai is a Thai-run operation that cooks up traditional meals from home. Paired with friendly service and nice atmosphere, Talay Thai is no watered down North…
Gimme science fiction
Dear sci-fi fans: All your dreams are coming true. Your best friends are coming to town: Captain Kirk, Darth Vader, Batman and Robin. They’re all going to be at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History…sorry, they won’t be. But their clothes will. Opening this Friday and running until August 26, The Museum of Natural…
Best Bargain
Gold Winner Westcliff Restaurant & Convenience Silver Winner Mary’s Place Bronze Winner Brewdebaker’s Tap & Grill Beverley Griswold pulls the phone away from her ear and yells to her customers, “Why do you come here?” A few cheery, muffled replies echo in the background in between bites of diner deliciousness. “An at-home atmosphere,” she translates.…
Best Chinese Restaurant
Gold Winner The Great Wall Restaurant Silver Winner Jean’s Chinese Bronze Winner Fan’s People like it simple, says manager Patrick Wong. The Great Wall’s approach to service is down-to-earth: serve lots of people, offer lots of combinations and provide lunch specials for busy office workers and students. What’s good? Ginger fried beef is a house…
Best Sweet Potato Fries
Gold Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Silver Winner Your Father’s Moustache Bronze Winner The Battered Fish Sweet potato fries have taken the appetizer world by storm. While they’re not traditional Irish grub—we can trace them back to New York and San Francisco’s hippest restaurants in the ‘80s—The Old Triangle Irish Ale House has…
Best Microbrewery
Gold Winner Propeller Brewery Silver Winner Garrison Brewing Company Bronze Winner Rogue’s Roost Propeller offers a line of beer brewed using all-natural ingredients as well as a few seasonal favourites like pumpkin ale for Halloween and a Russian Revolution stout for winter. The microbrewery is famous around town for its growlers, a badass 1.9 litre…
Best Dartmouth Restaurant
Gold Winner Nectar Social House Silver Winner La Perla Bronze Winner Brewdebaker’s Tap & Grill Ian Hurst’s voice is full of pride when he talks about Nectar Social House. He bought the popular restaurant with his wife Joelle in January but the pair have kept it as close to the original as possible. “We purchased…
Best Use Of Local Ingredients
Gold Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner The Wooden Monkey Bronze Winner Fid Resto Also this year’s winner of Best Fine Dining and Best Chef (Craig Flinn) Chives offers a complete dining experience that few establishments can match. Fresh. Local. Seasonal. Sustainable. Ambrosial. These are criteria the conscious diner will check off the list upon…
NDP’s green screen
As we approach three years with a provincial NDP government, the Sierra Club’s Gretchen Fitzgerald sums up its environmental track record: “I’m glad the province isn’t antagonistic to the environment like the feds are, but they certainly haven’t made it a priority.” Nova Scotia’s first-ever NDP majority started off well, banning uranium mining and cosmetic…
Help yourself
Adapting a self-help book for the big screen is fantastically easy, there’s no worries about being true to the story or upsetting fans, all you need is to keep the title and vomit out the rest. In the last month, Think Like a Man and What to Expect When You’re Expecting have opened; movies based…
Best Barista
Gold Winner Zane Kelsall, Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Henry Whitfield, Starbucks Bronze Winner Kate Atkinson, The Coastal Cafe Zane Kelsall can’t imagine a working life without coffee. “I’ve been a barista for 10 years in one capacity or another,” says the 27-year-old co-owner of Two If By Sea Cafe. “Whenever I try…
Best Chowder
Gold Winner Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner jane’s on the common Bronze Winner Gio Restaurant It’s been three years since Esquire snagged the hotly contested prize, but they’re back on top with their tasty and traditional chowder options. There’s fish chowder, lobster chowder or corn chowder for those who aren’t fish fans. Oh, and lucky for…
Best Greek Restaurant
Gold Winner Ela! Greek Taverna Silver Winner Athens Restaurant Bronze Winner It’s All Greek to Me Ela! may have a different name than it used to, but this beloved Greek restaurant is still dominating this category. An Albertan company snatched up the name Opa! in 1998, about two years before our local favourites did. As…
Best Middle Eastern / Persian Restaurant
Gold Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen Silver Winner Tarek’s Cafe Bronze Winner Cafe Istanbul Haligonians have spoken: Mezza’s Lebanese is the best Middle Eastern food. Why? It’s simple—the food is fresh, high quality and tasty. On top of that, Mezza has an atmosphere that’s easy to work with. Manager Stephanie Burry calls it “casual, but a…
Best Restaurant (Outside The HRM)
Gold Winner Fleur de Sel Silver Winner Tempest Bronze Winner Trattoria Della Nonna As if you needed an excuse for a day trip to Lunenburg, here’s one more. Aside from the great French-inspired cuisine at Fleur de Sel, this restaurant impresses by being so ahead of the curve. “All our vegetables are from the Valley,…
Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner The Wooden Monkey Silver Winner Heartwood Bronze Winner The Good Food Emporium With favourites like the roasted chickpea or sweet apple salads, the lentil burger, the rice bowl, the vegetable curry and the spicy vegetarian stirfry, The Wooden Monkey offers an array of creative choices for produce-loving patrons. While it’s won this distinction…
Food & Trembling
Jonah Campbell’s Food & Trembling is a love song of food and language written by a lover of gravy and a hater of brunches. This collection of essays and rants reads like a collection of posts from a food blog, but a blog that I would read and refer people to without hesitation. If food…
Two-star Hotel
John Madden follows up last year’s crackling thriller The Debt with a piece of lightweight fluff tonally reminiscent of his directorial breakthrough Shakesepeare In Love, and comes up flat. Remarkably so, considering the acting royalty on hand to play a group of aging Brits taken in by an ad from an ambitious young Indian hotelier…
Best Bartender
Gold Winner Kelly Jo Dugas, Finbar’s Irish Pub Silver Winner Jenner Cormier, The Middle Spoon Bronze Winner Bill McLean, Mexicali Rosa’s Kelly Jo Dugas is humble. She shrugs off her popularity as a bartender as simply doing the little things. She brings solo customers a newspaper to enjoy during their meal; she’ll surprise people with…
Best Cocktails
Gold Winner Bitter End Silver Winner The Middle Spoon Bronze Winner The Fireside Bar/Restaurant Aside from having the Best Martinis in the city, the Bitter End also comes up with a fine collection of crafty concoctions. Why not come by this classy establishment on a Dark & Stormy night? Or put on a pair of…
Best Health Food Store
