Gold Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Dan Weir, Weird Harbour Espresso Bar Bronze Winner Federico Pasquinelli, Espresso 46 Is it just us, or does it seem like Halifax has a disproportionate number of truly wonderful coffee shops? And because of that, also a disproportionate number of truly wonderful baristas? This (extra) […]
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Best Coffee
Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Bronze Winner Weird Harbour Espresso Bar “I think a lot of our focus has been good value for money: We’re not charging eight dollars a latte and we’ve always been committed to quality,” says Jim Dikaios of Java Blend’s gold win. The […]
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Best Barista
Gold Winner Jeremy Waterman, Low Point Coffee Silver Winner Dan Weir, Weird Harbour Espresso Bar Bronze Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters It’s been eight years since Jeremy Waterman started his career in coffee at Starbucks, and he’s come a long way, baby. When he’s not pulling drinks at Dilly Dally, the winning barista […]
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Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Bronze Winner Weird Harbour Espresso Bar If you had to pour a mug of Halifax it would be a piping hot cup of coffee from Java Blend. It’s been 80 years since the idea behind the North Street roastery and cafe was […]
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Best Specialty Coffee
Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Bronze Winner Weird Harbour Espresso Bar “Eat butter, drink drip” is a sort of slogan for downtown Dartmouth cafe Two If By Sea, but this award is shouting out the espresso-based delights. (Sorry, drip.) Using transparently sourced beans from roastery-next-door’s Anchored Coffee, […]
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Gold Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Dan Weir, Weird Harbour Espresso Bar Bronze Winner Jeremy Waterman, Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe After working at Java Blend for “many a year,” Laura Arsenault has finally struck gold. “We are exceptionally fortunate that we do have an amazing, consistent clientele year after year,” she […]
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Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown Bronze Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Two If By Sea has gone through some changes in the last year, including saying two if bye to its Halifax waterfront location in Historic Properties. “It was definitely an emotional and hard decision to say, ‘OK, […]
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Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Bronze Winner Just Us! Coffeehouse, Spring Garden Two If By Sea co-owner Zane Kelsall also co-owns Anchored Coffee, which is of course served by the steaming cupful at the cafe. While voters already think it’s the best, Kelsall’s goal is to make […]
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Best Specialty Coffee
Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown You can’t have good specialty coffee if you don’t have good coffee in the first place. It makes sense, then, that TIBS (which also won Best Coffee honours) takes the gold here. “Basically, we’re looking at really […]
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Gold Winner Jeremy Waterman, Dilly Dally Coffee Cafe Silver Winner Danielle Archer, The Nook on Gottingen Bronze Winner Laura Arsenault, Java Blend Coffee Roasters Mere months ago, Jeremy Waterman was hired as lead barista at Dilly Dally Cafe to help get the new coffee shop up and running. After about six years in the industry, […]
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Gold Winner Two if By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Bronze Winner Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar There’s something magic about Two If By Sea. Something more than mugs of Anchored Coffee and five-pound buttery croissants. The cafe’s co-owner and baker, Tara MacDonald, credits TLC for the loyal following at TIBS. “Zane […]
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Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Anchored Coffee Bronze Winner Just Us! Coffee Roasters, Spring Garden Road Halifax wouldn’t be Halifax without Java Blend: Its bustling North Street cafe, and neighbourhood-engulfing bean-roasting aromas, have long been synonymous with good mornings. And Haligonians wouldn’t be human without its coffee. For nearly 80 years, Java […]