When Fran Shirazi visits a cafe, she’s both a customer and salesperson. “Everywhere I go, every corner store or coffee shop, I ask them if they want to carry our product,” she says. Shirazi moved to Halifax from Tehran in 1994. Ten years later, she bought Staff of Life Health Foods & Bakery. At the […]
Indian
Dhaba Express and Coles Neighbourhood Restaurant taking over from Indian Buffet Palace
Two new restaurants are about to open, each taking over a location where Indian Buffet Palace closed earlier in the year. Look for Coles Neighbourhood Restaurant to be up and running first: After several weeks of renovations in the former Buffet Palace space at 972 Cole Harbour Road, Coles is due to be serving customers […]
Gracious Indian rocks a new fast food
We’ve been watching the renovations take place at that former martial arts studio on Windsor Street, and were thrilled when an Indian Food joint opened a couple of weeks ago. The Gracious Indian (2156 Windsor, 407-0707) offers, according to the menu, “a variety of popular Indian dishes available for takeout, delivery & catering,” including a […]

