Gold Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner Heartwood Making her restaurant sensitive to gluten sensitivity is something The Wooden Monkey co-owner Lil MacPherson takes very seriously. “I could see this coming for years, that people are having a hard time digesting gluten,” MacPherson says. “People say it’s a fad, […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Silver Winner Heartwood Bronze Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Apart from convincing discerning diners that vegan food isn’t just for folks with dietary restrictions, but anyone who likes who like fresh, creative and tasty food, team enVie has had a pretty frigging major year. After two years of kicking butt […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner enVie – A Vegan Kitchen Silver Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Bronze Winner Heartwood This chic vegan kitchen serves up meatless and wheatless meals for the herbivore at heart. Not yet a year old, this restaurant snags the gold by keeping their menu “innovative with a modern edge.” enVie steps into the animal […]
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Best Gluten-free Friendly
Gold Winner Schoolhouse Gluten-Free Gourmet Silver Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Bronze Winner Heartwood “When you have to eat gluten-free, it can be scary, limiting and a lot of work,” says Jennifer Laughlin, co-owner of Schoolhouse Gluten-Free Gourmet. After her partner, Aidan Brunn, was diagnosed with Celiac disease, the pair were disappointed that many of […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Silver Winner Heartwood Bronze Winner Tarek’s Cafe, north end The Wooden Monkey is no stranger to this award, even though it isn’t a strictly vegetarian restaurant. Matthew Gass, co-owner and acting general manager of the restaurant’s Halifax location, says “We’re very proud of the vegetarian food we offer; we […]
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Heartwood healthy
A change in ownership and new renovations reveal a new—but just as vegan-friendly, organic and seasonal—Heartwood. by Melissa Buote Hippies and hipsters. Mention the Heartwood to some, and preconceived notions or perhaps simple alliteration sets their eyes a-roll. Or, if it isn’t images of patchouli and beards dancing in their heads, it’s a hazy memory, […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner The Wooden Monkey Silver Winner Heartwood Bronze Winner The Good Food Emporium With favourites like the roasted chickpea or sweet apple salads, the lentil burger, the rice bowl, the vegetable curry and the spicy vegetarian stirfry, The Wooden Monkey offers an array of creative choices for produce-loving patrons. While it’s won this distinction […]
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Five vegetarian places where Paul McCartney should eat
1) Heartwood (6250 Quinpool, 425-2808) Probably the top fresh and local paradise for vegetarians and vegans in Halifax. Plus, it’s full of musicians working behind the counter. Heartwood specials for the week-end include the Lonely Hearts Club Sandwich, with soyanaise and smoked tofu, the Macca-roni, vegan-style with tahini, nutritional yeast, garlic and broccoli and some […]
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My summer: Mat Dunlap, designer, radio host
Operating out of an office above Long & McQuade, Dunlap does design, web stuff and photography for local musicians. With Brent Randall and Dave Ewenson, he started the Just Friends collective/label in 2003. “We don’t run it as a strict business, it’s more just helping everybody out with whatever services we can,” says Dunlap. The […]