Gold Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Silver Winner Celtic Corner Public House Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse “The very first one we did was Harry Potter trivia—and it blew up. We posted it for one night and we had to do it over three or four,” says Kat Adams, the Board Room’s […]
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Seventy3 reinvigorates the former La Perla
“In many ways this is the phoenix of the La Perla story. A beautiful institutional restaurant that for a long time was the star of dining in the city, but its time has come and gone,” says Jeff McLatchy, owner of the dearly departed La Perla’s next-door neighbour Celtic Corner (69 Alderney Drive), which has […]
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DANG! Dartmouth goes to the artists
We’ve seen it all before. Soho and the meatpacking district in New York. Williamsburg. Queen West (and now West West in Toronto). Artists move in, fix up neighbourhoods, make them cool, then come the good bars and restos and the galleries, and then, eventually, the rest of the world figures it out and moves in. […]
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Halloween mixers: Bobbing for cocktails
Elephant & Castle The underground bar at Elephant & Castle is going all out with a long list of Halloween-inspired drinks, including Voodoo Child, Bitchy Witch, Ghoul Drool, Eyeball Highball and Dagger Bomb. Head over Saturday to find out what makes the magical potions. 5171 George Street, 405-8875 Celtic Corner Public House The Irish pub […]
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How to keep Summer going a little longer
Your summer spirit is not always what makes you shotgun that extra Wildcat, or stay out an hour later when you’re working at 7am (though they are related). Your summer spirit is really the fire in you, the guts of that beast that loves fun more than food and sun more than sleep. Considering Haligonians […]
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Dartmouth daytripper
As San Francisco has Oakland and New York has Jersey, Halifax has my dear Dartmouth. I opted to settle there when I moved back from Toronto a month ago. Plenty of Haligonians think Dartmouth is just a place to drive through on the way to the airport, but here are a few of the reasons […]
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Rush to nowhere: 4 places to drink in Dartmouth
We know you’re going. Nic, Nat, Tiff and Chrys are bringing their baby doll faces to Dartmouth for Summer Rush this Saturday, and you just can’t miss them. So instead of inundating Alderney Landing and leaving it lonely afterwards, why don’t you skip that first ferry back and have a drink at one of the […]
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How to find a patio in the sky
The Argyle Bar & Grill The Argyle boasts both the largest rooftop patio in Halifax and unblocked sun access. Bar owner Johnny Demestihas says Thursday nights are his hottest and most happening all summer long, and one look at the rooftop layout explains why: three bars, a lounge chair area and an endless supply of […]
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Go local in Dartmouth
1. Alderney Landing; 2. Celtic Corner, La Perla; 3. The Landing/Blue Star; 4. Dragon & Butterfly; 5. Kudo’s; 6. Mystery Diner ( ); 7. Radical Leathers. On the ferry, I squint in the afternoon sun. Ahead of me lies Dartmouth, spread out before the bow of the good ship Woodside II. To the right is […]