Gold Winner Planet Organic Silver Winner Super Natural Health Products Bronze Winner Healthy Bug Sick of wandering the aisles of the grocery store woefully returning packages to the shelf with disappointment? Planet Organic offers a respite from high-fructose corn syrup and vegetables swaddled in plastic. Customers looking for agave syrup, biodegradable laundry detergent or organic…
Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Rich, quality ingredients make Darrell’s milkshakes the best. Best of Food readers haven’t stopped voting for Darrell’s yet, and why would they? These milkshakes come in classic strawberry, chocolate and vanilla, as well as popular chocolate peanut butter and Creamsicle…
Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Chef’s Menu Bronze Winner Angles Family Eatery & Pub Taking the gold for the third year in a row, Tom’s Family Restaurant must be doing something right. With lots of Canadian and Greek food to choose from, not to mention menus for both children and seniors, it’s easy…
Best Wine List
Gold Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Obladee is the people’s wine bar. You won’t find the menu stuffed full of trophy wines like Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Instead, Obladee offers a range of wines including different places, prices and styles. What’s more, Obladee’s list is easy to navigate.…
Way to Go
It’s the summer of 1994, and Danny’s friends have a mission to get him laid before he starts grade twelve in the fall. Danny however, is just not that into girls. Determined to prove once and for all that he is not gay, Danny hopes his new coworker Lisa, visiting for the summer from New York City,…
Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner The Maxwell’s Plum English Pub Silver Winner Brussels Restaurant & Brasserie Bronze Winner The Henry House Restaurant & Pub Feel like the selection of beer at your typical pub is as limited as your wardrobe? Well Maxwell’s Plum has a selection of over 60 beers on tap, where you can sample all sorts…
Best Coffee (Espresso-based)
Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Bronze Winner Just Us! Coffeehouse People from all walks of life come to this busy spot for their caffeine fix—from 20-something hipsters to retirees with potentially-sore hips and everything in between. It’s because Haligonians know good coffee when they smell it. The…
Best Hot Chocolate
Gold Winner Just Us! Coffeehouse Silver Winner Second Cup Bronze Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Looking for an alternative to coffee or tea? Just Us! offers three varieties of hot chocolate to satisfy the chocoholic masses: milk chocolate, dark chocolate and spicy Mexican. These delectable drinks are flavoured by fair-trade, organically-grown chocolate and made…
Best New Restaurant
Gold Winner Wasabi House Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Bistro Le Coq Reports of reservations recommended and full rooms indicate a very warm reception to the restaurant—opened in November 2011 by Richard Wu and Michelle Lin—by Halifax’s sushi lovers. Wasabi House’s win in the Best New Restaurant category confirms it:…
Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Q Smokehouse Bronze Winner Baton Rouge These guys certainly aren’t boneheads when it comes to ribs. For the third year running, Boneheads BBQ has stolen the show. “I think it’s just the care that we take in making everything—it’s all made from scratch,” says owner Cindy Wheatley. “We really…
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
The curiously named Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a freeware roguelike game, a type of RPG where the difficulty is sky high, and the loss of your character means starting a new game. A bit masochistic, but the fun comes from the randomly generated dungeon you find yourself plummeting into. Your goal is to descend…
Best Breakfast
Gold Winner The Coastal Cafe Silver Winner Cora’s Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room If you’ve ever been prowling around for a seat at The Coastal, you know it’s popular. If you were patient enough to wait for one, you’ll know it’s worth it. Owner Mark Giffin is blunt about not promising the most amazing dining…
Best Coffee (Regular)
Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Just Us! Coffeehouse Bronze Winner Two If By Sea Cafe At Java Blend, employees keep busy roasting and packing the freshest coffee beans you’ll find in Halifax. There is equal importance placed on ethical business as there is on coffee quality and taste. The coffee shop uses…
Best Hotel Restaurant
Gold Winner Gio Restaurant Silver Winner Seasons by Atlantica Bronze Winner Elements on Hollis Gio is the first to take home the gold in one of Best of Food’s newest categories, Best Hotel Restaurant. Congrats! Owned and operated by the Prince George Hotel, Gio sets itself apart from other hotel restaurants with its classy decor…
Best Pasta
Gold Winner il Mercato Trattoria Silver Winner Vinnie’s Pasta Bar Bronze Winner The Vines We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, they’re doing something right. Manager Sean Neil says at il Mercato they’ve got their pasta-making down to a science—and clearly you guys agree. “It’s about how they boil the pasta,” he explains,…
Best Salad
Gold Winner Pete’s Frootique Silver Winner The Wooden Monkey Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Also the winner of Best Sandwich and Best Smoothie, Pete’s ToGoGo will make salads just the way you like ‘em (even if you like fresh roasted meat dripping with juices atop your lettuce heap). With so many healthy ingredients and dressings to…
Journey
Some of the most innovative and breathtaking games have come from online platforms (PSN, Xbox Live Arcade). Journey is the latest masterpiece to continue this trend. You start out as a robed figure in a vast desert, with no real sense of who your character is, or what the goal might be. You see a…
Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rogue’s Roost Silver Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Bronze Winner Hart & Thistle Gastropub and Brewery With five original ales brewed onsite (and five other seasonal ales to boast of), there’s little wonder why the Rogue’s Roost is this year’s winner of the Best Brew Pub… yet again. “Rogue’s Roost has been ‘aleing’ Haligonians for…
Best Cookie / Cupcake / Doughnut
Gold Winner Susie’s Shortbreads and Cupcakes Silver Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Bronze Winner Fred. Beauty Food Art For the second year running, Susie’s Shortbreads has stolen the show (and your hearts) for all things sweet. The classic vanilla on vanilla cupcake is the favourite, but with tons of variety to choose from, all…
Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Cows Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Specifically, we’re all screaming for Dee Dee’s Ice Cream. Last year’s runner-up has stolen the show. Dee Dee’s Ice Cream takes the cake with their high quality frozen treats. “I think the ice…
Best Patio
Gold Winner Your Father’s Moustache Silver Winner Economy Shoe Shop Bronze Winner Chez Tess If you haven’t eaten atop Your Father’s Moustache after this many wins, then, frankly, wake up and take in the sunshine. The patio that overwhelms the Spring Garden restaurant’s roof is local favourite for good reason. With large umbrellas for shade…
