Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen Bronze Winner Chef’s Menu (now closed) Nostalgia reigns supreme in Sackvegas. New faces come and go in its restaurant scene, but it’s the long-running family businesses that seem to outlast the rest. Tom’s Family Restaurant is one of them. After a short run of gold […]
Chef’s Menu
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Chef’s Menu Silver Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Bronze Winner Freeman’s Little New York “Our customers are all always saying ’You’re the best-kept secret!’ and I’m like, ’I don’t want to be the best kept secret! I want everyone to know!’” says Chef’s Menu’s Derrick Giffin. Well, it looks like the secret’s out—at least […]
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Gobblefest: 11 Thanksgiving dinners to try
Cousin’s Restaurant Every dinner at Cousin’s feels like a family dinner, and Thanksgiving takes it to a new level. The Kanellakos family serves up a tasty turkey dinner with all the fixings, served with a soup appetizer and either pumpkin pie or rice pudding for dessert. 3545 Robie Street, $14.95 The Esquire Restaurant You don’t […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Chef’s Menu Silver Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant BROZNE Mezza Lebanese Kitchen Sackville has never been the city’s epicurean centre, but in between the used car lots and donair shops on Sackville Drive there’s been some restaurant gems popping up. Like Mezza Lebanese (taking home the bronze), or Chef’s Menu, which once again takes […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Chef’s Menu Bronze Winner Hellas Family Restaurant You cool, Sackville, giving props to three classic, non-pretentious eateries that clearly win big in the menu department. Topping this category six years now, Tom’s is a place to bring the whole gang, from nan and gramps to newborn bambino, for […]
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Compliments to the Chef
The blank faces of storefronts in a strip mall can sometimes seem like a police line-up: not one of them might be guilty of anything, but as your eyes cruise down the line, you can’t help but feel more than a little unsure. A strip mall might very well be the natural habitat for delicious […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Chef’s Menu Bronze Winner Angles Family Eatery & Pub Taking the gold for the third year in a row, Tom’s Family Restaurant must be doing something right. With lots of Canadian and Greek food to choose from, not to mention menus for both children and seniors, it’s easy […]
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Chef’s Menu impresses fine food afficionados
A new locally owned casual/fine dining restaurant is offering a broad selection of food options, and if the online hubbub is anything top go by, people are loving it. The resto is the creation by co-owner and chef Derrick Giffin and is called Chef’s Menu (518 Sackville Drive, 252-4002). In that broad selection you can […]