Gold Winner Willy’s Fresh Cut Fries & Burgers Silver Winner Smoke’s Poutinerie Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Wouldn’t we love to be at a party catered by these three restaurants? No doubt it’d involve a kiddie pool full of gravy. Despite long lists of delectable poutine variations from the competition, Willy’s yet […]
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie
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Cheese Curds’ service with a smile
One dark January morning, the manager of a Wendy’s or a Burger King—or maybe even a Subway—woke up with a start, a bad feeling buzzing like an alarm in the pit of her stomach. When she got to work, she said hello to Justin. He made a funny joke, feet shuffling, eyes never quite meeting […]
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Best Burger
Gold Winner Darrell’s Restaurant Peanut Butter Burger Silver Winner Brooklyn Warehouse’s Brooklyn Burger Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie With the Brooklyn Burger nipping at their heels, Darrell’s has reeled in Best Burger once again. “Our burger has just taken a monumental leap,” says owner and chef Dan Joseph. In March, Darrell’s switched […]
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Best New Restaurant
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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Best Poutine
Gold Winner Willy’s Silver Winner Smoke’s Poutinerie Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie Even with Smoke’s Poutinerie setting up shop directly across the street, Willy’s has still snagged the win for Best Poutine. And that’s the unified title, incorporating the separate Best Poutine (Original) and Best Poutine (Extreme or Gourmet) categories from previous […]
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7 under $7
Passage to the Caribbean Am I the only one who finds Caribbean food overpriced? I love it, but how can a plate of curried stew made with cheap cuts of meat often run me up to 14 bucks? Passage to the Caribbean, in the old Starlite Cuisine location on Cornwallis Street, bucks the trend. The […]