Best Sandwich
Gold Winner Pete’s Frootique Silver Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Bronze Winner Indochine Banh Mi Pete’s ToGoGo is an eat-in or take-away eatery perfect for people on the go (go). You can choose from a delicious selection of hot, roasted meat sandwiches, classic deli selections or veggie toppings. New this spring is the Gluten-Free Eatery & CoffeeBar,…
Petunia & the Vipers
One of the most unique artists in Canada appears to be branching out, each move characteristically distinct. Now based in BC, Petunia was once easily identified as the the best damn yodeler since Slim Whitman. With the Vipers, he’s got rockabilly in range and can still summon a time before you were born with a…
Best Brunch
Gold Winner jane’s on the common Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Chez Tess jane’s on the common really packs them in for brunch, and the ones that don’t have a seat yet, know it’s worth the wait. jane’s takes typical brunch fare and kicks it up a notch. OK, a couple notches. With…
Best Crew Of Regular Customers
Gold Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub Silver Winner Brewdebaker’s Tap & Grill Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse With little tourism in the area and minimal traffic from Halifax, Finbar’s Irish Pub depends on local customers, says co-owner Michael Casey. Along with his wife and business partner Pamela, Casey worked to create a neighbourhood joint and, boy, have…
Best Indian Restaurant
Gold Winner Taj Mahal Silver Winner Curry Village Bronze Winner Gracious Indian You love the butter chicken. Or, if you’re vegetarian, the subz jalfrezi. But why am I so addicted, you ask? Because skilled chefs use a real clay oven to do the job right. Fresh naan breads are made in-house, and you can get…
Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Morris East Bronze Winner Bramoso Pizza Good news over here: Salvatore’s is getting a new stone oven. In fact, by the time you read this, they might already have it. So why should you care about their new appliances? Because they’ll be able to make that killer pizza…
Best Seafood
Gold Winner The Five Fishermen Restaurant & Grill Silver Winner McKelvie’s Bronze Winner Salty’s Housed in a historic building and serving fine meals of historic proportions, the Five Fishermen has once again secured its title of Best Seafood in the city. It offers one of Halifax’s best dining experiences, radiating a true Maritime feel with…
Rev Hank
Mike Diablo of the Urban Surf Kings must be both organized and nimble-fingered. Longhorn is named for the bass he played to back the tracks made in a one-day session with drummer Frank den Haan, a dozen mostly original instrumentals. You’ve got one guitar instead of the Kings’ usual two with hints of metal and…
Best Buffet
Gold Winner Dragon Buffet King Restaurant Silver Winner Prince George Hotel Bronze Winner Taj Mahal This dragon flew the coop, but not before patrons could praise it for its all-you-can-eat buffet. The Halifax restaurant specialized in Asian Fusion. Its metal trays were constantly replenished with an assortment of over 100 Chinese, Japanese and Canadian food…
Best Desserts
Gold Winner The Middle Spoon Silver Winner il Mercato Trattoria Bronze Winner The Sweet Hereafter This new kid ain’t no shy guy. New on the scene, The Middle Spoon didn’t waste much time inspiring Best of Food voters since it opened last year. But hey, what would you expect from a restaurant dedicated to delicious…
Best International Grocer
Gold Winner Mid-East Food Centre & Cafe Silver Winner Tian Phat Bronze Winner The Italian Market Sitting at the corner of North and Agricola Streets, the Mid-East Food Centre is a hub of the north end, carrying a little bit of everything from Greece and Bulgaria down to India. It’s no wonder readers think it’s…
Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs Silver Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Bronze Winner Alexandra’s Pizza When you want a BIG slice of the ‘za, Sicilian’s your best bet. The shop has cleaned up again with what part-owner Joe Nahas says is an historic recipe. “We have a proven recipe that we’ve been using for…
Best Server
Gold Winner Kim MacInnes, Finbar’s Irish Pub Silver Winner Alissa McLean, Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Alexa Atkins, Fid Resto Kim MacInnes may be shy, but her friendly smile at Finbar’s Irish Pub packs a punch. “It helps to know their names and what they like to drink as well, I suppose,” she says of her…
Willis Earl Beal
Not for the faint of heart, the album opens with an unsettling cyclic meditation, with the fittingly nonsensical title “Nepenenoyka”, played (possibly) on the high pitched lap harp for which the song is named. A toss off perhaps, but it’s a jarring introduction to an album that’s as raw and honest as they come. No…
Best Burger
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Peanut Butter Burger Silver Winner Brooklyn Warehouse’s Brooklyn Burger Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie With the Brooklyn Burger nipping at their heels, Darrell’s has reeled in Best Burger once again. “Our burger has just taken a monumental leap,” says owner and chef Dan Joseph. In March, Darrell’s switched…
Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Darrell’s Restaurant It’s hard to describe the unique atmosphere found at The Armview. Upscale? Yes, but also unpretentious. Retro? Certainly, but with a casual modernity that suggests it’s not trying to replicate a classic diner experience, but update it with the…
Best Italian Restaurant
Gold Winner il Mercato Trattoria Silver Winner Ristorante a Mano Bronze Winner The Bicycle Thief The masterminds that run il Mercato looove Italian food. Manager Sean Neil realizes that pasta is something everyone can do at home. It’s the thought, care and respect for really good food that keeps people coming back. Dishes are traditional,…
Best Place To Satisfy A Sweet Tooth
Gold Winner Freak Lunchbox Silver Winner The Middle Spoon Bronze Winner The Sweet Hereafter If your tastebuds don’t freak out in this store, your other senses surely will. “Usually the first word when they walk in is ‘wow,’” says Lunchbox co-owner Jeremy Smith. Circus sideshow-inspired, this confectionery is zany to the max. Once you get…
Best Shawarma
Gold Winner Venus Pizza Silver Winner Tarek’s Cafe Bronze Winner Kababji Authentic Lebanese Cuisine This year’s win for best shawarma comes as no surprise for Venus Pizza, which has secured the title several years in a row. In fact, it even says “Best Shawarma, The Coast” on Venus’ counter menu. Their shawarmas come in big…
Grimes
Grimes puts Canadian electronic music on the map with her minimalist-IDM inspired release. She sounds like the elfin love spawn of Super Mario and Princess Peach, whose steady diet of mushrooms allows her to make synth dreamscapes with haunting vocals. Compared to her future touring mates Skrillex and Diplo, Grimes sounds neither overtly abrasive nor…
Best Burrito
