Emma Adamski is an animated talker. She laughs a lot, doesn’t take herself too seriously. But as laid-back and playful as she is, she’s equally intense about her job. She’s passionate about food, about co-workers. She’s a hard worker, a doer. “The way that I feel about it is that if I can do it, […]
Manual Dairy Bar
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Play it cool with these six ice cream spots
Dairy Bar The brilliant food minds behind Manual Food & Drink Co. and Dartmouth’s Cafe Good Luck also know how to make magic with a soft-serve machine. Swing by Stillwell Beergarden’s roomie for creative flavour combos (blueberry lavender) and sundaes heaping with next-level toppings like lemon curd, cookie chunks and cereal. See ya, DQ. 5688 Spring […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Cows Bronze Winner Dairy Bar Hark! The north end’s pint-sized place for cones lands gold status after last year’s tumble into silver. The return is as welcome as a waffle cone of spicy Mexican chocolate ice cream, the frozen dessert spot’s specialty flavour. With an ever-changing rotation […]
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Six Haligonians plan their perfect summer days
Oshé Orifa blogger, @osheorifa “My perfect summer day starts with a typical ‘me’ breakfast: Avocado toast and an egg on the side. In the afternoon, I hangout with friends on an Instagram-worthy brunch date at Taiyaki 52. Around the early evening hours, I enjoy what makes Halifax so great in the summer: sun and beer—so […]
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Cream of the crop
Roll on Two A hollow pastry is basically wasted if it’s not filled with ice cream. When Andrei and Orit Paunescu opened their little Hungarian chimney cake bakery in the early spring, they had a soft serve machine on their shopping list—and lucky for us it happened in time for summer. The puffy, perfectly golden […]