Tastes as good as the wood fire smells! Hope they are a huge success. @HalifaxReTales pic.twitter.com/zeLu8ZvufD — Roy Francis (@MrFrancis_Music) August 1, 2017 When Labana Sukhchan Singh first came to Halifax in January, he didn’t know a soul. But he did know was that there was no one in town making wood-fired Montreal style bagels. “Every […]
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Goodmore Kombucha launches six flavours
Fifteen years working overseas in the wine industry instilled a serious love for “crafting beautiful beverages” in Kevin and Alexis Moore. So much so that the couple— who on top of wine, had an affinity for making fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, beer and kombucha at home— returned to their home in Nova Scotia about […]
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Divine secrets of the Yeah Yeahs brotherhood
Yeah Yeahs 66 Ochterloney Street Opening in May It’s a little bit smoky in the prep kitchen at Yeah Yeahs. Josh Nordin and Dean Petty are testing out dough with their head dough maker, Sal Mosca. He stretches and tosses one of the half dozen dough balls he has with him and then tops it […]
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Battery Park, recharged
It turns out George and Leo Christakos had an ace in the hole. Or, rather, they put an Ace in the hole that chef Mark Gray left in their restaurant concept when, last month, he announced he was going to be leaving Battery Park (62 Ochterloney Street). The food at Battery Park has been defined […]
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Fresh faced on Forrest Road
“I feel like I’ve always been visual,” says Mary-Ellen Power. “I can see the good in places, especially because my dad’s a realtor too and homes, it’s always been in my blood.” Thanks to the housing know-how in their genetic makeup, both Power and her brother Graeme have made careers in real estate, branched out […]
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A letter to Sam Austin, about downtown Dartmouth
Dartmouth Centre councillor Sam Austin sent a letter to The Coast earlier this week in response to writer Melissa Buote’s review of Picnic on March 9. Austin took issue with Buote’s comparison of downtown Dartmouth at night to the old horror movie The Haunting, saying it was an “attempt at a clever analogy taken too […]
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What it takes to be an Owl
Glen Bagnell has been a member of the Austenville Owl’s Club for 47 years. Its current president, Kim Conrad, has been a member for 15, having spent a lot of time there in his childhood with his father. The club started in the 1930s, when it was mostly an evening club for businessmen. These days, […]
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Granville Street’s smoke show
Roll on Two 1810 Granville Street Mon-Fri 7am-3pm “It’s a very eye-catching process,” Andrei Paunescu says, explaining what exactly a chimney cake is and how it’s created. He’s not lying. Taking in the making of the sweet Hungarian pastries—also known kürtőskalács—is just as fulfilling as eating one of the hand-spun, spit-roasted, golden tube cakes. Andrei […]
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Two If By Sea closing Halifax location
After April 29, folks on the side Halifax side of the harbour will have to travel to get their Two If By Sea fix. The cafe’s Waterfront Historic Properties location is set to close as its five-year lease comes to an end. Owner Zane Kelsall says it’s not going out of business, and he has […]
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City council gets 3.4 percent pay raise
It’s a little bit more than a living wage. Salary numbers for Halifax Regional Council have finally been calculated and most of the municipality’s elected officials received a modest 3.4 percent pay raise this year. Councillors will see their pay increase from $82,653 to $85,443. The deputy mayor’s salary has likewise increased from $90,918 to […]
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Hidden Haligonians: James White
James White’s artistic endeavours have caught the eye of Ubisoft and Google, but he gets more attention from the United Kingdom and United States than from his Dartmouth home. White started Signalnoise Studio in 1999, where he now designs works of art largely inspired by aesthetics from the 1980s, the decade of his childhood. “I […]
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Brianna Hagell’s deep cuts
Vessel Meats Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market 2 Octherloney Street Saturdays, 8am-1pm “It was about having good food, having good food supply and treating animals respectfully,” says Brianna Hagell, butcher, local food advocate and proprietor of Vessel Meats. “People talked about it whole weekend—it being empowering.” She’s just back from Grrls Meat Camp, which aims to […]