Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Esquire Restaurant Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And with each bowl boasting mouthfuls of both smoked haddock and smoked bacon, it’s not overly surprising Renée Lavallée’s chowder remains one of the hottest and most-ordered dishes on her menu, and is the city’s gold-winner for […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Esquire Restaurant Bronze Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Lovers of The Canteen’s chowder, rest easy—this dish and all of its smoked haddock and smoked bacon can not, will not, ever go away. “There are three things that will never leave the menu and it’s one of them. It’s the […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Esquire Restaurant Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge “It’s the way I’ve always liked to eat chowder,” says The Canteen’s chef (and this year’s Best Chef) Renée Lavallée of her winning recipe, which she calls more of a modern chowder. That mostly means that she’s abandoned the flour, […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down “Well, it’s the best!” says Gerard Avery, laughing when he’s asked what makes the Esquire’s creamy bowls of seafood chowder the best around. For the Bedford Highway diner, the best means making it fresh, daily and keeping its quality consistent—simple as that. […]
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Gobblefest: 11 Thanksgiving dinners to try
Cousin’s Restaurant Every dinner at Cousin’s feels like a family dinner, and Thanksgiving takes it to a new level. The Kanellakos family serves up a tasty turkey dinner with all the fixings, served with a soup appetizer and either pumpkin pie or rice pudding for dessert. 3545 Robie Street, $14.95 The Esquire Restaurant You don’t […]
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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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Give me all the bacon and eggs you have
Starfresh Modern Diner 20 Wright Avenue Dish: Plate Breakfast Served: Monday-Friday, 6:30-11am Price: $5.95 Medium coffee: $1.50 After years catering for TV and film, Lisa Barry knows how to keep people well-fuelled. Her little Burnside diner arrived on the scene just before Christmas, offering home-cooked eats and in-house baked goods to the hardworking business park […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner The Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner Acadian Fish & Chips Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Grab a spoon and dunk into a steamy bowl of comfort. Earning the title again this year, The Esquire knows home-cooked chowder pleases any true Maritimer. This diner’s plenty-of-fish chowder makes the trek down the Bedford Highway worth it. […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner Waterfront Warehouse Bronze Winner Salty’s Not much says Nova Scotian fare like thick, creamy, home-cooked chowder. And that’s just what you’re going to get at The Esquire and, as the votes have again proven, nobody does it better. The Esquire’s four varieties of chowder—lobster, seafood, Atlantic fish and corn—all […]
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Best Chowder
Gold Winner Esquire Restaurant Silver Winner jane’s on the common Bronze Winner Gio Restaurant It’s been three years since Esquire snagged the hotly contested prize, but they’re back on top with their tasty and traditional chowder options. There’s fish chowder, lobster chowder or corn chowder for those who aren’t fish fans. Oh, and lucky for […]
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Best Chowder
Perennial winner of this category is Esquire, located up on the Bedford Highway, one of those sterling roadside restos you can’t miss. The chowder continues to appeal due to the old-fashioned way it’s made—with cream, not milk—and the variety of ways you can have it: with corn, haddock or lobster. On Fridays, ask for the […]
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Best Chowder
Why do people like the chowder at Esquire? For starters, it’s made fresh daily, the old fashioned way, the way grandma used to make it, they say. Grandma would insist on cream, not milk, and on any day of the week you can get corn, fish (haddock) or lobster chowder. On Fridays, come in for […]