It’s right there in the name: “Bitter End Martini Bar & Restaurant.” When it’s in your name, you’d best be very good at what you do, and Coast readers agree, for close to a decade Bitter End has been the martini joint in Halifax, offering the gin and vermouth standard along with a host of […]
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Slam dunk spirits
In honour of the Premier Basketball League’s All-Star weekend at the Metro Centre, here are some slam dunk beverages—one kind of booze, inside another kind of booze, for a perfect combo of grace and taste. Nothing but net. PBL All-Star weekend, May 1-2, Halifax Metro Centre, Brunswick at Duke Streets, $20/$15 ($25 weekend pass), 451-1221, […]
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Valentine’s vittles
In all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, there’ll be Valentine’s Day specials. Of course, we’re only paraphrasing Casablanca, and to be honest, there are specials celebrating the day for lovers in far more than just Halifax gin joints. For instance, both Boston Pizza (1858 Granville Street, 422-8600) and Freeman’s […]
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It’s Raining Men (and tall drinks)
Forget the Leafs. Halifax basketball fans will be breaking out the blue and white this week as the Rainmen kick off their pre-season games. To honour these towering men, we’re featuring a few bars where you can reach for a tall drink. Niche At a vertiginous 7’3″, centre Shagari Alleyne is the tallest player on […]
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Meeting people is easy
The student population in this city is more than half the size of the entire population on the peninsula, making casual run-ins a way of life. So whether you’re crushing on that cute boy in your Dinosaurs and Their World class or swooning over the server at a nearby cafe, the following hotspots will help […]
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Cocktails to watch Mad Men by
Clicking around facebook recently, you may be wondering where the new 1960s-inspired caricature profile pictures are materializing. Fedoras, sheath dresses, slim suits, pocket squares and a martini or cocktail glass in hand—style aficionados are drooling, writers and ad execs are rushing after work to get home to watch it, and you shouldn’t miss it any […]
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Best Caesar
It takes a sterner constitution than ours to look at the list of cocktails and martinis at Bitter End and not salivate at the prospect of their delicious combinations of fruit flavours and exotic liquers. How about the lychee martini with vodka, lychee liquer and cran? Or the Crystal Slipper, which contains gin, Blue Curacao […]
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Best Cocktails
It takes a sterner constitution than ours to look at the list of cocktails and martinis at Bitter End and not salivate at the prospect of their delicious combinations of fruit flavours and exotic liquers. How about the lychee martini with vodka, lychee liquer and cran? Or the Crystal Slipper, which contains gin, Blue Curacao […]
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Best Martini
It takes a sterner constitution than ours to look at the list of cocktails and martinis at Bitter End and not salivate at the prospect of their delicious combinations of fruit flavours and exotic liquers. How about the lychee martini with vodka, lychee liquer and cran? Or the Crystal Slipper, which contains gin, Blue Curacao […]
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Best Caesar
Michael Leigh, the owner and general manager at Bitter End, has laid down the gauntlet in the name of his bartenders and their creative drinks, including 40 cocktail and 30 martini variants. “If people want to challenge us to create something, we welcome that,” he says. “We allow our bartenders room to experiment.” He says […]