“I was just trying to cut down my coffee bill,” laughs Steve Maly, manager of The Trail Shop (6210 Quinpool Road) and the new owner of its neighbour Ireland 32 (6220 Quinpool Road). Self-proclaimed as the cafe’s most regular customer, Maly’s taken over the reigns from Noel Gallagher (not this one) who opened Ireland 32 […]
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Free coffee at Ireland 32 on St. Patrick’s Day
This Saturday, St. Patrick’s Day, from 9am to 1pm, Ireland 32 Cafe (6220 Quinpool Road, 444-7555) will serve free fair trade organic coffee served up by owner Noel Gallagher himself. Gallagher moved to Halifax from Ireland nine years ago, and opened the cafe last year because “I like to try different things,” he says. The […]
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Ireland 32 gets all Irish-y
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, Ireland 32 (6220 Quinpool Road, 444-7555) is celebrating all week long. Monday to Friday from 7:30am-9:00am, the cafe is offering it’s organic fair-trade tea and coffee for only one dollar (taxes included). Even better, enter to win a pair of tickets for the U2 concert in Moncton, with […]
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Halifax cafe in uproar over scuttlebutt
Ireland32 enjoyed their grand opening early in the month of June, with Noel Gallagher having taken over the popular Quinpool spot Carlitos from previous owner Carlos Wong. When the changeover happened, Gallagher was the building owner. Shoptalk spoke to Wong back in March, who told us that though relations with his landlord were good, the […]
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Quinpool growing concerns
In March Cyclesmith (6112 Quinpool Road, 425-1756) expanded into its new space directly adjacent to its original location at Quinpool and Vernon. “It’s not completely finished,” says co-owner Andrew Feenstra, with a chuckle, but the new room does offer customers much more space to browse the large variety of bicycles and gear they sell. Cyclesmith […]