Big breakfast pizza Morris East, 5212 Morris Street and 620 Nine Mile Drive, $16 The allure of a couple of sunny-side up eggs makes it easy to put the emphasis on the br in brunch, but if you want to focus on the unch, nothing does a better job than pizza. So why not do […]
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The Highwayman headed for Barrington Street
On a winter’s night when the wind is in the trees, as foretold a century ago, The Highwayman will come riding (riding, riding) into Halifax. For in early or mid-March—the official date is yet to be announced-—The Highwayman Restaurant will open at 1673 Barrington Street (the former Certainly Cinnamon location). The Highwayman is a new […]
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The Highwayman headed for Barrington Street
On a winter’s night when the wind is in the trees, as foretold a century ago, The Highwayman will come riding (riding, riding) into Halifax. For in early or mid-March—the official date is yet to be announced-—The Highwayman Restaurant will open at 1673 Barrington Street (the former Certainly Cinnamon location). The Highwayman is a new […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse “As a restaurant owner and operator, I’m in it because this is what I love to do, I love my work. You don’t think of yourself as being the best in any type of way—and you’re not doing it to be the best,” […]
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Best Atmosphere
Gold Winner Agricola Street Brasserie Silver Winner EDNA Bronze Winner Tom’s Little Havana “The building has such warm bones that it was easy to work with. But atmosphere is more than just the look of a room,” says the Brasserie’s Rachel Knox of her stunner of a restaurant. “It has to do with how one […]
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Best Brunch
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner The Coastal Bronze Winner Cora, Halifax “As a restaurant owner and operator, I’m in it because this is what I love to do, I love my work. You don’t think of yourself as being the best in any type of way—and you’re not doing it to be the best,” says […]
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Jenna Mooers and Jane Wright
Owner, EDNA, 2053 Gottingen Street Owner, jane’s next door, 2053 Gottingen Street Jane Wright got her first job at 13, in grade nine, at Ernie’s Truck Stop on Highway 31. “In a polyester, two-piece, blue waitress outfit with white shoes. It was $1.45 an hour,” she says. Her daughter, Jenna Mooers, also started out in […]
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EDNA’s one of Canada’s top restos
One of our favourite new restaurants of 2013, EDNA (2053 Gottingen Street), should be toasting itself with a glass of something cold and local today—it’s been named one of Canada’s Best New Restaurants by enRoute magazine. Ranked as number 10 in the entire country—the only Maritime restaurant to make the list—Jenna Mooers‘ gorgeous north end […]
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North by Night Market time
“Night markets are really common all over the world in larger cities,” says the Food Wolf‘s Natalie Chavarie. “This is the start of an idea that’ll express itself into a full blown north end farmers market in two years.” She’s talking about this Friday’s (June 13) North by Night Market—an event that the Food Wolf […]
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Best Brunch
Gold Winner The Coastal Cafe Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner EDNA What makes brunch here special is the zany cultural mergers happening in your plate. The Coastal takes morning classics and reinvents them using (among others) Mexican, Indian and French cuisines. Take the Naan-Cheros, featuring fried eggs, butter chicken and onion […]
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Best Server
Gold Winner Amber MacLean, Morris East, Bedford Silver Winner Alissa Maloney, Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Moriah Rose, EDNA “Good service can turn a good meal into a great meal,” says Halifax’s favourite server, Amber MacLean. With 15 years experience in the industry, learning the tricks of the trade from both the kitchen and the front-of-house, […]
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Best Atmosphere
Gold Winner Agricola Street Brasserie Silver Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Bronze Winner EDNA The north end’s newest addition welcomes you with an understated exterior and a shockingly vibrant interior that is as warm as it is modern. “We surprise people,” says Peter Goneau. “There’s just a ‘wow’ when people walk in and see the size […]