Gold Winner Burrito Jax Silver Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Bronze Winner Mexico Lindo Burrito Jax has snagged the best burrito spot for the second year in a row, and there’s a simple reason why their burritos are so darn good. “It’s natural, freshly prepared, good quality, great tasting food,” says owner Gordon Delano. “No…
Best Donair
Gold Winner King of Donair Silver Winner Tony’s Pizza Bronze Winner Venus Pizza It would only make sense for the inventor of the donair to hang on to the title as the best and this year, the king has done it again. A variation of the Greek gyro, King of Donair came out with the…
Best Kid-Friendly Spot
Gold Winner Local Jo Cafe & Market Silver Winner True North Diner Bronze Winner Cora’s This family joint boasts some of the cafe world’s youngest patrons. Dining on cubes of apple slices, cubes of cheese, raisins and organic bread served in a boat-shaped dish, kid customers are king at Local Jo Cafe & Market. “They…
Best Place To Watch The Game
Gold Winner Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar Silver Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Bronze Winner Big Leagues Bubba Ray’s is home to NHL, NFL, YFC, NBA, MLB, CFL, FIFA, PGA, NASCAR and every other sports acronym you can think of. Bubba Ray’s impressive collection of sports memorabilia (including a Crosby’s Corner) demonstrates their devotion to the…
Best Smoothie
Gold Winner Pete’s Power Juice Bar Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe Bronze Winner Indochine Banh Mi Halifax loves Pete’s smoothies because they’re the only place in town that uses all fresh ingredients. For a sure thing, try favourites Mango Tango or Jackie’s Love Potion—a blend of strawberries, passion fruit, orange juice, honey and yogurt. What’s new?…
Working overtime
Q I work in an office tower in downtown Seattle. From time to time, I go to a bathroom on a mostly deserted floor, go into a stall and rub out a quick one. Usually, no one comes in. Today, just as I was blowing a load into a handful of TP, someone came into…
Best Caesar
Gold Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Silver Winner Tom’s Little Havana Bronze Winner Bitter End Even Brutus and the murderous Roman senate would each enjoy a sip of the Brooklyn Warehouse’s famous wasabi Caesar. A fusion cocktail where east diplomatically meets west, you’ll find in this a perfect mixture of vodka, shochu, Clamato, snow peas and of…
Best Family Restaurant
Gold Winner Athens Restaurant Silver Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Bronze Winner Brewdebaker’s Tap & Grill An institution in Halifax, for years on Quinpool and down on Barrington before that, Athens serves up everything from Greek specialties—courtesy of the Panopalis family who owns the joint—to full dinner menus, lunch and a scrumptious brunch for…
Best Late-night Food
Gold Winner Freeman’s Little New York Silver Winner Willy’s Bronze Winner Burrito Jax Best Late-Night Food? More like 24/7 food. Freeman’s Little New York opens at 10am and keeps churning out choices from their extensive menu until five in the morning. Owner Laurel Harrington says their hours appeal to bartenders, paramedics and dockworkers—anyone getting off…
Best Poutine
Gold Winner Willy’s Silver Winner Smoke’s Poutinerie Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Even with Smoke’s Poutinerie setting up shop directly across the street, Willy’s has still snagged the win for Best Poutine. And that’s the unified title, incorporating the separate Best Poutine (Original) and Best Poutine (Extreme or Gourmet) categories from previous…
Best Stall At The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Prepared Foods)
Gold Winner Wrap So D Silver Winner Schoolhouse Gluten-Free Gourmet Bronze Winner Little Red Kitsch’n Chef Darren Poirier’s wraps are so yummy they’ll make you sing—literally. Poirier charms visitors to his stall at the Seaport Farmer’s Market with his serenades, Food Network-worthy personality and, of course, delicious offerings. If the name didn’t make it obvious,…
Tears of a clown
Naïve and lovelorn, Pierrot embodies a melancholy we have all known. Floppy white blouse, pale face, black teardrop, Pierrot is a sad clown in every sense. A character from Commedia dell’arte, the Renaissance theatre-style of roleplay and mood, Pierrot longs for the love of the undeserving Columbine, who has run off with Harlequin. His ardour…
Striking Hollaback
Marginal Road by the piers. Spring Garden in front of the Law Courts. The Quinpool rotary. All of these are locations of street harassment that have gone unreported—until now. Halifax is one of the newest additions to the Hollaback online movement against street harassment, joining the likes of 52 other sites around the world with…
It’s Halifax’s economy, stupid
Fred Morley compared Halifax to his childhood in a phone call on Monday. “We’re like one of those kids, maybe we were all accused of this at some stage: ‘He’s not working up to his full potential.’ I don’t think that we’re living up to our full potential in Halifax and I think we can…
Sounding Selves hears you loud and clear
“I’d read a book by R. Murray Schafer called The Tuning of the World, and I started thinking about how we live in a world where we’ve always had recordings spanning decades or recordings from all over the world. It’s amazing to think about living in a time when they didn’t exist,” says Sounding Selves…
The Little Carrot
If you’ve ever wondered what bread tasted like a century ago, The Little Carrot (4888 HWY #7, 827-4394) is the place to go. Way out in Porters Lake, this health food store is hardly a few months old, but it’s quickly becoming the life of the community. “We all deserve good quality locally produced products…
Twice Upon A Time opens on waterfront
Popping up on the waterfront on June 1 is Twice Upon A Time, a children’s clothing store created by Amanda Langley. Since January 2011, Langley has been reclaiming used fabrics to create clothing for kids, and this summer she’ll be situated in a used shipping container near Murphy’s Cable Wharf. “The seasonal kiosk needed something…
Open City recap
On May 12 and 13, Halifax hosted Open City, the weekend event where local businesses graciously welcomed all Nova Scotians to discounts, deals and demos. The special occasion was one-of-a-kind, as nothing like it happens in North America. We predicted that it would astound you, and judging by social media reactions, it did. Even Gordon…
Jincheng Chinese Cuisine
Chinese restaurant Jincheng Chinese Cuisine (1569 Dresden Row, 431-8588) opened last week, and if you’re thinking, “not another Chinese food restaurant”—think again. Most Chinese food restaurants seen in Western society serve Cantonese style food from Guangdong Province. However, Jincheng serves Chinese food from Sichuan Province, which is known for loading on the spice and garlic.…
Cantina Mexicana to open on South Park Street
“We’re not gonna have any freezers. No microwaves. Not even a single deep-fryer in the whole place,” says restaurant owner Chris Curtis. He gestures around the brightly lit dining area of Cantina Mexicana, opening May 19th, for emphasis. Instead of searing his food Tex-Mex style in heavy grease, he’s preparing his food using more traditional…
Normality, where do you exist?
