There are something like 30 million Google results for how to cook a perfect steak. Oil it, butter it, rub it, rest it, give it a hug and whisper affirmations at it. If anything in this world would ever prevent humanity from forming a hive mind, it will probably be true agreement over correctly eyeballing […]
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Game on for a second Board Room cafe
The Board Room Game Cafe (1256 Barrington Street) wants to invite more players to the table. After three years of bringing fun and games—like hundreds of games—to downtown, the city’s first board game cafe/bar has announced it’ll open a second location later this fall, giving Haligonians another place to exercise their brains. “We wanted to […]
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Weird Harbour makes waves on Barrington
Two-hundred and fifty square feet is all the space Dan Weir needs to make his small business dream a reality. After spending a decade “catching the coffee bug” working in cafes in Toronto and Montreal, the Moncton native has settled on Halifax for his very own Weird Harbour Espresso Bar, which will be cozied up […]
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Highwayman’s a driving force
My first experience at a Basque restaurant was in Barcelona, at the end of a rambling walk through El Born. A couple of barrel-aged voices, low and thick with fermented bravery, bounced off the curve of the narrow alley. Upon rounding the bend, we found two hoary old men, Garnacha sloshing around their glasses as […]
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First look: Highwayman
No need to pinch yourself, you’re not dreaming. This is what 1673 Barrington Street—the longtime home of Certainly Cinnamon—looks like now. Its transition from deserted cafe to moody hangout is at the hands of bartenders Adam MacLeod and Michael Hopper and Field Guide owners Dan Vorstermans and Ceilidh Sutherland, who’ve teamed up in the name […]
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Cyclone Group Fitness spins to Barrington
“This is the second chapter, and it’s so exciting,” says Elana Liberman of her Cyclone Group Fitness’ brand-new location at 200-1717 Barrington Street. “I look at Barrington Street as growing up. I look at Cyclone that way too, it’s kind of grown up. We now know what the community wants and needs and we’re trying […]
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Where I work: Laura MacLeod
Who she is Take one bite out of one of Laura MacLeod’s chocolate-coated eclairs and you’ll know that she’s the real deal. Going into culinary school MacLeod didn’t have her mind set on baking but to her surprise she fell in love with it. “I think it had more of a design element. It was […]
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Murphy Hospitality Group brings us Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
The PEI restauranteurs that brought us Gahan House (1869 Lower Water Street) last fall are back at it again, opening Barrington Street Steakhouse and Oyster Bar in the heart of downtown later this spring. Kevin Murphy’s Murphy Hospitality Group will open the 60-seat street level oyster bar, second floor 100-seat dining room and patio at […]
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The Highwayman headed for Barrington Street
On a winter’s night when the wind is in the trees, as foretold a century ago, The Highwayman will come riding (riding, riding) into Halifax. For in early or mid-March—the official date is yet to be announced-—The Highwayman Restaurant will open at 1673 Barrington Street (the former Certainly Cinnamon location). The Highwayman is a new […]
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A new headquarters for Freak Lunchbox
Halifax’s candy store veteran is about working on some new, and seriously freaky, headquarters. In time for its upcoming 15th anniversary, Freak Lunchbox’s flagship store—which was born and raised at 1723 Barrington Street—is moving to bigger digs. Owner Jeremy Smith acquired the nearby 1729 Barrington Street (the former home of Hilltribe) in January and renovations […]
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One Kitchen Door closes
More Barrington Street news! And it brings us the end of the Halifax location of Patty Howard’s Kitchen Door Catering. The Bedford-based caterer and take-out food shop opened its downtown location in 2012, pairing up with fellow wedding and event favourite, Layers Cakes at 1276 Barrington Street, offering frozen takeaway meals, and grab and go […]