While Halifax is a great city for weekly live music shows, sometimes it’s nice to simply sit down and have a drink with a performance that isn’t taking centre stage. Ragtime, anyone? Press Gang The Gang’s piano’s played weekly from Thursday to Saturday, 7:30-11pm, with a new time slot Thursdays and Fridays from 4:30-5:30pm. Musician […]
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Party like it’s H1N1
Foods that are finger-lickin’ good might not be a first choice these H1N1 days, but the ever-popular wing strip on Spring Garden Road shows no sign of slowing its pace. Bring your friends (and hand sanitizer) to one of these joints for cheap eats. Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar Bubba Ray’s is the king of wings […]
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Where to get toasty with toddies
The time has changed, it’s often below 10 degrees outside and getting off work means walking out of the office and into darkness—while it’s not winter yet, it sure friggin’ feels like it. Aside from hibernating under the covers, you can avoid the wintry weather by heading to one of these bars and warming your […]
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Best Trivia Night
The T-Room is a regular hang for Dalhousie engineering students who make up the bulk of the trivia masters on Friday nights. From 9:30 until midnight you’ll find Stan Selig and Thomas Craig holding court and stumping the punters with two rounds of 20 questions. “We take the best of different trivia nights around the […]
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Best Student Hang
The Gorsebrook remains the place to be if you are a student at St. Mary’s University, having won the Best Student Hang honour many years running. “We still have amazing open-mic nights,” says Brianna Koski, who manages the place with Ryan King. She adds that Thursday theme nights are still popular—including “Anything but Clothes,” “Blackout […]
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Best Place To Drink Alone
Why does Tom’s regularly take this category? Maybe because it feels like a neighbourhood bar smack in the middle of the city, and if you are in the middle of a blues-fueled binge no one will bother you if you perch on one of those chairs by the window or in a booth at the […]
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Best Karaoke Night
“Most people like songs that were recorded before they were born,” says Karaoke King Mimi Andriopoulos, explaining that good karaoke is synonymous with singing the classics, even though he gets a lot of new songs in stock all the time. And what’s the most popular choice at Bearly’s right now? “Don’t Stop Believing,” the early-’80s […]
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Best Pick-up Bar
The continuous popularity of this establishment over time is astonishing—not because it’s not deserving, but because there is so much competition for dancing, socializing and picking-up across the city. Still, Reflections reigns supreme over the scene, winning three categories last year and four in 2009. Maybe it’s the inclusive nature of the place, the kind […]
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Best Party Venue
The continuous popularity of this establishment over time is astonishing—not because it’s not deserving, but because there is so much competition for dancing, socializing and picking-up across the city. Still, Reflections reigns supreme over the scene, winning three categories last year and four in 2009. Maybe it’s the inclusive nature of the place, the kind […]
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Best Gay Bar
The continuous popularity of this establishment over time is astonishing—not because it’s not deserving, but because there is so much competition for dancing, socializing and picking-up across the city. Still, Reflections reigns supreme over the scene, winning three categories last year and four in 2009. Maybe it’s the inclusive nature of the place, the kind […]
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Dumb ass kids
Students are back. Whoopie!! Here’s a “tip” for you all. The bar staff can be your best friends or your worst enemies. We don’t work for minimum wage. If you don’t tip, you better be prepped to wait until we’re finished with people who do, AND be excessively fucking polite when you order. “Hey!”, “Me!”, […]
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Student and campus bar round up
The Grawood and the T-Room Both watering holes are Dalhousie hangouts, and both accept non-Dal students who have a valid student ID and proof of age. The Grawood sports a restaurant, but the T-Room doesn't (you can bring in snacks if you’re hungry). Renowned T-Room trivia starts September 11—I hear there are chocolate bars and […]