Gold Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar Silver Winner Little Oak Bronze Winner The Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster Bar “When we first opened there weren’t a lot of businesses like ours but now there are, and people have a lot of choice—not only that, but the wine lists across the city are improving too,” says Heather […]
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The fantastical Nicole Raufeisen
Nicole Raufeisen, manager and sommelier at Little Oak (recently named one of Canada’s Best 100 Restaurants for the second year in a row) and The Ostrich Club, sure can sell a person on wine. Her enthusiastic, unexpected fantastical or pop-cultural descriptors can bring the mere idea of a drink to vibrant life before a drop […]
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Best Wine List
Gold Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar Silver Winner Little Oak Bronze Winner The Watch That Ends The Night Heather Rankin may have a stack of these awards praising her wine list, but this win isn’t lost on the owner of the ambient downtown bar, Obladee. “I think anybody who’s in hospitality and service are naturally […]
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Grape Witches work their magic at The Ostrich Club
“A cool house party where there happens to be really good wine.” We would expect nothing less from Grape Witches swooping into Halifax to pour some magical wines for those attending a party at the Hydrostone Market’s brand new restaurant, The Ostrich Club. To say the least, this Smuggler’s Cove party will be a wine […]
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Best Wine List
Gold Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Little Oak It’d be a little weird if Obladee didn’t do well this category, as few watering holes around town are so dedicated to and passionate about wine. It has a wide selection, including both imported and local bottles, which explains how […]
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Little Oak goes a long way
Little Oak 1475 Lower Water Street Mon-Wed 4pm-10pm; Thu-Sat 4pm-late You don’t need to be a bartender at Little Oak to be “behind the wood.” It is impossible not to be behind wood at this tiny bar: The entire space is essentially a warm oaky embrace. The room is small, but manages to feels airy […]
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Drink outside the box at Imbibe
“Some of the recipes just kind of come to you—you’ll know you want to work with a certain spirit or ingredient and you’ll know it just works,” says Little Oak bartender Andy Dunphy. That’s how he struck gold with current menu standout Two Thyming, an approachable, earthy and seasonally affective cocktail, inspired by both bourbon […]
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Message in a bottle: 5 wine picks from local experts
So far, this fall isn’t really all that fall-like—not that we’re complaining. And neither is Nicole Raufeisen, the sommelier and manager at the waterfront’s 27-seater bar Little Oak. She’s easing into the season, sipping on mostly lighter reds, as well as sherry. “I know people don’t think of sherry as a wine because it’s fortified […]
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Little Oak hits the waterfront this summer
Meet the waterfront’s newest bar, Little Oak. Owners of Agricola Street Brasserie Michael Hase, Rachel Knox and Ludovic Eveno decided to start it up about a year ago, and they’re jazzed to be opening it’s doors at Bishop’s Landing this summer. Hase describes the bar’s 27-seater size as “a footprint that would fit in the […]