“I’m out of the rat race,” says Brenda Stone from the tranquility of her own salon, a studio space right next to Woozles that she shares with one other stylist and an aesthetician. After 14 years as a stylist, she’s figured it out: it’s the quiet environment that appeals to her customers, and running her […]
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Best Hair Salon
They must be running out of space on those immaculate Thumper salon walls for plaques from Best of Halifax readers’ polls. Owner Malcolm Norton at first isn’t even sure what to say about his crack team of stylists, so he goes with a truism. “One of the things I’ve always said: happy people make creative, […]
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Best Home Accessories Store
Attica is the dream of NSCAD grads Suzanne Saul and Christopher Joyce, who have taken their keen eye for design over the years to fill four floors with the best in handmade and manufactured furniture and home accessories. “Business has been good this fall, and our sales are up from last year, so we’re really […]
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Best Furniture Store
Attica is the dream of NSCAD grads Suzanne Saul and Christopher Joyce, who have taken their keen eye for design over the years to fill four floors with the best in handmade and manufactured furniture and home accessories. “Business has been good this fall, and our sales are up from last year, so we’re really […]
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Best Flower Shop
Neville, once known as Neville MacKay—he says he gave up the surname one year “for lent” and never went back—is the owner of My Mother’s Bloomers, and spends part of his year travelling and observing business trends. “What’s happened is we’re going in a full circle,” he says. “We’re getting a retro-modern look.” He describes […]
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Best Fitness Instructor
A former Best of Halifax winner reclaims his crown. “We’re doing a lot more stuff for corporations,” says Sherrington about what has kept him busy since he last appeared in our pages. “Fitness for companies, boot camps and fitness on site.” The boot camps are especially popular: He and his colleagues will go to an […]
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Best Eco-conscious Store
So, you wanna buy a gift for your special someone over the holidays and you’re concerned about the environment. How about fair trade Christmas ornaments from Peru? P’lovers has gourds, silk elephants and cotton sheep. How about Canadian-made clothing? Or something from the popular Green Pan line? Or maybe you need to pick up some […]
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Best DVD Rental Store
The price to purchase DVDs has gone down as Blu-Ray picks up speed, but it’s hard to imagine that the enormous library of film available in DVD format at Video Difference is going to switch over anytime soon. That said, they do have Blu-Ray available, along with the city’s best selection of TV box sets. […]
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Best Corner Store
Joe Jr helps out his parents with their store that has been on the corner of Cornwallis and Maynard since the late ’70s. It’s a family operation, with four kids—three girls and a boy—filling-in when they can, though they all have their own careers, too. Joe Jr worked there this summer while the folks were […]
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Best Tech Store
Co-owner Jeremy MacNeil sings a familiar song with so many shops this year: sales are a little down. The good news is that the popular computer store’s service business has spiked, and it’s not because the products are being manufactured with less quality control, MacNeil assures us. “Everyone is feeling the squeeze of the economy […]
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Best Computer Store
Co-owner Jeremy MacNeil sings a familiar song with so many shops this year: sales are a little down. The good news is that the popular computer store’s service business has spiked, and it’s not because the products are being manufactured with less quality control, MacNeil assures us. “Everyone is feeling the squeeze of the economy […]
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Best Comics Store
The beloved comic store on Sackville has been called the best of its kind on Canada, nay, the world. “Now we want to look like it,” says owner Calum Johnston. This means a rearranging of stock, sales to clear out some back issues, bookshelves replacing spinning racks and eventually, new flooring, all to create what […]