Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Battery Park Beerbar & Eatery Bronze Winner Good Robot Brewing Co. It’s been nearly five years since this Barrington Street beer bar opened its doors and wowed beer nerds and curious drinkers alike with their wide array of options. And co-owner Chris Reynolds says thanks to that maturity, […]
Battery Park Beer Bar
Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Good Robot Brewing Co. Silver Winner Chain Yard Cider Bronze Winner Battery Park Beerbar & Eatery In the last year, Good Robot’s beer has become more accessible outside its location on Robie Street—craft-lovers can find cans of a few Good Robot fixtures at other storefronts. But folks continue to flock to Good Robot […]
Brews you can use
Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week See full listings at nscraftbeer.ca/craftbeerweek Lazy Bear Brewing When Erin and Andy Norman moved to Smith’s Cove after he got a job as an engineer, the couple started Lazy Bear Brewing so Erin would have work in the rural area. She picked up brewing while completing a master’s in food […]
Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Maxwell’s Plum Bronze Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery “Twenty sixteen was a lot of work, and was really, really rewarding,” says Stillwell’s Chris Reynolds. Between losing the tender for its waterfront beer garden, rebuilding a new, somehow better version of it on Spring Garden Road and […]
Best New Bar
Gold Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery Silver Winner Stillwell Beergarden Bronze Winner Highwayman “I think that we are really coming into our own as the local pub and that is a really amazing relationship we’re developing with that market there,” says George Christakos of Battery Park, a multi-winner in this year’s Best of […]
Best Dartmouth Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery Bronze Winner The Canteen “Business is definitely good,” says the Mic Mac’s Joel Chiasson, which—if you’ve ever eaten there—is pretty obvious. The total landmark isn’t ever not packed to the rafters. “We’re a destination point. People go out of their […]
Patatas Bravas
Yields four portions Ingredients 2 lbs fingerling potatoes duck fat 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 shallot, brunoise ¼ cup pine nuts ½ cup red wine ½ cup chicken stock 1 cup roasted red peppers, chopped 4 sprigs thyme, picked and chopped 4 pieces of chicken skin Method Potatoes: Wash and halve the fingerling potatoes. Warm […]

