Gold Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Silver Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Bronze Winner The Wooden Monkey Another year and another strong showing from the good people at Brooklyn, who in 2008 took a quiet corner in the north end and made it one of Halifax’s essential food destinations, winning Best New Restaurant from Coast readers and appearing […]
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The return of Slow Food Nova Scotia’s Spring Supper
Local food producers, brewers, wine makers and foodies—all seated around one table at last. Slow Food Nova Scotia’s Spring Supper is back to serve up some local flavours for its third year in a row. This year’s dinner will be whipped up by 11 local chefs, including Craig Flinn of Chives Canadian Bistro, Dennis Johnston […]
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Power of 10
Yay!” The word spills out of my mouth as soon as our server drops off Chives’ unique take on a bread basket at our table. The crinkle of the brown paper bag and the sweet, bready breath of biscuits when the bag is opened is one of my favourite sensory experiences in a Halifax restaurant. […]
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Chives hits 10 years
It’s hard to imagine Halifax without Chives Canadian Bistro (1537 Barrington Street, 420-9626), and it’s food author and chef, Craig Flinn, given the impact he and his restaurant have had on the city and the local food movement. Chives will be turning 10 on December 4. Sometime soon (between late November and early December) the […]
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J&R Grimsmo to open this month
Opening mid-month will be J&R Grimsmo (1533 Barrington Street), a women’s fashion boutique located in the Freemason’s building, ground floor, smack between Chives and E-PIN. It will carry “a carefully curated blend of exciting new lines to Halifax, by designers that have been receiving great acclaim in the fashion media/industry,” explains co-owners Jessy Lacourciere and […]
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Best Chef
It’s hard to know when Flinn has the time to do everything. Of course, there’s the restaurant, a consistent star in the Halifax fine dining firmament, year after year, offering the best in fresh, locally sourced food. Then there’s his burgeoning career as an author—he’s had a new book every fall for the past three […]
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Best Fine Dining
It’s hard to know when Chives chef Craig Flinn has the time to do everything. Of course, there’s the restaurant, a consistent star in the Halifax fine dining firmament, year after year, offering the best in fresh, locally sourced food. Then there’s his burgeoning career as an author—he’s had a new book every fall for […]
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Best Use Of Local Ingredients
It’s hard to know when Chives chef Craig Flinn has the time to do everything. Of course, there’s the restaurant, a consistent star in the Halifax fine dining firmament, year after year, offering the best in fresh, locally sourced food. Then there’s his burgeoning career as an author—he’s had a new book every fall for […]
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Slow Food NS goes abroad
Happening from October 21 through 25 in Torino Italy is the fourth biennial, invitation-only Terra Madre conference, organized by the international Slow Food movement. Shoptalk has learned that 14 members of the Nova Scotia chapter have been invited. Michael Howell of Tempest in Wolfville and Chives’ Craig Flinn will lead the Nova Scotia delegation, which […]
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Best Fine Dining
It seems that Craig Flinn of Chives and Dennis Johnston at Fid Resto just trade off every year, with Best Chef and Best Fine Dining, though Fid has gone a little more casual these days. Maybe that means star chef and author Flinn will own this one for awhile, his much- admired dishes of locally […]
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Granola bars
Every day should be Earth Day, but if you can put in some time on April 22, the planet would greatly appreciate it (and you could also consider expanding to Earth Month, or Earth Life). Help celebrate the 40th anniversary of this movement with a globe-friendly cocktail at these local establishments. Morris East The downtown […]
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Local restaurants win Taste of Nova Scotia and Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia awards
Nova Scotia has some award winning recipes on its hands. But food is just a part of the equation — it’s the recipes for success in the foodservice industry that Taste of Nova Scotia and the Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia both just honoured at their respective annual awards. On November 5, Taste of Nova […]