“It was always meant to be burgers and beer,” says Ace Burger Co.’s Leo Christakos. “Really what we wanted to do was something simple and really different from what we were doing at Brooklyn Warehouse. And it all worked.” It’s true. Wednesday, September 27 will be the last day you can get an Ace burger […]
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Battery Park, recharged
It turns out George and Leo Christakos had an ace in the hole. Or, rather, they put an Ace in the hole that chef Mark Gray left in their restaurant concept when, last month, he announced he was going to be leaving Battery Park (62 Ochterloney Street). The food at Battery Park has been defined […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Ace Burger Co. Silver Winner Darrell’s Bronze Winner Krave Burger For the third year in a row, Ace’s non-pretentious patty has laid the smack down in the burger department. The younger sibling of Brooklyn Warehouse got its start as a pop-up burger shop in Gus’ back in 2012 and has since established itself […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Ace Burger Co. Bronze Winner The Stubborn Goat “I think we actually became the number one account for a bunch of local breweries and that makes me hugely proud,” says Chris Reynolds, who along with Laura MacDonald and Andrew Connell owns the perpetually packed beer bar Stillwell. “We […]
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Ace at Bearly’s is no longer
Ace Burger‘s Bearly’s House of Blues location (1269 Barrington Street) has turned off the grill, for good. In a Facebook post last Friday the restaurant said the downtown burger joint, which opened in time for Burger Week in 2014, was only intended to be a one-year pop-up restaurant and made the decision to stay open […]
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Brooklyn and North team up for Battery Park
Back in June Brooklyn Warehouse and North Brewing Company piqued interests with a little tease—the beloved restaurant and craft brewery were teaming up and taking the show on the road to Dartmouth. Together, they’d open something new, a bar, in the former Nectar Restaurant and Wine Bar (62 Ochterloney Street) space. But the rest was […]
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What’s open in Halifax?
[Image-1] Yesterday’s snow stomping shut down literally and figuratively everything in Halifax, forcing us all indoors like the wintery mole people we’ve accepted ourselves to be. Thankfully, the sun is shining this Thursday and doors are open again around the city. We’ve collected just a small list of the many bold businesses around town happy […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company, Gus’ Pub Silver Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie All hail Ace Burger. And hail Halifax did, giving Ace Best Burger for the second year in a row. Co-owner George Christakos attributes Ace’s juicy success to what he calls “guilt-free fast food”—but no one’s counting […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company, Gus’ Pub Silver Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie There’s nothing special about the fries at Ace—that’s what makes them so damn tasty. A good fry comes down to the freshness, and at Ace potatoes are punched twice a day (or as many times […]
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Ace + Bearly’s = burgers
Even the juiciest secrets have to reveal themselves eventually. It’s official, Ace Burger Co. (2605 Agricola Street) will be taking over the kitchen at Bearly’s House of Blues, Burgers and Ribs (1269 Barrington Street), and the switch will happen just in time for Burger Week (March 20-26). Mimi Iatrou, Bearly’s owner, “had seen what we […]
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Best New Restaurant
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Almost one year old, Ace Burger has been a success from the start. The burger haven premiered as a pop-up last May, when Brooklyn Warehouse owner George Christakos decided to take a chance at the simple […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Ace Burger Company Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Darrell’s Peanut Butter Burger The year’s most interesting category saw burger-loving voters divided between more choices then ever. After years of Brooklyn Warehouse playing second fiddle to the unstoppable Darrell’s, its powerhouse little sister Ace has finally dethroned the Peanut […]