Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Cora’s, downtown A step up from last year’s silver awards, the Ardmore is claiming some glory. This is a classic greasy spoon joint through and through, complete with paper menus, bottomless coffee, cheap eggs and thick milkshakes. Known for its hangover cure superpowers […]
Ardmore Tea Room
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Best Diner
Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Bronze Winner True North Diner A step up from last year’s silver awards, the Ardmore is claiming some glory. This is a classic greasy spoon joint through and through, complete with paper menus, bottomless coffee, cheap eggs and thick milkshakes. Known for its […]
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Best Breakfast
Gold Winner The Coastal Silver Winner Ardmore Tea House Bronze Winner Mary’s Place II The best thing about The Coastal is that despite popular demand, it’s never changed. The menu? Sure, that’s always changing. Revealing new experiments with globally influenced creative comfort food to sit alongside beloved classics like The Elvis, McCoastal and the Durty […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Silver Winner Ardmore Tea House Bronze Winner Westcliff Restaurant & Convenience The atmosphere almost rivals the food and drink at this west end, family-run diner with an actual Northwest Arm view. The Armview has been around since the 1950s, but got a makeover—and a perfect kiss of sleek ’60s style—back in […]
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Give me all the bacon and eggs you have
Starfresh Modern Diner 20 Wright Avenue Dish: Plate Breakfast Served: Monday-Friday, 6:30-11am Price: $5.95 Medium coffee: $1.50 After years catering for TV and film, Lisa Barry knows how to keep people well-fuelled. Her little Burnside diner arrived on the scene just before Christmas, offering home-cooked eats and in-house baked goods to the hardworking business park […]
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30 things to do on Quinpool Road
1. Celebrate Quinfest The annual street wide, family friendly festivities honouring the one of Halifax’s busiest streets, returns this Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm. “It is important for the [Quinpool Road Mainstreet District] Association and its members to host Quinfest every year because it gives us a chance to show appreciation to our many customers […]
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Best Breakfast
Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Cora, Halifax Halifax has spoken. This year bragging rights for best breakfast in Hali was snagged from The Coastal, five-year reigning champ. New winner The Ardmore is committed to the classic comfort breakfast, which means bacon and eggs for days. It’s no surprise […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner The Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner John’s Lunch The Armview is a bit of a throwback. The look and feel of the place is of another time—it’s a cool, chill spot Don Draper would totally take Sally for lunch—but its tastes have evolved. What’s great about […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Westcliff Restaurant & Convenience The Armview doesn’t just seem like the classic diner experience, it is a classic diner experience. The Armview has been around Halifax for over 50 years as a family-run restaurant. Diner foods can be hit and miss […]
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The ShopTalk Guided Tour: Quinpool Road
It’s time for Quinfest! The celebration of all things Quinpool Road is this Saturday, September 15, 11am-3pm. The fun includes a reptile zoo, clowns, carnival games, face-painting, kite-flying and science booths. Most of the street’s restaurants are offering free samples from noon to 2pm. And at 1pm there’s a free concert, with Razzmatazz For Kids […]
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Best Breakfast
Gold Winner The Coastal Cafe Silver Winner Cora’s Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room If you’ve ever been prowling around for a seat at The Coastal, you know it’s popular. If you were patient enough to wait for one, you’ll know it’s worth it. Owner Mark Giffin is blunt about not promising the most amazing dining […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Darrell’s Restaurant It’s hard to describe the unique atmosphere found at The Armview. Upscale? Yes, but also unpretentious. Retro? Certainly, but with a casual modernity that suggests it’s not trying to replicate a classic diner experience, but update it with the […]