The Adventures of Hergé by Jose-Louis Bouquet, Jean-luc Fromental and Stanislas Barthelemy, $20 An illustrated biography of Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin, from Montreal publishers Drawn & Quarterly. Tintin and his trusty pooch Snowy will be on the big screen later in December with a new […]
Freak Lunchbox, Halifax
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Best Retail Sign
Gold Winner Venus Envy Silver Winner Freak Lunchbox Bronze Winner Biscuit General Store The north end’s eyecandy signs (2891 Isleville Street, 429-8281) is the talented company that put together Venus Envy’s rocket sign. They also designed the previous version of the sign, back in 2003, but it was damaged in Hurricane Juan. Venus Envy owner […]
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Best Place To Satisfy A Sweet Tooth
This Barrington boutique of bon bons has been giving us thrills since it opening its colourful doors in 2001. This place will take you back to the days when you used to ride your bike to the corner store to blow your allowance on Hot Lips, Eye-Poppers and Jawbreakers. Well you’re all grown up now, […]
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Best Retail Sign
There’s a voice inside some of us that screams “I want CANDY!” on a regular basis. For those who can’t ignore that voice, Freak Lunchbox is here for you. And the design of the place, by art school-grad and co-owner Jeremy Smith, helps keep it in the mind of those who hear that voice, everything […]
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Go Local: Bedford
On our second annual visit up the Bedford Highway, we discover all sorts of cool stuff that makes us wonder if the peninsula is a bit overrated. Select Sounds 1475 Bedford Highway, 835-3274 “The vinyl is selling really well,” says owner Michael James. “And catalogue CDs that [customers] can’t get anywhere else.” Worth checking out […]
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Best Place To Satisfy A Sweet Tooth
Not unlike a visit to Willy Wonka’s Factory, Freak Lunchbox is a multi-coloured, multi-odoured, multi-flavoured garden of delights. And yes, they do carry chocolate bars in which may contain a Golden Ticket. We’re big fans of the huge selection of Jelly Belly jellybeans, all those exotic flavours—even buttered popcorn—but not licorice. It doesn’t stop there, […]
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Barrington Street blues, continued
Things are somewhat gloomy down Barrington way. With the closure in the past two months of Peepshow (1717 Barrington) and Tim Hortons (The corner of Barrington and Sackville) and with CD Plus and Carsand-Mosher planning to close their stores—the Baron of Barrington, Starfish Properties’ Louis Reznick is in the process of purchasing it—the image of the once-bustling downtown street is hitting a new low. “We’re obviously very concerned about the public perception,” says Paul MacKinnon, director of the Downtown Business Commission, though he is all about the silver lining in the dark cloud. “We’re seeing this in a way that
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Best Retail Sign
The art-school past and creative passion of Freak Lunchbox co-owner Jeremy Smith shows up in the look of his store every day. He and his wife Erin (who also own Peepshow Girly Boutique next door) came up with the concept long before opening the business. They arrived from Toronto, where Jeremy spent five years at […]
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Best Place To Satisfy A Sweet Tooth
If you’ve never been, Freak Lunchbox is a little difficult to describe. Try to imagine Willy Wonka’s industrial space in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory condensed into a single store. If there was any chance of finding cavity-filling caramels, edible marshmallow pillows or exploding candy for your enemies, this is where you should […]
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Shop local: business profiles along Barrington Street
The historic area of Barrington Street is buttressed by the towers at Scotia Square at one end and the Maritime Centre on the other. It’s a busy thoroughfare for transit, local workers and shoppers. Sure, there are pockets of fallow storefront, but all it takes are a couple of key retailers to create a little […]