Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Glitter Bean Cafe Bronze Winner Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe Ten years after opening Two If By Sea—a near instant classic in downtown Dartmouth—in late October, founder (and the butter-lover behind the cafe’s monstrous croissants) Tara MacDonald announced she was retiring from the coffee biz and TIBS […]
Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe
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Best Cafe
Gold Winner Two If By Sea Silver Winner Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe Bronze Winner The Nook on Gottingen “This has been a year of growth and reflection for the TIBS crew,” says Tara MacDonald upon hearing of the downtown Dartmouth institution’s repeat gold win for Best Cafe. After allegations of sexual misconduct, Two If By […]
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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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King & North’s chocolate works of art
King & North Chocolate facebook.com/kingandnorth “Chocolate is so fun. It has such a sense of fun attached to it,” says Jesse Gallant. “From the moment you’re a kid and you try it the first time, it’s something that’s so exciting and playful.” Gallant is the owner of a small-batch chocolate business called King & North, […]
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Best Barista
Gold Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Dan Weir, Weird Harbour Espresso Bar Bronze Winner Jeremy Waterman, Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe After working at Java Blend for “many a year,” Laura Arsenault has finally struck gold. “We are exceptionally fortunate that we do have an amazing, consistent clientele year after year,” she […]
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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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Best Barista
Gold Winner Jeremy Waterman, Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe Silver Winner Danielle Archer, The Nook on Gottingen Bronze Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters Mere months ago, Jeremy Waterman was hired as lead barista at Dilly Dally Cafe to help get the new coffee shop up and running. After about six years in the industry, […]