Gold Winner Marcus Manzoni, Mic Mac Bar and Grill Silver Winner Kristin Vokes, enVie a vegan kitchen Bronze Winner Leah O’Brien, Brooklyn Warehouse “I only have a few minutes total of interaction time, so for me to be able to create any kind of experience for somebody and have them come back? That’s the greatest […]
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Best Chef
Gold Winner Renée Lavallée, The Canteen Silver Winner Craig Flinn, Chives Canadian Bistro Bronze Winner Stephanie Ogilvie, Brooklyn Warehouse “The reality is, I’m the captain of a sports team. An amazing team,” says Renée Lavallée, quick to shout out her two assistant captains, Kyle and Josh, and number one cheerleader, her business partner and husband, […]
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Where I work: Stephanie Ogilvie
WHAT SHE DOES Stephanie Ogilvie—a petite, soft-spoken redhead with piercing blue eyes—is a chef. When most kids weren’t even allowed in the kitchen, she was already making meals for her family and watching Julia Child on television. Being a chef, Ogilvie says, “is pretty all consuming—if we’re not two steps ahead, we’re three steps behind,” […]
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Ciro dreams of cheese
Roma Cheese Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market 2 Octherloney Street Saturdays “I was just six years old when I started to go up into the mountain,” says Ciro Comencini. “We were still making cheese with a copper pot and wood fire. You have to be very careful because a wood fire is not like propane that […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Another heaping portion of fried gold for the winning Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub, which once again takes home Best Pub Food. I mean, have you seen this menu? Jumbo pretzel with jalapeño beer cheese sauce, big effin’ nachos, […]
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Best Chef
Gold Winner Craig Flinn, Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner Mark Gray, Battery Park/Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Stephanie Ogilvie, Brooklyn Warehouse Craig Flinn is the proprietor of not one but three Halifax restos—Chives, Two Doors Down and Temple Bar, the youngest of the trio. The ambitious chef of 21 years has kept busy, but never lost […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down “That’s a huge one for me because so many of the new restaurants have opened in the last couple of years, and there’s been a real emphasis on design,” says EDNA’s visionary Jenna Mooers of her Best Atmosphere accolade. Working with Breakhouse, taking […]
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Best Server
Gold Winner Chris Haley, The Wooden Monkey, Dartmouth Silver Winner Alissa Maloney, Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Maggie Phillips, Chives Canadian Bistro “Are you kidding me?! Two years in a row? That is AMAZING!” screams Chris Haley through the phone. Last year Haley won the readers’ choice award too, but his workplace has since changed—he says […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse “As a restaurant owner and operator, I’m in it because this is what I love to do, I love my work. You don’t think of yourself as being the best in any type of way—and you’re not doing it to be the best,” […]
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Best Server
Gold Winner Chris Haley, Trendz Cafe & Wine Bar Silver Winner Alissa Maloney, Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Josh Nordin, Field Guide “I’ve been a server for 15 years and this is the best thing I’ve ever heard!” exclaims Chris Haley on his morning walk to work at Dartmouth Best Western’s Trendz, where he spends his […]
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Best Chef
Gold Winner Craig Flinn, Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner Renée Lavallée, The Canteen Bronze Winner Mark Grey, Brooklyn Warehouse Chives on Barrington Street has been one of Halifax’s must-dine restaurants for locals and visitors alike since it was opened by Best Chef Craig Flinn and chef Darren Lewis. With decor inspired by the rich colours […]
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Brooklyn and North team up for Battery Park
Back in June Brooklyn Warehouse and North Brewing Company piqued interests with a little tease—the beloved restaurant and craft brewery were teaming up and taking the show on the road to Dartmouth. Together, they’d open something new, a bar, in the former Nectar Restaurant and Wine Bar (62 Ochterloney Street) space. But the rest was […]