It was about a year ago that Adam Otmar and Jill Mulveney had the idea to run a little coffee shop out of the back of a bus. The two veteran baristas envisioned a sustainable mobile cafe in a small school bus, but struggled to find something tall enough to accommodate their north of 5’10” […]
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Where I work: The Raven Espresso Boutique
WHO SHE IS “Coffee vibes are good vibes,” Chantelle Buote says as she crafts an iced latte. Buote is the owner of The Raven Espresso Boutique, a coffee shop that operates out of a vintage 1969 trailer. She didn’t plan to open a coffee trailer, but she took what the universe placed in her lap. When […]
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Cafe Fest comes to town because, coffee
Cafe Lara is calling all coffee geeks to its launch party of Cafe Fest, a week-long celebration of all things coffee, local and independent from May 5-11. “I like bringing the community together,” says Lara Cusson. “I’ve been trying to get the coffee community together as much as possible—I think it’s important that we all […]
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DRINK OF THE WEEK: Dilly Dally’s Carrot Spice Latte
“There’s just this biological thing, you feel a little crispness overnight and it’s like, ‘I need something a little soothing, a warm hug. It’s like our version of hygge or something,” says Laura Draeger of the tendency to usher in autumn (sometimes prematurely) with a little bit of nutmeg. Or, you know, pumpkin spice season. […]
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Drink up at the Halifax Beverage Expo
HFX Beverage Expo 2018 Sunday April 9, 9am-7pm Dalhousie Student Union Building $7/$5 hfxbev.com Get ready to get hydrated (and make sure there’s a bathroom nearby). The first Halifax Beverage Expo is taking place this weekend. “We want a really diverse crowd,” says Phil Holmans, owner of World Tea House. He’s organizing the expo with […]
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Smiling Goat ordered to pay nearly $1,000 in wages owed to ex-employee
As Smiling Goat employees continue fighting for unpaid wages, at least one former cafe worker is finally getting the money they’re owed. Nova Scotia’s Labour Standards board has issued a ruling ordering Smiling Goat owner Kit Singh to pay nearly $1,000 in unpaid wages owed to just one of his former employees. Hebron Hospitality Group, conducting […]
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After allegations of sexual misconduct, Two If By Sea parts ways with co-owner
“Zane was not moving through the world respecting other people,” says Dean Petty about his former business partner. Zane Kelsall, one of the city’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs and a Dartmouth success story who’s been profiled in local and national media (including The Coast) is now without a job. Two If By Sea Cafe and […]
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Bedford’s The Jumping Bean is now The Nook Espresso Bar
This week popular Bedford cafe The Jumping Bean (936 Bedford Highway) got a new lease on life when it re-launched as The Nook Espresso Bar Bedford, a sibling location of the Halifax cafe of the same name. Nicole Myles Brook and Brian Brook—who’ve been running the Bedford location of the Newfoundland chain since summer 2016—helped […]
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Is there a non-creepy way to ask someone out when they’re working?
Hey Ask Hole, I’ve got a major crush on the barista at my local coffee shop. I know it’s part of the job to be friendly—and I remember how gross it was when dudes would hit on me back when I was a server—but there’s a serious flirtatious vibe between us and I want to […]
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Cold as ice: coffee and tea on the rocks
Low Point cold brew float Affogatto who? Halifax cold brew crew Low Point has its nitro kicked up a notch with a scoop of vanilla at this coffee nerd’s paradise in Bedford. Cortado Tasting Room, 50 Gary Martin Drive [IMAGE-5] Shot + tonic You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, so believe […]
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Liquid brunch
If you are the type of person who finds it hard to secure adequate table space for all of your brunch beverages (the dehydration/caffeination is real)—read on, you parched little camel. Here are some classics and some soon-to-be classic sips that you’re going to want to integrate into your drink game. Vietnamese coffee Pho Hoang […]
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Drift Coffee heats up
Sometimes you fill your free time with walks in the park, hangouts with friends and meandering mornings at the market, and sometimes you start a small business. At least that’s what you do if you’re Graham Ereaux. A touring musician (Ereaux is known as Devarrow on stage), he was looking to keep busy and employed […]