Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Portland Street Creperie The Ardmore Tea Room is an extra special Halifax place. A moment in time, an ol’ reliable, a guaranteed hangover cure and a table worth waiting for, Quinpool Road wouldn’t be the same without this breakfast institution. The earliest of […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner Pleasant Street Diner Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Tommy and Stephen Fatouros opened Pleasant Street Diner three years ago, but you’d swear it’s been there for decades. That’s probably because, as Stephen says, restaurant business is in their DNA. “My brother works in the front-of-house and […]
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Best Family Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Pleasant Street Diner Things to look for in a family restaurant, 2019 edition: 1. A lovely white noise hum of restaurant bustle so your newborn may sleep peacefully through the meal, or your toddler may have a general shitfit over some […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room There are a lot of milkshakes coming out of the Darrell’s kitchen—we’re talking upwards of 35,000 a year, on average. So, while owner Dan Joseph was tickled to hear of yet another gold win—and this Hall of […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room Your love is better than ice cream, according to Darrell’s boss man Dan Joseph, who’s been perfecting those thicker-than-all-get-out shakes for a quarter century and change. He says hearing positive feedback from customers is what he works for even 26 years in. […]
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Best Breakfast Sandwich
Gold Winner The Coastal Cafe Silver Winner The Canteen Bronze Winner The Ardmore Tea Room We added this new category to the roster in 2018, but it’s an old favourite who takes home the honours. After 11 years of serving “breakfast, brunch, whatever” the itty-bitty Coastal Cafe—known for its eternal packedness and incredible, creative brunch […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner John’s Lunch When your restaurant has been in business since 1951, you don’t just have fans—you have generations of fans. “We’re a long running establishment so we’ve got a lot of history,” says co-owner George Kapetanakis. This year was a busy […]
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Best Breakfast
Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Coastal Bronze Winner Mary’s Place What makes a good breakfast? Salty or sweet? Should pancakes come served with syrups or meats? Do you like your eggs scrambled, poached, fried or over-easy? Is it gonna be bacon, ham or bologna? These waffles and omelettes are anything but routine. […]
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Best Breakfast
Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Cora, Halifax There are only so many places people are willing to get up at five in the morning for, and one of them is the Ardmore Tea Room. Classic to say the least, the Quinpool Road diner has been helping folks start […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner True North Diner The Armview’s view isn’t too shabby from the patio on a hot summer’s night, but we’re willing to bet it’s what’s going on inside this restaurant and lounge that keeps winning over readers. The family-run joint known for […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Silver Winner The Chickenburger Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room Darrell’s milkshake brings all the gold to the yard, and it’s easy to see why. They’re great with a burger, but since they’re so thick the straw stands up in the glass, they’re basically a meal on their own. That’s acceptable, right? […]
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Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner EDNA Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room One hundred percent pure love is the secret to the champion fish cakes (AKA Marilyn’s Fish Cakes) at the Mic Mac, simple as that. And while many of the restaurant’s wins this year can be credited to its entire team, […]