It’s not really surprising that prime real estate like 1869 Upper Water Street (the former Hart & Thistle Gastropub) didn’t stay dormant for long. Last week PEI household name, Gahan House, announced that it was branching out off the island and bringing its craft beers and pub eats to the Halifax waterfront this fall. “We’re […]
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Sweet success for Sweet Jane’s
After 12 years of tempting tastebuds and blowing bubbles from its current location at 5431 Doyle Street, Sweet Jane’s is moving. “We’ve always been here, this is the first big move for us,” says Alyssa Buchanan. “It’s definitely something we’re going into very exuberantly.” The shop will move its shop of confections, retro toys, unique […]
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Susie’s Shortbreads’ new digs
Susie’s Shortbreads (1589 Dresden Row) has been providing Haligonians with sweet relief for nearly a decade, doling out artfully created treats on downtown for six of those years. With a milestone on the horizon, and a lease expiry this summer, owner TJ Peach took a closer look at the shop’s business model and in realizing […]
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Bye-bye Brussels Restaurant and Brasserie
Due to declining business downtown Brussels has closed its doors for good. We thank all our customers for a great 5 years. Cheers! — Brussels (@BrusselsRest) March 11, 2014 After five years of serving up an almost incomparable beer selection, tapas and more on Granville Square, Brussels Restaurant & Brasserie (1873 Granville Street) has closed […]
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Stubborn Goat time
The Stubborn Goat is an almost perfect blend of the styles found at the owners’ other popular establishments, Durty Nelly’s and Saege. It’s a restaurant that seems built around the idea of appealing to as many people as possible—there’s a thoughtful beer menu, a simple wine menu and the food focuses on trendy comfort food […]
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Bookmark’s for sale
Halifax’s only independent adult bookstore is for sale, along with its Charlottetown counterpart. Bookmark is the longest running independent bookstore in Atlantic Canada. The news comes a year after the death of the stores’ founder and owner, Rodney Jones, at 66. His family—daughters Tarra Drevet and Charla Jones, and brother Larry Jones—has been running the […]
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Criollo Chocolate goes online
While working on filling a special someone’s stocking you may have noticed Criollo Chocolate (1869 Upper Water Street) is no longer tempting chocoholics with its decedancies from Historic Properties. Evelyn Staples’ shop and its hand-rolled truffles, chocolate stilettos (uh huh) and imported bars have cozied up at a new home: criollochocolates.ca. There you’ll find the […]
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Efendy fires up
“We did everything ourselves, from the sign out there to everything in here,” says Altin Begolli of the renovation that’s transformed the longtime space of the former Fid Resto into Efendy Turkish and Mediterranean Grill (1569 Dresden Row). After 10 years of working in restaurants in Halifax and dreaming of opening his own spot, and […]
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KEW oughta know
“It was just kind of happenstance,” says Ray Frizzell of how he and David McQuaid teamed up to create downtown Halifax’s newest furniture store KEW, which opens this Saturday (December 7) at 1861 Granville Street. “We happened to bump into each other and started talking about furniture and products we loved and it just went […]
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Stay gold, Big Pony
Emily Ross’ call to her longtime friend Lindsay Stewart for advice on getting involved with a co-op-style shop couldn’t have been timed more perfectly. As it turned out, Stewarts’ former co-op, Queen Street’s Second Storey, was closing, so instead of advice Ross got a likeminded business partner. Since then the pair’s had a whirlwind of […]
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Be Stillwell my beating heart
The family that drinks together, goes into business together. Isn’t that what they say? Regardless, it’s the case for Halifax-natives Christopher Reynolds and Laura MacDonald and Brit Andrew Connell, the trio behind Barrington Street’s newest liquid venture. Stillwell Beer Bar—set to open this fall—is the product of putting three hop heads together and taking inspiration […]
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Hot off the Presser
If you’re the type who’s thinking about lunch from the time you finish breakfast, add this one to the daydream roster. Tomorrow (Tuesday) at lunchtime marks the debut of the newest food truck to roll up downtown, Under Pressers—a sandwich shop on wheels. Graham Wallace and Andrew Muncaster, panini lovers themselves, had started looking for […]