A decade ago, Shannon Marshall took a risk and opened a shop dedicated to intimate clothing and accessories—for women, by women—in downtown Dartmouth. At the time, the neighbourhood was quieter, the online world was worlds away from where it is today and the local options for safe, supportive, inclusive shops for sexy stuff were limited. […]
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Sugar Shok Treat Boutique to close
After four years in the business, owner Stacey Cayea has decided to close Sugar Shok Treat Boutique in Dartmouth. “The numbers talk and you gotta listen sometimes,” Cayea says of her financial troubles. In the past few years, Cayea has had to sell personal belongings to get stock into the candy store. “This year, there’s […]
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Portland Street gets Lady Luck
After 12 years of bringing Halifax handmade and vintage jewellery, art, clothing and whole lot of hats, Lady Luck Boutique (5519 Young Street) is opening a second location. Jennifer Huntley (who co-owns the shop with her sister Melanie) says they’re aiming to open at 118 Portland Street (between Sugar Shok and Dartmouth Yarns) in early […]
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Trainyard General Store pulls into downtown Dartmouth
There’s yet another addition to Dartmouth’s budding downtown— The Trainyard General Store is a new shop that’ll open this summer. The store is going to be focused on all gifts, goods and furniture crafted in Nova Scotia, and there’ll be workshop space for people who want to do their own creating. Saturday “Open Project Days” […]
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KoKo Mod Floral Design blooms on Portland Street
Korayne Romanchuk’s passion for floral design bloomed when she was sweeping floors at a flower shop in Calgary. Her curiousity for the art led her to put down the broom and learn for herself, by working in high-end floral design and soaking up skills from the experts around her. But the dream of opening her […]
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Take a bite out of downtown Dartmouth
Frankly, it’s getting harder and harder to find cheap food in Halifax, whether it’s at a restaurant or a grocery store. But as downtown Dartmouth continues to grow and flower with new small businesses, it’s become clear that it is also a destination for affordable dining. Tiny, well-honed concepts like Souper Duper are neighbours to […]
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Crepe life
It can be hard to see inside the Portland Street Creperie. The windows are often speckled with a layer of condensation, heat rising off of the griddles wetly knocking against the cold winter chill on the glass. And when they’re clear, there’s a good chance you’re just looking at a small crowd huddled inside, standing […]
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Four times the space for Bodega Boutique
After two years in its cozy baby blue home at 20 Wentworth Street, downtown Dartmouth’s clothing and accessories source, Bodega Boutique, is moving and shaking things up. Next month, the store will re-open at 104 Portland Street—next door to the new location of Halifax furniture store Kew, which opens at the end of the month. […]
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A royal flush at King Street Cafe
Of the 140 characters you’ll find on King Street at any given time, Fran Hiscock is the queen, the living jewel in the crown of downtown Dartmouth’s food community. Fran Hiscock is Fran’s Fish and Chips. For nine years, Fran’s has been parked in downtown Dartmouth, between Portland and Queen, fragrant steam puffing out of […]
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FIRST LOOK: New Scotland Yard Emporium
You may not have needed another reason to love this town, but you can rest assured, Joel Plaskett has given you one, with his new business venture, New Scotland Yard Emporium (45 Portland Street). When the humble 800-square-foot retail space—attached to Plaskett’s studio —freed up this past summer, he jumped at the opportunity to pack […]
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Dartmouth Yoga finds its centre
Dartmouth yogis have a new happy place. In late July the Dartmouth Yoga Centre quietly opened in in a prime location in the heart of downtown, above Dartmouth Yarns (122 Portland Street). Functioning as more of a cooperative than a studio, Dartmouth Yoga is brainchild of keen yoga teachers Jillana Burgess, Michele Banfield and Estelle […]
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Make some Food Noise
Dartmouth is about to get a whole lot healthier. FoodNoise (158A Portland Street), a prepared food service focusing on healthy dishes made with local, seasonal, sustainable and where possible organic ingredients, is opening up a one-stop shop for all things edible. As of May 1 Dartmouthians and adventurous Haligonians alike will be able to stop […]