What’s with dating in Halifax? It’s so backwards. Fuck and THEN date? Are you all out of your mind? —Sorry, I Don’t Need Herpes Today
Junkie love
Ok, I’m to blame, walked in “eyes wide open”, and I do bitch at myself. I fell in love with a junkie. She is really an amazing person…on one level. It’s the other levels, baby. I want to help, which turns out to be romantic BS where this level of addiction is concerned, but still…
Arrive alive at work
Okay you live in Highfield and work in Burnside, I get it. But standing in the middle of the circ at 8 o’clock? In a skirt and heels? Waiting to make a dash across the other 2 lanes? WTF? Can’t you take a few more minutes and get to work some other less crazy way?…
Motorcycle on bicentennial
I am sorry for slowing down to 60km and making it difficult for you until you finally passed me… The next time you don’t wear a proper jacket, don’t tailgate me, and especially don’t spend so much time looking at everything except forward. —Your Sneakers Aren’t Safe
Wise up Halifax bridges
Halifax Harbour Bridges spent $50,000 on a campaign to try and get drivers to do what any moron with a license should do—drive safely. They should have invested the money in figuring out a way to silence the damned expansion joints. The cacophony created by the new joints, as cars pass over them, has wreaked…
Thanks for chasing after me!
You were working the cash the grocery store and I had a few bags’ worth of stuff. I joked that I wish I had a car, and we got to talking about how it sucks to carry groceries home. After, as I hobbled across the parking lot toward home, I heard you call after me…
Classmate, “call me definitely”
I could never have expected you. I still don’t entirely know what’s happening, but I know that more often than not, I’m happier because of the very fact of you. Wow, I think my hope is back, in a real way. Carly Rae’s method works, folks. It just does. —Out-of-Towner
It’s raining gobs and gobs of spit
Do I have to go all over this again? After a year of begging the upstairs guy to stop spitting off his balcony, and having to involve the landlord with no results, a new tenant moves in. And guess what… ***HORRRrrrKKK*** yeah. I love my balcony and how it overlooks the quaint gardens of the…
Tax Time with Wit’s End
Tax return jokes? You can count on it. Two things are certain in life: laughter and taxes. Yup, we’re pretty sure we got that expression right. We just finished our tax returns, and boy, was it a nostalgic trip. After all, Wit’s End has been around for about two years now, give or take. We’ve…
Angela Grace Arsenault does the Cannes Cannes
Jewellery artist Angela Grace Arsenault started her personal business only seven months ago, and she is already spreading Nova Scotian charm across the Atlantic Ocean. The talented Cape Bretoner was invited by DPA of Los Angeles to showcase her work at the Cannes Film Festival from May 16-27. It sounds fancy shmancy, but preparing for…
Where the snow at?
17 million dollars for snow removal??? Is it just me, or did we only have about 3 snowfalls. This budget is a joke. They must be pocketing the money! —Up Their Noses
Sad face
In a recent study, they found that over 40% of Nova Scotians have considered suicide in the last year. No really, I bet your first response was, is it that low? Obviously this study is BS on my part, but really, everyone is depressed in this province for a reason. I have lived in other…
A little bit of Europe in the north end
I’m glad I asked what your favourite meal is, seeing your face light up made my dinner choice and made my day. I think it even made the food taste a bit better. Your pasta was sweet, almost as sweet as you seem to be, too bad you couldn’t sit down and share it with…
For sale
Dear Real Estate Agents, I don’t give a rat’s ass what you look like. —Pre Inspect That
Questions need answers
So we started dating. Things were going great. Until… I asked a direct question, and you just changed the subject. Even a mundane thing I ask, you just laugh off, or sideline it. I’m allergic to cats, and you brought your big fat cat over to my house. I asked you why you would do…
La Cage aux Folles Saturday
Hi, I saw you in the audience last Saturday at the 8:30 show and I wanted to talk to you. You are blond, wore a coat and had cream coloured shoes. You walked down the hill to your car parked on Granville Street. I was behind you and I wanted to say “Hi, did you…
Garden gremlins
To a certain downtown Halifax garden: you make me angry! Such a gorgeous part of this city and so loved by all of us who live here. There are ways to preserve the beauty of the place and still allow leashed animals, playing on the grass, picnics and general activities. I was told to leave…
Public washroom manners
Wash your fucking hands you dirt bags. Have some respect for yourself. It only takes a few fucking seconds to wash your dirty fucking dick cheese off your hands! The majority of you pricks are over 50 yrs of age. Have some respect for the guys that have to leave after you grabbing the door…
Trash talk
To the brats in the Mazda, Lic. FAN-900, thanks for throwing your garbage out the window as you drove on Lawrencetown Rd. today. Okay, you’re a couple of late teens with no sense driving mommy’s car on a Sunday. But smarten up, would you want crap thrown on your yard? Who’s supposed to clean that…
Fearing for my life: the crosswalk chronicles
So here I am. I’m walkin’ down my street, and I come to a crosswalk. The kind people in the cars see me. They stop. I start to cross, and out of NO WHERE, a bicycler runs directly into me, causing me to actually be propelled into the air, and land on the hard pavement.…
Everything I wish I could be
You’re like my dream come true. You cook, you bike, you garden, you camp… is there anything you don’t do? You are kind and generous and thoughtful and quiet and I wish that I knew how to relax around you instead of constantly using alcohol to break the ice, which just ends up making me…
In search of the sacred underwear
My European vacation brought me to Bielefeld, Germany for a few days (more on that later, perhaps), and then I had the idea to visit Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands. But, looking on line for a hotel room in Luxembourg, I decided that city was simply too expensive for an overnight stay. Instead, I looked…
Catch Brooklyn Warehouse’s pop up at Gus’ or suffer the consequences!
