Gold Winner The Five Fishermen Restaurant & Grill Silver Winner McKelvie’s Bronze Winner Salty’s Housed in a historic building and serving fine meals of historic proportions, the Five Fishermen has once again secured its title of Best Seafood in the city. It offers one of Halifax’s best dining experiences, radiating a true Maritime feel with […]
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Best Seafood
Best Seafood champion Five Fishermen now offers up two options for hungry guests: the restaurant, for a little more of a refined feeling, and the downstairs grill, for a more laidback atmosphere. The grill serves up a variety of deep-sea deliciousness, with Oyster Happy Hour happening every day from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. The restaurant still […]
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Finding value on the menu
Brooklyn Warehouse 2795 Windsor street, 446-8181 If you’re hoping to impress a dinner date without breaking the bank, hit Brooklyn Warehouse for BYOB night on Wednesdays. Most joints that allow you to bring your own bottle of wine charge a corkage fee ranging from $5 to $25, but Brooklyn Warehouse will cork your bottle for […]
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How to order for value
Everybody wants a “good buy,” whether it’s based on issues that are important to you, pinching a penny or two or just avoiding buyer’s remorse. “Value should be based on a number of factors, not just how cheaply someone can fill up,” says Taste of Nova Scotia’s Doug Townsend. “In the end, dining out is […]
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Five is fine
It is pouring rain when I walk into the Five Fishermen Grill, which opened in June in the space once occupied by the Little Fish Restaurant & Oyster Bar. The host leads us to our choice of table; we sit by the bright window overlooking the rain-whipped Grand Parade. The dull chill outside is a […]
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Best Seafood
As one of the premiere seafood restaurants in Halifax and still going strong, you should expect a special experience at Five Fishermen, starting with the mussel and salad bar—complementary with every main course—and one of the great wine lists in Halifax. They boast “from the sea to the skillet in the same day,” which speaks […]
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Five Fishermen up in the grill
The legendary seafood restaurant Five Fishermen (1740 Argyle Street, 422-4421) is now undergoing changes. Their downstairs section, once known as Little Fish Restaurant & Oyster Bar, has closed and will soon to be replaced by something called Five Fishermen Bar & Grill, to open in June following renovations.
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Ice wines among us
Starting February 4 and going through until Valentine’s Day is the Nova Scotia Winter Icewine Festival. Though many of the events are taking place out at Nova Scotia vineyards such as Benjamin Bridge, Gaspereau and Jost, a number of local joints are getting in on the action. Inquire at Five Fishermen and Little Fish (1740 […]
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Local restaurants win Taste of Nova Scotia and Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia awards
Nova Scotia has some award winning recipes on its hands. But food is just a part of the equation — it’s the recipes for success in the foodservice industry that Taste of Nova Scotia and the Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia both just honoured at their respective annual awards. On November 5, Taste of Nova […]
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Best Seafood
Now the proud owner of a retired category in The Coast’s Best of Food poll (Best Mussels in 2008), Five Fisherman continues to own the Best Seafood category. Thirty-six years in the business of bringing the highest quality fresh and locally sourced fish to their table means the rep is solid. And in case you […]
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Makin’ it on love
Every January, veterans spill the same phlegmatic phrases about that roulette wheel called the restaurant business. Winter is the ultimate cooler. A good November and December can carry you through a January slump. Winter weekends stay good, but weekdays crap out. You do your best and cut your losses. And if that fickle customer, lady […]