On the weekend Dartmouth fave Cafe Brea (530 Portland Street), announced via social media that after a-year-and-a-half in business it was closing up shop, permanently. Brea, a community-centric spot known for its quality espresso, fresh-baked treats and live music, also operated a coffee kiosk, the Lock Keeper Cafe, out of Shubie Park last summer. “I […]
Cafe Brea
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Cafe Brea’s park place
Shubie Park has welcomed a new resident to its grounds. Cafe Brea will be opening up shop Canada Day weekend on the patio at the Fairbanks Center (54 Locks Road). The cafe usually slings coffees and more from 530 Portland Street in Darmouth, this new location will be its second. “We’re really excited,” says owner […]
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Bright Brea
Here’s the thing about Dartmouth: it isn’t just the little triangle of streets caught up between Alderney Drive and Ochterloney Street. Sure, everybody hearts that part of Dartmouth, but where are the love letters to Woodlawn, Port Wallace and Portland Estates? “Um, that letter must be lost in the mail,” says everybody. OK, not everybody. […]
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Cafe Brea opens in Dartmouth
Melita Scott writes to say she has opened a coffee shop in Dartmouth on Earth Day. Cafe Brea (530 Portland Street, 789-1354) is in the new commercial strip that sits across from what used to be Penhorn Mall.