Tomorrow, May 12th, as part of the ILoveLocalHFX community, The Brooklyn Warehouse will be participating in Open City by appearing at your favourite watering hole and ours, Gus’ Pub, selling burgers, fries, poutine and soda. “We feel that the North End is our home,” says restaurant owner Leo Christakos, “and so we feel that we…
Patience is a virtue
I get it, the weather was bad yesterday. However when someone is loading a wheelchair on a bus it is courtesy if you can let the driver finish strapping down the chair before you push through. What normally would take less than a minute took a lot longer because everyone felt the need to push…
Bitchin grammar gripe
If you are going to bitch, make sure your grammar doesn’t make you look like an even bigger idiot than the situation you are griping about. If someone is doing something, it’s WHO (you can replace it with HE/SHE/THEY), if something is being done to them, it’s WHOM (you can replace it with HIM/HER/THEM). There…
So satisfying
Oh Coast, you are such a satisfying paper. I look forward to having a casual coffee date with you each week. Its the best. But y’know what would make it ever so much more satisfying. A crossword! Then I could extend the coffee love and help fend of Alzheimers at the same time. Looking forward…
Do you need your hit that badly?
I mean really… I work in an office building downtown and there’s always the same crew heading down/or up the elevator to or from a ciggy break… and it seems like every 10 or 15 minutes… does your boss know or care that you are wasting that much paid time???? Is your job THAT stressful?…
Torches and pitchforks
Enough is enough. After hearing what the execs rake in, then their unmitigated gaul to increase power rates: WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? What the fuck will it take for Nova Scotians to make their true feelings known about such fuckery? —Fed Up Of Overpaid Executives
Nurses of 6 link
I just wanted to send out lots of love, gratitude, appreciation, respect, and so much more. You are all some of the most amazing women I have ever met. You work on floor that is every parents worst nightmare living on – and you all make life there for your patients and parents so much…
WTF is up with this Facebook Timelines shit?
I and just about everyone I know, is so fucking pissed off at that stupid Zuckerburg, and Facebook. Don’t get me wrong here people, I’m not an addict, but would like to have an option of changing something if I wish to. Not have some asshole company, do it, and too fucking bad, if you…
Street style
Blonde girl in the “street style” banner on The Coast webpage. Christ you are cute. Thanks for making this site look so good. —Veloce Related Stories
Pro life VS Pro choice
Why the hell are these pro life people trying to outlaw abortion once again?? I get it they see abortion as murder. In an interview they only would allow an abortion if the pregnacy would kill the mother. They are selfish enough to say even if the child was made by rape or incest it…
This economic shithole!
Hey, NS! Do you know why your people are leaving? Because we gotta do something like, you know, survive? This place has practically the highest taxes yet has the worst wages for the very few “good” jobs it has! And speaking of good jobs, there are none! I graduated from university, studied finance and accounting,…
Waterfront parking
I parked at a hotel downtown where I have been parking for years, a few times a month. Whenever I want to stay at work late, I take my car instead of the bus and park at the hotel. Anyway, I parked there on Monday and am used to the “in by 9am out by…
Ozzy
Try reading W.H. Auden’s “Leap Before You Look”. It might help. Really. —One Who Knows the Crazy Train and its Final Destination Quite Well
Where’d you get that purse?
To the dark-haired (trans) woman with the cute outfit and adorable floral purse on the 61 (I think), on Monday: I was sitting across from you and couldn’t stop staring–you have a wicked sense of style! —Fellow (cis) Fashionista
Turned my frown upside down
To the lovely WGS/checkout gal: I don’t know if you’re psychic or what, but I’ve been having one rollercoaster of a hard day. Part of it is that I’ve been looking for work and money’s been tight, so the discount you gave me tonight was such a perfect, awesome gesture. So, big ups to you…
Sparrow
I had hoped you’d be staying for the summer. I had hoped maybe you’d ask so I could say yes. Now I just hope our paths cross when you’re back in the fall. Look for me, I promise I won’t be hard to find. —Ant
Destination: Hell in a handbasket
If God created man with an image of himself, no wonder we’re such cowards, traitors and backstabbing liars. —Pastafarian
Little bear, mighty
That’s right, you saved my bacon the other night with your wonderful editing skills and brain. I cannot thank you enough. You are truly an amazing, smart, and beautiful lady that I don’t deserve. Aussi, t’es petite. Je t’aime beaucoup. —Je Mange du Québec
When you’ve sold something, TAKE OFF YOUR AD!
I am so pissed off. I’ve just moved and I’ve been trying to get a proper desk and chair for weeks, only I don’t want to spend $400 at a store. So I went on Kijiji which is becoming like some shitty torrent tracker full of dead links. Half the ads there are defunct, for…
Unchained
The heart sees deeper than the eye… Be weird. Be random. Be who you are b/c you never know who would love the person you hide, I do. —Melody
Baby Dreads
Thanks for taking your time with me. You’ve got potential too. —Red
Halifax drivers
As much as I enjoy living in halifax this one issue has been bugging me ever since I’ve moved here. On numerous occasions while trying to cross the sidewalk I’ve had stupid idiots whom apparently don’t know how to use their vision almost run me over and I’ve had to literally move out of the…
No tipping!
