Gold Winner Habaneros Modern Taco Bar, Burnside Silver Winner Burrito Jax, Blowers Street Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Undoubtedly, one of the best feelings is wrapping yourself up in a duvet, burrito-style, so it follows that the contents of a burrito feel a similar cozy joy before ending their time on this earth. Your […]
Dee Dee’s Ice Cream
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Cows Silver Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end Best ice cream, sure. It’s a tasty scoop. Cowconut Cream Pie? Wowie Cowie? Nanaimoo Bar? Come on. If this survey had a best branded t-shirt category, there’s no DOUBT Cows would crush it. Someone in the t-shirt-making factory is working […]
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Play it cool with these six ice cream spots
Dairy Bar The brilliant food minds behind Manual Food & Drink Co. and Dartmouth’s Cafe Good Luck also know how to make magic with a soft-serve machine. Swing by Stillwell Beergarden’s roomie for creative flavour combos (blueberry lavender) and sundaes heaping with next-level toppings like lemon curd, cookie chunks and cereal. See ya, DQ. 5688 Spring […]
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Best Burrito
Gold Winner Burrito Jax, downtown Silver Winner Habaneros Modern Taco Bar, Pleasant Street Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Since this category was born, back in 2011, this burrito heavyweight (literally, these stuffed-full wraps don’t skimp) has been holding down the top spot. The original location of the now franchised, spreading like wildfire, Burrito Jax […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Cows Bronze Winner Dairy Bar Hark! The north end’s pint-sized place for cones lands gold status after last year’s tumble into silver. The return is as welcome as a waffle cone of spicy Mexican chocolate ice cream, the frozen dessert spot’s specialty flavour. With an ever-changing rotation […]
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Best Burrito
Gold Winner Burrito Jax, Blowers Street Silver Winner Habaneros Modern Taco Bar Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Whether you want your burrito in tortilla or bowl form, Burrito Jax has got you covered. This year marks its six years in a row of winning gold for the Blowers Street take-out joint. It might have […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Cows Silver Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown Its snaking queue and wafting scent of fresh-baked waffle cones are a sure sign summer—and tourist season—has reached its peak, but this waterfront scoop spot is equally beloved by locals, taking home the gold for its decadent ice cream. “The friendly […]
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Sweet unions: four ice cream sandwiches to make at home
Grandma’s House Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s vanilla ice cream, Helen B’s Preserves’ strawberry rhubarb jam and Smith’s Bakery ginger cookies Cocoa-loco Humani-T Cafe’s dark chocolate gelato, 24 Carrots Bakery’s chocolate-dipped shortbread and coconut flakes Sweet Enough Common Confections’ salted caramel dairy-free frozen dessert, LF Bakery’s milk bun and toasted sesame seeds Pool Party Scanway Catering […]
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Cream of the crop
Roll on Two A hollow pastry is basically wasted if it’s not filled with ice cream. When Andrei and Orit Paunescu opened their little Hungarian chimney cake bakery in the early spring, they had a soft serve machine on their shopping list—and lucky for us it happened in time for summer. The puffy, perfectly golden […]
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Best Burrito
Gold Winner Burrito Jax, Blowers Street Silver Winner Habaneros Modern Taco Bar, Woodside Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream All three of these winning establishments have something important in common—they’re wrapping up burritos that are approximately the size of a dachshund. Girth matters when it comes to tortillas and their filling, and Burrito Jax scores […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, South Park Street Bronze Winner Cows Ice Cream Sure, the perfect location (near the Common) and an old-fashioned school house look (right down to the stained glass and wooden shingles) help underscore Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s charm, but really, what makes it the best scoop […]
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Best Burrito
Gold Winner Burrito Jax, Blowers Street Silver Winner Habaneros Modern Taco Bar, Pleasant Street Bronze Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream This city went ages without a dedicated burrito joint, but as soon as Burrito Jax came to town, it started racking up The Coast’s Best of Halifax awards, and this year is no exception. Roll […]