Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Good Robot Brewing Co. Bronze Winner Battery Park Beerbar & Eatery If you haven’t rolled into Durty Nelly’s well after the hour you thought you’d be home by, do you really live in Halifax? The free-live-music-every-night-of-the-week bar doubles as an authentic Irish pub. Being Halifax’s best […]
Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub
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Best Nachos
Gold Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub, Bedford Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner The Lower Deck, Halifax Hall of fame Economy Shoe Shop After 10 years of chilling in the Hall of Fame, the Best Nachos category is back and Bedford favourite Finbar’s has grabbed the corn chip crown. “If nothing else, they’re […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner Good Robot Brewing Co. Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Good Robot Brewing Co. has shot up from last year’s bronze to take gold in this category. “It’s obviously humbling,” says co-owner Josh Counsil. “We never set out to be the best bar in Halifax.” With movie […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Silver Winner Black Sheep Restaurant Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub The Goat keeps it simple when it comes to this clammy cure all because when the ingredients are solid gold, bells and whistles aren’t necessary. For this winning cocktail, head bartender David Casey says Nova Scotia Blue Lobster […]
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Luis López is changing the way we see Mexican cuisine
Antojo Tacos + Tequila 1667 Argyle Street Daily 11am-late “C an you call back?” Luis López says. He is cut off by a few shouts from the kitchen and shouts a few quick responses back before finishing his sentence. “Call back in an hour.” When he picks up the phone an hour later, smack in […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub “We’ve been open for over 50 some years and it was a slow gradual process from a bar to a bar and grill. Now we’re far more on the grill side,” says Mic Mac Bar & Grill’s […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner The Lower Deck, Halifax Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner Good Robot Brewing Company A three-floor bar? What more could ale-chuggin’ Haligonians want? Some east coast music, dancing and good eats, that’s what. Luckily, the waterfront’s Lower Deck has it all. The first floor is home to the pub, where […]
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner The Seahorse Tavern Silver Winner The Lower Deck, Halifax Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub “Whether it’s live music, dance parties, comedy nights or community events, the fact that we consistently host a diverse range of entertainment means we’re catering to many different groups each and every week. There’s something for everyone,” […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner EDNA Once upon a time, my father ordered a Caesar in the United States. The server said, “Are you from up north? Like, far north?” You won’t get that sort of response at the Stubborn Goat Gastropub. Its Caesar means business […]
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Mexican eats and patio plans from the Stubborn Goat
“We really believe in the downtown core of Halifax and we want to add something that’ll help make downtown Halifax a destination,” says Geir Simensen. He and his Stubborn Goat Gastropub co-owners Joe McGuinness and Kyle Drake are putting wheels in motion this summer to add not just one new place to eat and drink […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner Lot Six “Twenty sixteen was a lot of work, and was really, really rewarding,” says Stillwell’s Chris Reynolds. Between losing the tender for its waterfront beer garden, rebuilding a new, somehow better version of it on Spring Garden Road and keeping […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Another heaping portion of fried gold for the winning Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub, which once again takes home Best Pub Food. I mean, have you seen this menu? Jumbo pretzel with jalapeño beer cheese sauce, big effin’ nachos, […]