Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Pleasant Street Diner Bronze Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Kathy Hilchey is multi-tasking. She’s finding time to reflect on her 20-year career at John’s Lunch between taking orders and delivering breakfast plates, while her longtime co-workers cut and prepare the morning fish delivery in the back of the restaurant. […]
John’s Lunch
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Best Seafood
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Pleasant Street Diner Bronze Winner Bar Kismet John’s Lunch isn’t only celebrating a couple more Best of Halifax golds this year—it’s also the beloved diner’s 50th anniversary. Kathy Hilchey beams with pride not only because of milestone, but the fact that she gets to be part of the magic […]
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Best Seafood
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner The Five Fishermen Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods “I’m pretty sure there are some seafood chefs in downtown Halifax that roll their eyes at this,” says John’s Lunch co-owner, and longtime employee Kathy Hilchey, of her restaurants repeated gold win for Best Seafood, bestowing credit upon the kitchen staff […]
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Best Diner
Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner John’s Lunch When your restaurant has been in business since 1951, you don’t just have fans—you have generations of fans. “We’re a long running establishment so we’ve got a lot of history,” says co-owner George Kapetanakis. This year was a busy […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods The deep-fried goodness of John’s Lunch has won this award since 2011, and while co-owner Kathy Hilchey is proud to brag about what makes the fish and chips so damn good, she swears it’s the experience that makes this spot […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods For some reason all-caps PIZZA is the prominent menu item on the street sign for John’s Lunch, but maybe that’s because the fish and chips here is so freaking good it doesn’t need top billing. It’s been nearly 50 years […]
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Best Seafood
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner The Five Fishermen Restaurant & Grill Bronze Winner McKelvie’s There’s no one who knows their way around a deep-fryer like the folks grinding it out over at mythical Dartmouth diner John’s Lunch. We could talk about the fish itself—how fresh it is, where it’s coming from and why it […]
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B.A. Johnston’s Top 5 Spots for Grub
Coming back to Halifax for his yearly visit to sprinkle Jager on the city, and also to tour his latest album Gremlins 3, BA Johnston flies in on a snot rocket to Gus’ Pub June 17 with Spew, Outtacontroller and Reaguns Rayguns 9pm, $6, $3 with Weedeater ticket stub, $10 with Moncton ID (lollll). In […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods John’s Lunch, its simple, gritty lunch counter and its platters fried of seafood, has been repeatedly dubbed not just the Best Fish & Chips in Halifax (by you, readers) but the best in Canada, too. Most recently, the Huffington Post heralded […]
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Best Seafood
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Bronze Winner The Five Fisherman Restaurant & Grill John’s Lunch, its simple, gritty lunch counter and its platters fried of seafood, has been repeatedly dubbed not just the Best Fish & Chips in Halifax (by you, readers) but the best in Canada, too. Most recently, the […]
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Best Seafood
Gold Winner The Five Fishermen Silver Winner John’s Lunch Bronze Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods This is the reel deal when it comes to fishy dishes. If you’re asking where to take a Halifax first-timer, many fingers point in the direction of The Five Fishermen because of how it shows off the fruits of our sea. […]
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Best Fish & Chips
Gold Winner John’s Lunch Silver Winner The Battered Fish, Halifax Waterfront Bronze Winner Fredie’s Fantastic Fish House Hey, batter, batter, batter! Yes it’s a saw-wing and a hit for the battered beauties at John’s Lunch. This Dartmouth eatery is a venerable institution in this town, so we’re not surprised the kings of clams and their […]