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, […]
Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub
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Best Open Mic Night
Gold Winner Agricola Open Mic House Silver Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Every Monday night for the last several years, the denizens of Agricola Open Mic House on Agricola Street have opened their home to everyone—musicians, artists, theatrical players and more. Next to Nauss Bicycles and across from Lion & […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House See Best Caesar for more Durty Nelly’s love.
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down Food + Wine A sixth win for the Esquire’s chowder is not really a surprise to us at this point. The welcoming and cozy diner atmosphere at the Bedford Highway beauty is known for its comfort food, and what’s more comforting that […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern “I think we actually became the number one account for a bunch of local breweries and that makes me hugely proud,” says Chris Reynolds, who along with Laura MacDonald and Andrew Connell owns the perpetually packed beer bar […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner The Stubborn Goat Bronze Winner Morris East What’s the best way to wash down the city’s Best Pub Food? A Caesar of epic proportions. Whether you’re ordering off menu on any old day (that’d be the Durty Ol’ Caesar, with Jamieson, worcestershire, HP sauce, horseradish, sriracha, […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner Tom’s Little Havana Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner Lower Deck, Halifax A neighbourhood watering hole perfectly tucked away downtown, Tom’s Little Havana scores by keeping it simple. Looking just as it did when it opened over 15 years ago, with charmingly distressed decor and as bar’s owner Tom Wile […]
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Hello Stubborn Goat, goodbye G Lounge
The Argyle entertainment district is getting a new gastropub. Hoping to open its doors in early July, the Stubborn Goat Gastropub will be run by food-veterans Joe McGuinness (Durty Nelly’s), Geir Simensen (Saege Bistro), Kyle Drake (Durty Nelly’s) and Ryan Dubois. “We feel we’re going to bring something a little different to Halifax,” says Simensen […]
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It’s turkey time
Oh come all ye hungry—Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub is celebrating the few pre-Christmas weeks we have left by offering up a massive holiday buffet every Thursday and Friday. Fifteen dollars get you heaps of every frigging dish you could picture alongside your traditional (free range) turkey and honey-baked ham. Salad, potato salad, cucumber salad […]
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Threesome fun
In a city where three or more is no longer a crowd, it’s time to indulge in an experience you won’t forget. We found a few great watering holes that are sure to whet your whistle (and your new chums’). Each place offers a special drink with three parts alcohol, served at several bars. But […]
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Drink like an Irishman
From the hallowed, boozy days of Sam Mallone and Ernie “Coach” Pantusso on Cheers to weekly armchair visits to MacLaren’s, the haunt of Barney Stinson and the rest of the gang on How I Met Your Mother, our culture loves to celebrate the neighbourhood pub. But more than that, we like to go to a […]
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Green beer cheer
If you’re not sure where to go this year for green beer and Irish food, here are a few emeralds. Hart & Thistle Hart & Thistle’s owners happen to be the same as O’Carroll’s—the beloved Irish pub that’s closed for renovations. “St. Paddy’s was always a grand time at Halifax’s first Irish pub, and we’d […]