For all the “underpaid servers” out there. For some reason every server feels they are entitled to receiving a tip, even fast food places are starting to have a tip cup. I worked at a gas station prior to starting a real career, I never received a tip. But when I’d walk down the road…
Master of puppets
Slash tickets go on sale tomorrow for his July 31 show at the Cunard Centre, and if you’re wondering what the perfect gift would be for this guitar god, we’ll save you a little time and tell you it’s not a puppet. Darren Moreash tried that, and it didn’t go well. Moreash is a local…
Creepy and odd to say the least
Last night my lady friend and I went across to the Darkside, to a certain Irish establishment for a few bevvies and a scoff. 2 couples came in with 2 little sproglets (female) for the same reason. After swilling a couple of pints, mother nature said it was time for a whizz, I headed for…
Be an artist for a day at NSCAD
NSCAD is breaking down the classroom walls and letting students and artwork shower into the streets of Halifax. On Saturday, May 12, the NSCAD Alumni Association is inviting the public to join professors and students at Sands at Salter near Bishop’s Landing. The free event is to celebrate the university’s 125th year, and show Halifax…
Hello there
You are the sweetest girl. You’ve got such a big imagination thinking that I had already submitted one of these just because I was on this site… but I love you for that like so many other things. Well here it is bud! I’ve already been planning a scavenger hunt for our anniversary because that’s…
To my one and only BFF
I love that you’ll go the extra mile and think nothing of it. I love that you talk about the future in years complete with a family and a home. I love how you still catch me off guard when you’re checking me out. I love it when you say you love me and the…
You don’t make a good boyfriend
One month is the shortest relationship I’ve ever had, and it was still a complete waste of my time. BEFORE you asked me out, you were kinda sweet. Haha. I think I’m going to piss myself laughing. —Red Heads are Wild, But Not For You
Stupid sidewalkers
Are you kidding me? Twice today within a span of 48 seconds I had to step off the sidewalk into the dirt while you and your friend waltz by and totally ignore the fact that you just cut me off and didn’t even acknowledge I was there. That is so rude and disrespectful. Not to…
Gym-tards
Chewing gum and flipping through a magazine while you walk at a 2.0 pace on that treadmill will do nothing but piss the rest of us off that are running as if armed rapists are chasing behind us. And to a particular girl who rudely talks over instructors as they explain moves/sequences, don’t be hatin’…
What a let down
Halifax used to have an amazing fish and chip place in the west end BUT not anymore. The fish batter is greasy and does not have the crispy flavourful batter taste that the previous owners offered to the public. I wonder if it is really a haddock product nestled in the tasteless piece of fish…
Go run off a cliff
I was so happy to have a coffee shop and bakery in my neighborhood and I am still glad that I can go read the paper and get a coffee without having to cross the bridge or go to a big chain, but I hate you all for making it impossible for me to step…
Chasing papers
I love you coffee shop—I love the laid-back atmosphere, the staff, and your delicious soups and lasagne. So to the lady who owns/manages said shop… don’t worry, chill a little, your staff do a wonderful job! Just trust them and step back, delegate, and leave it to them. Honestly, they can handle it, and quite…
To my garden of boyfriends
How can I choose between you and your fascinating characters? My lovelorn, neurotic dentist… my sensible funny teacher… my confident, arrogant model… my tender-hearted, sensitive buddha… my dark and mysterious photographer… you’re all so lovely. I wish I could love you all and perhaps, if I were a girl back in my grandmother’s day, I…
Buster
To my photographer and performer friend, you inspire me. Don’t stop being you. —The Lady in Red
Little black bags
So I’m walking the trail around the frog pond—nice, I’m outdoors, there’s trees, water, ducks, and little black bags of dog poo everywhere!! Really? If you went through the effort of picking up after your dog, please take your responsibility as a pet owner full circle and put it in the trash! Just carry it…
Supermoon woman
It was a busy Saturday at work when you came in. Just seeing you, my crazy day turned into a brighter day. You looks so warm & beautiful. I don’t know if it was the Supermoon or you who stuck in my mind all day & night that kept me up till dawn the next…
Mad love
There’s a thin line between love and hate and it’s hard sometimes but at the end of the day, you’re not just my man but also my best friend. Love you for it xoxo. —Real Talk
The only thing fishy is your stories!
To my oh so lovely roommate: why do you keep telling me that my sex with my boyfriend smells like fish? The other day, you came home from work and asked to go in my room to borrow one of my shirts. You went in there and came out with a disgusted face and asked…
The adorable man on the Crazy Train
Go for it!! —Mamacita Knows Best
Dollar store dream
You are an older woman I met at a dollar store in the mall. We looked at reading glasses and there was chemistry between us. When my female friend (who is just a friend) returned, I wasn’t sure how to continue. I’d like to see you again. Hopefully, you see this and reply. —Thursday Afternoon
Why we line up
I’d just like to thank the two young punks who thought it was their right to go to the front of the line at the movie the other night. Yes, my wife said something but all those other people you passed ignored it. The theatre folks only made you wait until we were out of…
Save Picnicface
Last week dealt Halifax’s comedy-loving community a crushing hand—Bell Media, owner of the Comedy Network, had decided that they wouldn’t be renewing Picnicface’s avant-garde show for a second season. Immediately the group—Mark Little, Evany Rosen, Bill Wood, Cher Hann, Scott Vrooman, Andrew Bush, Brian Macquarrie and Kyle Dooley—got moving. They made www.savepicnicface.com, linking to a…
Rocket Boy
Don’t know why but I can’t get you out of my head. You are constantly on my mind. I have not seen you in months and probably will never see you again. Maybe life will give me another opportunity to talk to you. If so, I will not be so vague. —The Incredible
R.I.P MCA
I wish I had listened to your music more often. It has been a long time since I listened to Check Your Head… You will be missed. Wherever you are I hope you sleep in soft ground. MCA FOREVER. —A Sad Fan
Really at a funeral?
So I’ll start off by saying I am not a religious person, but I’m all for believing what you want and I’ll believe what I want. A very close relative of mine recently passed away suddenly, and I had to attend his funeral over the weekend. His local priest who had been his priest and…
OUTeast Film Fest gets popping
Krista Davis’ stop motion animated OUTeast Film Festival’s save the date promo video has a pleasantly Marcel the Shell With Shoes On feel, with added snack appeal. Davis (with help from Margot Durling, Ria Mae, Tanya Davis, Stewart Legere, Tara Thorne, Don Brownrigg and Andria Wilson) put all this impressive effort into the short, the…
Thanks to you on the 80!
Hi! I was having a less than spectacular day… a sister who won’t speak to me, roommate woes, financial stress and big struggles finding work here despite two degrees and a genuine heart. I had been feeling like I wasn’t doing a very good job fighting my own battles and that no one else really…
YUCK
There are two restaurants on Spring Garden, both that have awnings which reach out over the sidewalk. One of these restaurants has been in Halifax for quite some time and is very popular. But my bitch is about the pigeon infestation that literally leaves the sidewalk littered in birdshit everyday. It is absolutely DISGUSTING! Walking…
Hrp yeah you know me
I’m sure you don’t read these… But you are one of the A’s, you come into my hotel all the time… You said your partner is in China, that’s a shame! However, I’m always far more excited to see you. You actually talk to me, and listen, and you are ridiculously adorable. I’m the short…
You wasted my time, so I’ll waste yours!
