Gold Winner enVie – A Vegan Kitchen Silver Winner Wild Leek Bronze Winner Heartwood, Quinpool Road “It’s our staff. I know that’s cliche but it’s just the truth,” says Cory Urquhart, explaining why the Agricola Street eatery has once again nabbed gold in the realm of meat-free eats. “A lot of them are friends outside […]
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Best Salad
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner Heartwood Salads bars haven’t got the greatest rep. Soggy lettuce, stale croutons, snotty tomatoes and Thousand Island dressing ring a bell? Where are all my veggies at? Pete’s, as it turns out. A nine-time winner in our Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice […]
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Best Gluten-free Friendly
Gold Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner Heartwood The Monkey’s passion for good ingredients is what makes the restaurant stand out from the bunch, hence why it’s a repeat winner in the Best Use Of Local Ingredients category. And that passion carries over to dietary restrictions, too. While The […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Silver Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Bronze Winner Heartwood “Winner winner tofu dinner!” is Cory Urquhart’s initial reaction to enVie topping this category yet again. And while it’s a perfect acceptance speech, he also takes a minute to credit the veg-centric eatery’s success to the dining experience (and the food, […]
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The waterfront’s next wave
The construction of Queen’s Marque continues to make its exasperating mark on the Halifax waterfront this summer, creating dusty havoc in what will likely be a huge tourism season between Canada’s 150th and Tall Ships. With June almost at an end and everything from the waterfront kiosks to the sea bridge still unfinished, you’d think […]
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Best Vegetarian-friendly Restaurant
Gold Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Silver Winner Heartwood Bronze Winner The Wooden Monkey, Halifax Branding your resto as vegan brings in a diverse crew—not just folks looking for meat-less and cheese-less dishes, but also those with dietary needs. “There’s the crowd who want local stuff, but we also have a very high number of people […]
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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 Gluten-free Friendly
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 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, […]
