Gold Winner Cows Silver Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end Best ice cream, sure. It’s a tasty scoop. Cowconut Cream Pie? Wowie Cowie? Nanaimoo Bar? Come on. If this survey had a best branded t-shirt category, there’s no DOUBT Cows would crush it. Someone in the t-shirt-making factory is working […]
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Best Smoothie
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end Bronze Winner Wild Leek Food & Juice Bar Follow the sound of the blender and you’ll find Pete’s smoothie and juice bar. For the ninth year running, Haligonians who prefer to drink their meals voted these—the Cherry Bomb, the Monkey See, the Pulp […]
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Investigative journalist and author Amy Goodman to give talk in Halifax
Amy Goodman in Halifax Saturday, September 30, 8-10pm (doors open at 7pm) Ondaatje Theatre, Dalhousie University goodmanhalifax.eventbrite.ca Adding to the list of much-loved journalists heading to Halifax this fall (Scaachi Koul and Peter Mansbridge among them), longtime Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman is slated to appear in town this September. Democracy Now! is an independent […]
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Sweet unions: four ice cream sandwiches to make at home
Grandma’s House Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s vanilla ice cream, Helen B’s Preserves’ strawberry rhubarb jam and Smith’s Bakery ginger cookies Cocoa-loco Humani-T Cafe’s dark chocolate gelato, 24 Carrots Bakery’s chocolate-dipped shortbread and coconut flakes Sweet Enough Common Confections’ salted caramel dairy-free frozen dessert, LF Bakery’s milk bun and toasted sesame seeds Pool Party Scanway Catering […]
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A taste of the Halifax Tea Festival
“It’s like time travel in a cup,” said Wanda Aulenback as she hands out samples of tea at the second annual Halifax Tea Festival. Aulenback is owner of Sense and SensibiliTea, an independent, loose-leaf tea company attempting to recreate historic brews for a contemporary audience. Sense and SensibiliTea was just the beginning of what awaited […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end Bronze Winner Cherry Berry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar, Quinpool As the tips of our noses get colder, and the leaves crunch under our feet, we like to hope the folks at Dee Dee’s are taking time to wind down and rest up their biceps […]
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Morning glory: breakfasts snacks under $7
Homemade Pop Tart Feed your nostalgic cravings with Anchored’s flaky and filled take on the Kellogg’s Pop-Tart. Sweet and savoury options have included pancetta and swiss, apricot and sweet cream, but you’re looking at a classic cherry jam. Anchored Espresso Bar and Toastery, 6451 Quinpool Road Fruit smoothie Here’s more evidence that mom always knows […]
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ShopTalk visits the Hydrostone
If you judge this book by its cover, the Hydrostone Market is a page- turner. Steeped in history and soaked in style it looks good, yes—so good that when Mother’s Pizza went up, it used the original row of shops for design inspiration—but this wee shopping district feels good, too. The tight-knit strip of boutiques, […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Cows Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end There’s no doubt about it, Halifax loves its ice cream. And the go-to place for this cold treat is Dee Dee’s, which earns its Best Ice Cream/Gelato for the second year running. With 20-plus flavours of ice cream and sorbet, […]
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Best Tea
Gold Winner DAVIDsTEA, Spring Garden Silver Winner World Tea House Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end You can stop reading the leaves: the results for Best Tea are in. With over 150 flavours and new blends coming in every month, DAVIDsTEA takes this year’s title. There’s a tea for everyone at this Canadian franchise that […]
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Best Smoothie
Gold Winner Pete’s, Halifax Silver Winner Booster Juice, Dal SUB Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end It is a truth universally acknowledged that a shopper in possession of Pete’s groceries must be in want of a thick, rich, just-blended smoothie. At least that’s how the strategically placed smoothie bar at Pete’s, Dresden Row makes it […]
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Humanity Day= a whole gelato fun
Whoever said the best things in life are free was definitely onto something. Case in point, on April 15, Humani-T Cafe will be giving away free gelato at the launch of it’s first annual Humanity Day. All these lovely Humani-T-arian folk are asking in return for their delicious gelato is for a little generousity in […]