You applied to our company for a full-time position about six weeks ago. Your resume and cover letter were great, so I decided to contact you for an interview. In the interview, after telling you the hours of the position, you tell me you’re in school and can only work part time. Um, did you…
An “army” of angels
This love goes out to the wonderful employees of a certain thrift store on Main Street in Dartmouth. I love to pop in frequently in search of a bargain or two, and although I often leave empty handed, I am ALWAYS left with a smile on my face and warmth in my heart because of…
Slash comes to town
You know him, you love him, now you may throw your bra at him. Slash, in advance of his May 22 release of his second solo album Apocalyptic Love, rolls into town Tuesday, July 31 at the Cunard Centre with Monster Truck. Pre-sale begins Wednesday, May 9 at 10am at www.slashonline.com, featuring packages including VIP…
Steep price for skate
I’d like to thank the police for my $140 ticket for not wearing a helmet while skateboarding, is there anything better to do with your time than to bother people on an otherwise beautiful day engaged in some activity. For shame ya bisterds! I’m gonna pay the fine with 5 dollar bills that I will…
Information 411
Operator please? Thanks… circuit testing?… hmmmm… Don’t hang up! I’ll solve some puzzles… or make a tangled quilt like grandma’s seconds! —Signed, Cover Girl
Bus teenagers
Dear teenage girls on the bus from Joe Howe Drive; redhead and a blonde, you looked like burgeoning hipsters. You were being loud and silly and carrying on. I was the woman in the leather jacket who lost my patience and tersely told you to cool it; this was the public bus, not the school…
I can keep a secret too
Well maybe I’m a liar, but you know that I would these fantasies are dangerous- it’s no fun being good. —A Bad Person
Defeating the purpose
OK! Enough! We’re up to our eyeballs in re-useable bags, water bottles, mugs, pens with tiny amounts of ink in them and t-shirts. Please stop producing this crap, giving it away as promotional material or as imagining that anyone would want it as (crappy) gifts. Nobody cares where anybody else shops, eat or visits, what…
Hit by a truck; saved by a random stranger!
At lunch time on Friday, May 4, I was crossing Birmingham St (close to Spring Garden), wearing a bright orange hat and red raincoat. To my surprise, a truck decided to back up half way the length of the street to find a parking spot and hit me from behind. I had no idea what…
Business owners who have a fleet of vehicles
For a while now, I have been shaking my head every time I walk through the parking lot of a major grocery store on Joseph Howe Drive as I see so many company vehicles sitting in parking spots with their engines running. These are well know businesses in Nova Scotia as the signage is on…
Cute guy at the library 2.0
To the cute guy at the library who seems to know (or thinks he knows) who I am, I unfortunately will not be working there during the summer. However, I will certainly be spending time there working another job near the warmth of the fireplace. You might find me wearing my black/red beats by dre.…
Trees for all, even those who don’t want them!
I look out my window this morning and what do I see? City workers digging up my front lawn to plant a tree. Now don’t get me wrong I like trees, and the oxygen they give off keeps me alive. But to plant a tree directly over the water main connection in the lawn, and…
I am totally in touch with my feelings for you
I totally feel like I’m falling for you. I enjoy our time together but I can never tell you the truth about my feelings for you. If I did I know I would never meet with you again. I also know that I am not being honest with myself. —Ozzy
Funny man
I see you performing all the time. You’re always so sweet and happy on stage, but when I walk by you on the commons you are always head down, never smiling. You are so adorable and funny, I wish I had the courage to make you laugh like you’ve made me. —Would Love to Laugh…
Teach how armchair reasoning can be destructive, that is
Taking two things or even one thing you know getting 3 or 4 things you now “know” from that and from two of those second conclusions getting another one and claiming knowledge of that final conclusion. The only place that works every time is in some math, and math doesn’t apply to every subject. ESPECIALLY…
Your vehicle makes you look like an asshole
Thank you. I appreciate that you have validated every bitch that has ever been uttered about trucks and the dicks who drive them with your shitty actions. It was pretty late at night and my car broke down and I needed a boost. You had a lifted truck. When I asked if you could boost…
Didn’t your mother teach you anything?
To the Suit who came in to “Name-omitted Pizza” downtown last month. I thought you were joking when you asked me for the oldest slice I had and to cover it in disgusting hot sauce, but I complied (it’s my job or something). People ask for weird things everyday, but you’re special. Cause you didn’t…
Where have all the good people gone?
I am not perfect, and I am the first to admit so. However, one thing I pride myself on is my dedication to my close group of friends. I cook for them, I entertain them, I listen to EVERY little problem they have (I am the first they call), I do just about anything I…
Frost warning
MEGA MIX Kenda Riles knocked it out of the park with her festively coloured bouquet that’s rustic with a hint of glimmer. Irises | 1534 Queen Street, 422-4244 | irisesflowers.ca WHITE OUT Pauline Pilcher added subtle shine with ribbon, silver and pearlescent beads, plus this vintage brooch—it’s something blue, too! Pilcher’s Flowers | 2778 Windsor…
Restless
We were nearly through the worst of our situation, so close to being reunited. Yet it never felt further and whatever happened, whatever fall we had, one or both us couldn’t get up and we called it quits. My love for you is unconditional and I hope you find your way. You told me such…
Learn to cross a street
To the ignorant bastards leaving the Mooseheads game on Sunday: LEARN TO USE A CROSSWALK. Go when the sign says go, stop when it says stop. Do NOT run into the street as a huge horde, and then get mad at the people driving who want to GO WHEN THE LIGHT IS GREEN. Also, please…
Beatle’s babe
Thanks for the lovely smile, made my day. —Dion & The Belmonts
What not to wear: job edition
I actually can’t believe what I’m seeing out of girls MY AGE (16-18)… I’m pretty damn sure yoga pants rolled down so I can see your tramp stamp AND ass crack is not part of your work place dress code. When I am buying something, I want to see customer service NOT TITS (not that…
Cashmob focuses on J&R Grimsmo
eyecandy Signs (2891 Isleville Street, 429-8281) is in the business of helping steer potential customers to businesses. Usually that’s by way of the sign company’s bread and butter—signs—but lately the folks at eyecandy have been sponsoring cashmobs to help out other businesses. This Saturday, they’re having a Cinco de Mayo cashmob at 1pm, targeting J&R…
Farting
You come up to me today and tells me there were 2 complaints from customers about my farting. I don’t think so. I do have more than average windage if I eat certain foods but I do my best to keep it quiet around the customers. Now the body is a pressure vessel and when…
The place
My goodness, you have the tastiest of foods, and friendliest of employees… BUT MY ORDER IS NEVER CORRECT! I usually don’t say anything because it’s quick, cheap, and delicious, but c’mon! TURKEY, NOT CHICKEN! A side order of sausages or garlic sauce with my meal, not after! I love you but step up your serving…
