The Cheese Gypsy is rollin’ into Halifax this spring—May 1 to be exact. Owners Mike Rossi and Robin Kelly have been planning the truck for years, but started making real moves this year. “We finally pulled the trigger last fall,” says Rossi. The couple has been together for over 15 years. Rossi says Kelly is […]
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Hot off the Halifax Press
Jill Johnsrude and Connor Dubreuil aren’t afraid to get a little cheesy. The pair is gearing up to launch Halifax Press—a lime green, newspaper-themed food truck that’ll serve up nothing but variations of grilled cheese sandwiches— in a few weeks time. “It’s our first entrepreneurial adventure and we thought it was the best way to […]
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Friday’s food for thought
Has this week been so long that even internet searching is too much effort? (Yes.) Lucky for you I’ve whipped up a blog buffet of great food-related things that have graced my browser this week. Sharing is caring, right? 1) First and foremost, apparently the Five Second Rule is a legitimate rule that I’ve been […]
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Ol’ School Donuts revs up
What started as a bit of a joke in the Connolly family has quickly become the beginnings of a brilliant new business—an honest to goodness family business, at that. After a 1977 Calgary Stampede tailgate bus they bought in PEI failed them (it looked good, but needed work), eleventh grader Noah Connolly and his dad […]
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Tin Pan Alley’s ready to roll
There’s another food truck coming your way and its menu is full of unique international cuisine. Opening full force next week Tin Pan Alley‘s owner Karl Warmé describes the truck as terrific globally inspired food that he and everyone involved loves to eat. “Right now we’re doing the Dutch frites with flavored aioli,” says Warmé. […]
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Hot off the Presser
If you’re the type who’s thinking about lunch from the time you finish breakfast, add this one to the daydream roster. Tomorrow (Tuesday) at lunchtime marks the debut of the newest food truck to roll up downtown, Under Pressers—a sandwich shop on wheels. Graham Wallace and Andrew Muncaster, panini lovers themselves, had started looking for […]