Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Pleasant Street Diner Bronze Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Kathy Hilchey is multi-tasking. She’s finding time to reflect on her 20-year career at John’s Lunch between taking orders and delivering breakfast plates, while her longtime co-workers cut and prepare the morning fish delivery in the back of the restaurant. […]
Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House
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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 Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods The deep-fried goodness of John’s Lunch has won this award since 2011, and while co-owner Kathy Hilchey is proud to brag about what makes the fish and chips so damn good, she swears it’s the experience that makes this spot […]
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25 all right: a round-up of dishes you have to eat right now
We’ve rounded up 25 meals from across the city that blow our minds, stand the test of time and keep our cravings constant. These are the things you should absolutely have eaten, should be eating right now or should plan to eat in the near future. In the words of Thrush Hermit, which celebrates 25 […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods For some reason all-caps PIZZA is the prominent menu item on the street sign for John’s Lunch, but maybe that’s because the fish and chips here is so freaking good it doesn’t need top billing. It’s been nearly 50 years […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods John’s Lunch, its simple, gritty lunch counter and its platters fried of seafood, has been repeatedly dubbed not just the Best Fish & Chips in Halifax (by you, readers) but the best in Canada, too. Most recently, the Huffington Post heralded […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner The Battered Fish, Halifax Waterfront Bronze Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Hey, batter, batter, batter! Yes it’s a saw-wing and a hit for the battered beauties at John’s Lunch. This Dartmouth eatery is a venerable institution in this town, so we’re not surprised the kings of clams and their […]
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Fish & chips
The Maritimes are all about seafood, and when it comes to seafood, you can’t get much cheaper than the ubiquitous fish & chips, found at thousands of chip trucks, hole-in-the-walls and even fine dining establishments. But, sadly, Halifax is losing its fish & chips mojo – even once famed establishments have degraded horribly, and far […]
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Go local in Clayton Park
Ritual Studio480 Parkland Drive, 407-4022 Sadly, popular coffee house The Almond Cafe is now closed, but just down the plaza is the Ritual Tanning and Vibration Salon, where two lovely and bronzed ladies with startlingly white smiles, clad in black, will tan you up and whiten your teeth. Be sure to check out the T-Zone […]
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Fredie’s fantastic fishes
From roadside trailer in Tantallon to the big time at Bayers Lake, Fredie’s Fantastic Fishouse has consistently offered quality