Cafe Aroma Latino

After a decade in business, Cafe Aroma Latino’s founder is still about comfort over cash.

Tags: Food + Drink Feature, small business, immigration, Latin American food cuisine, Mexican, Guatemalan, north end, Cafe Aroma Latino

Prepare to get real hungry.

Tags: Food + Drink Feature, Fredie's Fantastic Fish House, Rinaldo's, Gangnam Korean BBQ, Robie Street Station, Saj House Mid East Eats, Mic Mac Bar & Grill, Cousin's Restaurant, Salvatore's Pizzaiolo Trattoria, The Canteen, Tako Sushi and Ramen, Jincheng Chinese Cuisine, Beaver Sailor Diner, Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market, Stillwell, Cafe Aroma Latino, Mappatura Bistro, Backoos Korean Food ToGo, Bedford, Kitsune Food Co., Efendy Turkish & Mediterranean Grill, Bar Kismet, Stillwell Beer Bar

There’s treasure to be found at the city’s neighbourhood grocers. Take a break from the big box and discover it.

Tags: Education, grocery stores, food, cooking, buy local, super markets, The Carrot, Local Source Market, Mid-East Food Centre & Cafe, Tian Phat, Cafe Aroma Latino, Indian Groceries, Back To School

Halifax’s north end is fast becoming a mix of sleek new businesses and older down-to-earth shops that co-exist peacefully together. You can’t throw a stone without hitting the fruits of someone’s creativity.

Tags: Shoptalk, Gus' Pub & Grill, Alteregos Cafe, The Bus Stop Theatre, Ace Burger Company, The Brooklyn Warehouse, Charlie's Club, Cafe Aroma Latino, Mid-East Food Centre & Cafe, Local Source Market, Indian Groceries, Grainery Food Co-Op, FRED., Orphan Books, Lost & Found, Plan B Merchants Co-op, Obsolete Records

So many new places over the last year. How many did you try? Have you left a review yet -- tell us about your best meal of 2009.

Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cafe Aroma Latino, Café Aroma Latino, Caribbean Twist, Chez Tess, Cunard Express Cafe, Estia, Fujiyama Restaurant, Gracious Indian, Gullabull's Bar and Grill, Indian Buffet Palace, Janina's Cafe, Panini Kabob Restaurant, Perks Panini Kabob Cafe and Grill, Pipa, Porter's Steakhouse & Sports Bar, Restaurants, Rich Forest Korean-Japanese Restaurant, Tess, The B-Well Sushi and Cafe, The Brown Hound, TwelveFortyOne, Two If By Sea Cafe, Two If By Sea Cafe, Dartmouth, Wok Box, year in review

Is the north end really mad, bad and dangerous to know? Not at all. Knowing what’s cool

Tags: Visit Halifax, Alteregos Cafe, Alteregos Coffee House, Bikes by Dave Inc., Bloomfield Centre, Brooklyn Warehouse, Cafe Aroma Latino, Café Aroma Latino, Coastal Cafe, Ecology Action Centre, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Epicurious Morsels, FRED., FRED. beauty food art. and Whet Cafe, Grainery Food Co-Op, Gus' Pub & Grill, Halifax, Halifax Forum, Halifax North Library, Halifax North Memorial Public Library, Halifax North Public Library, Hydrostone Market, Island Greek, Jack Nauss Bicycle Shop, jane's on the common, Java Blend Coffee Roasters, Julien's Patisserie Bakery & Cafe, Local Source Market, Lost & Found, Mary's Place Cafe, Menz & Mollyz Bar, Menz Bar, Mid-East Food Centre & Cafe, Music Room, Nauss Bicycle Shop, North End, North Street Church, Oland Brewery, Paragon Theatre, Peak Audio, Pierceys, Roberts Street Social Centre, Salvatore's Pizzaiolo Trattoria, Shopping, Smith's Bakery, The Brooklyn Warehouse, The Coastal Cafe, The Company House, The Good Food Emporium, Tours, Landmarks & Monuments, Viva's Cafe. Grill. Pizza, YMCA Gottingen

Our business column Shoptalk takes the long walk down Agricola Street so you can keep shopping local.

Tags: Shoptalk, Neighbourhood Shopping, Agricola Street, Antiques, Bach's Cafe, Bellissimo, cafe, Cafe Aroma Latino, Café Aroma Latino, Finer Things, Fishing Fever, Foxy Moon Hair Gallery, FRED. beauty food art. and Whet Cafe, Geddes Furniture, Gus' Pub & Grill, Heroine, Jack Nauss Bicycle Shop, Local Source Market, Lost & Found, McLellan Antiques & Restoration, Mid-East Food Centre & Cafe, North End, Parade Antiques, Peak Audio, Retail, Shop Local, Shopping, Smith's Bakery, Finer Things Antiques & Curios, FRED., Nauss Bicycle Shop

Café Aroma Latino, a new Guatemalan restaurant, is deliberately authentic. Bonus: summer drink recipe for Rosa de Jamaica

Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Claudia Pinto, Cafe Aroma Latino, Restaurants, Café Aroma Latino