Smith’s Bakery & Cafe has been bringing fresh bread, major cakes and a top-notch lineup of squares to Haligonians since 1932. Let that sink in for a second. Yesterday, the north end institution and Halifax’s oldest indie bakery took to its social media accounts to let the world know that as of August 10 it would […]
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A night at Bar Kismet
Bar Kismet 2733 Agricola Street Tue-Sun 5pm-12am One of the biggest downsides of writing about a restaurant that you really love is the potential to ruin your chance of ever getting a table at that restaurant ever again. When there are only a few dozen seats, you kind of want to keep every single one […]
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First look: behind Bar Kismet’s classic decor
Bar Kismet 2733 Agricola Street Tue-Sun, 5pm-12am It’s 22 degrees and Jenner Cormier’s forearm is covered in goosebumps. He’s recounting the first few days of service at Bar Kismet, the seafood-focussed restaurant he and his partner Annie Brace-Lavoie (who’s also the chef) opened quietly to Agricola Street last weekend. “The last few nights we’ve had […]
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Church’s Barbershop opens on Agricola
After two years of lowering ears from their west end joint, Scallywags Barbershop (6513 Chebucto Road), Dylan MacEachern and Brad MacDonald are expanding their fleet. Last week the pair quietly opened Church’s Barbershop in the former Makenew location (2468 Agricola Street), a spin off location that offers the same service with a slightly sleeker different […]
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Make way for Makenew’s new location
After three years in its current space, Makenew Curated Thrift Shop (2468 Agricola Street) is moving a little further north. “I’m growing up a bit,” says the boutique’s owner, Anna Gilkerson, of her news—Makenew will officially re-open in the former 31 Westgate location (2698 Agricola Street) in early May. (And in case you missed it, […]
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Timber Lounge brings axe throwing to Agricola Street
Darren Hudson hit the bullseye when he was delivering some Christmas gifts to a friend on Agricola Street back in December. As he exchanged season’s greetings, the Barrington-based lumberjack (for real, he’s a log-rolling champ and the man behind The Wild Axe Lumberjack AXEperience) mentioned casually that he was looking for a commercial space in […]
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VIBES with DJ T-Woo launches tonight at Lion & Bright
Tonight at Lion & Bright (10pm, free), DJ T-Woo (Trevor Wood) launches the first episode of VIBES, his new weekly ‘DJ and chill’ night. Every Thursday, T-Woo is gonna bring us his favourite “rap, funk, house, weird stuff and remixes” to sooth our music-loving souls as we get some drink on and eat some fancy […]
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Back in the FRED. zone
For the past few weeks, sliding and sloshing through what have become claustrophobic tunnels had slowly chipped away at my moxie, the weight of winter pressing down on my shoulders as heavily as the year’s snowfall. It reached a point where I would rather sit at home, blankly watching the fog creep up and down […]
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Lauren Marshall
Chef de cuisine, enVie, 5775 Charles Street You could call Lauren Marshall a Top Chef contestant. A vegan chef. A teacher. A holistic nutritional consultant. There are a lot of things that make her an incredibly creative force in Halifax’s food scene, but she’s not into labels. “What I love about what I do is […]
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Get ’em to the Greek Village
Apparently Quinpool mainstay Greek Village (formerly 6253 Quinpool Road) has the whole catlike, nine lives thing going on. When it suddenly announced its closure, again, earlier this fall we wondered if it was (hoped it wasn’t) indeed a permanent thing. Though we haven’t been able to reach owner Stefanos Kalogeras, the restaurant posted to its […]
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Statement’s moving to Sunnyside Mall
Longtime Agricola Street shopping staple Statement (2606 Agricola Street) is looking on the Sunny side of things. The Sunnyside Mall (1595 Bedford Highway), that is. The furniture store, which has been sharing a space with FRED. food beauty art for about a year, will make the big move on May 31, with the hope of […]
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Almost Amos
I’ve been creeping in the windows of 2445 Agricola Street over the past six months, watching the transformation of the former KPC Ltée and waiting for Amos Wood Mouldings & Millwork to arrive. With the helping hands of MRB Contracting the building’s now beautiful enough to reflect what’s inside: the wall coverings, siding, flooring, countertops […]