Gold Winner Vinnie’s Pasta Bar Silver Winner Ristorante a Mano Bronze Winner il Mercato Trattoria Vinnie’s has been the underground pasta favourite for a long time, and this year it finally unseated the competition. Hidden in a residential area of the south end, you have to already know about Vinnie’s in order not to miss […]
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Best Bedford Restaurant
Gold Winner The Chickenburger, Bedford Silver Winner il Mercato Trattoria Bronze Winner Morris East, Bedford Don’t be chicken when you’re eating here—bring a pocket full of quarters so you can shake your tailfeathers jiving to the jukebox. A crowd favourite for 70 years, The Chickenburger brings guests from all over, hungry for a tasty burg […]
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Best Italian Restaurant
Gold Winner Ristorante a Mano Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner il Mercato Trattoria Maurizio and Stephanie Bertossi have been dishing out award-winning tastes of Italia for years. Their simplistic, yet detailed approach to presentation, decor and flavour earn all four of their restaurants an authentic trattoria experience. Risorante a Mano looks to bring […]
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Best Bedford Restaurant
Gold Winner il Mercato Trattoria, Bedford Silver Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub Bronze Winner The Chickenburger, Bedford With the Halifax version of il Mercato transforming into La Frasca (which is also sure to be delicious), its diehard fans can at least take comfort in the fact that their beloved Italian spot lives strong in Bedford. There’s […]
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Goodbye il Mercato, hello La Frasca
Stephanie Bertossi says she’s “still crazy after all these years.” That’s part of the explanation behind the decision to close The Bertossi Group’s 19-year-old Spring Garden Road eatery il Mercato Trattoria and open a brand new restaurant in the space just over a month later. “With all of the changes on Spring Garden,” she says, […]
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Best Bedford Restaurant
Gold Winner The Chickenburger Silver Winner Il Mercato Trattoria Bronze Winner The Cellar Bar & Grill With some staff working there for 30 or 40 years, it’s not surprising that the Chickenburger feels like home for so many of its customers. The Bedford staple has been doling out its notorious titular burgers for 72 years […]