Best of Halifax | THE COAST

Welcome to a place for the best of the Best to rest. Here’s where the perpetual winners, and the stalemated categories, ride off into the sunset. Forever in our memories, but out of our nominations. It’s the Hall of Fame. And if you don’t know the drill by now, allow us to break it down.

From 2007-2015 we retired categories (not winners) once we’d deemed them untouchable—say, if they’d been won by the same person many many times consecutively or there was no real competition to win said category. It worked for the most part, but was a bummer to a lot of people when beloved categories like Best Nachos could never be won again. Two years ago we decided to re-jig this loosey-goosey protocol and declared that going forward, once a winner had won a category 10 times consecutively, they would be sent to Best of Halifax heaven—this very Hall of Fame. This allowed for categories with lots of new and exciting potential (Best Pizza Pie for example) to live on, but kept things interesting in the process.

Now, we’ve had some catching up to do (for example, in 2016 Your Father’s Moustache had won Best Patio 17 years in a row by the time we retired it) but this new system seems to be working to keep our 24-year-old readers’ choice awards as relevant as they can be.

This year we’re sending two newbs to the no-vote-zone. And here’s the full list of some of the poll’s winningest winners. If you’re pissed or elated about the way this all works, feel free to send questions or HOF feedback to bestofhalifax@thecoast.ca.

THE BEST OF HALIFAX HALL OF FAME

2018
Best Liquor / Wine Store, Bishop’s Cellar
Best Smoothie, Pete’s Frootique and Fine Foods, Halifax
Best Salad, Pete’s Frootique and Fine Foods, Halifax

2017
Best Activist Organization, Ecology Action Centre
Best Comics Shop, Strange Adventures, Halifax
Best Drag Performer, Rouge Fatale
Best Furniture Store, Attica Furnishings
Best Men’s Clothing Store, Duggers