On Monday the news broke that Little Europe (5543 Young Street) was closing up shop in the Hydrostone, but before the mourning could begin its owner Boris Mirtchev reassured us, it’s a good thing—its next door neighbour and veteran on the resto scene, Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria would be taking its place. “It’s a win-win for […]
Hydrostone Market
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Props talk
Come April, Props Floral Design (1664 Granville Street, 429-1935) will be packing up its flowers and moving to the Hydrostone Market. Susan MacIntosh, owner and lead designer, has been looking for a new location for a few months because the current building is going to be redeveloped. “We got an offer in January for the […]
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Council OKs north end Business Improvement District
The north end business climate is looking up. Hundreds of new condos have been constructed on lower Gottingen Street, long-standing eyesore Mitchell’s Environmental Treasures has finally been torn down, Agricola Street has come into its own as the newest hip shopping destination and merchants are becoming organized and starting interesting projects. Among the latter is […]
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Northern lights
King-in-exile of the local music scene, Sloan was the highest-profile band to come out of the mid-’90s Halifax music explosion. Though they’re longtime Toronto scenesters—it even says as much on their website—Sloan often sang of its hometown experience, as on a few key tracks from the 1999 release Between the Bridges. The bridges in question […]