Gold Winner Wasabi House Silver Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Bronze Winner Bistro Le Coq Reports of reservations recommended and full rooms indicate a very warm reception to the restaurant—opened in November 2011 by Richard Wu and Michelle Lin—by Halifax’s sushi lovers. Wasabi House’s win in the Best New Restaurant category confirms it: […]
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Top 3 new restaurants of 2011
Dozens of delicious places opened their doors this year, which is great for the city but bad for the task at hand. Choosing just a few outstanding restaurants from such a large field of contenders is hard work. Tasty, enjoyable work maybe, athough still difficult. Add to that the whole “one person’s meat is another’s […]
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Le Coq rocks
It’s 7pm when I head out to meet a couple of friends at French country fare resto Bistro le Coq. I’m late, and my friends are already seated and snuggled up to some fancy drinks—the champagne cocktail of the day, with grapefruit juice ($8), and a glass of Bouvet champagne ($6). I order a glass […]
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Bistro Le Coq opens
We originally heard it was going to be called Le Coquerel, but in fact it has opened with the more satisfying and potentially humorous handle Bistro Le Coq. It’s a French bistro from the good people at RCR Hospitality, owners of CUT Steakhouse, Onyx, Waterfront Warehouse, Victory Arms Pub and Q Smokehouse. Le Coq is […]
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Le Coquerel replaces Mosaic
The Feed has learned that RCR Hospitality, owners of CUT Steakhouse, Onyx, Waterfront Warehouse, Victory Arms Pub and Q Smokehouse as well as a successful catering operation, will debut a new French restaurant called Le Coquerel in the location of Mosaic, 1584 Argyle Street, which closed this week. It will be a casual French bistro, in the style of Le Bistro Cafe, that RCR honcho Robert Risley once owned. You’ll find French comfort food on the menu, a great selection of wines, solid service and a friendly atmosphere. When will it open? Stay tuned.