Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner Black Sheep Restaurant Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill EDNA owner Jenna Mooers is quick to give props to her mom Jane Wright, the original queen of the morning meal, who gave her the “if you build it, they will come”—even if there’s a hurricane or a blizzard— brunch […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill “I knew it was good, but we’re not the kind of place that has a meal on its Caesar,” says The Canteen’s Renée Lavallée of the first-ever win for her restaurant’s morning cocktail. A recipe written by the Clever […]
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Best Dartmouth Restaurant
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner The Wooden Monkey Business and life partners Renée Lavallée and Doug Townsend may not be from Dartmouth, but they’ve certainly made it home over the last 15 years. While The Canteen takes home nine (yes, nine) Best of Halifax awards this year, […]
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Best Family Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner Pleasant Street Diner Things to look for in a family restaurant, 2019 edition: 1. A lovely white noise hum of restaurant bustle so your newborn may sleep peacefully through the meal, or your toddler may have a general shitfit over some […]
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Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Good Day Kitchen and Cafe Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge This one goes out to Marilyn. The mastermind behind Mic Mac’s (very secret) fish cake recipe is the late wife of owner Terry Legoffic, and her legacy makes its way to countless tables every […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse When you think pub food, it’s all burgers and fries, cheese-covered nachos, chicken wings and maybe—if you’re lucky, or if you’re at the Mic Mac—a rack of ribs. It’s no-frills stuff that pairs well with cold […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Upstreet BBQ Brewhouse After Eve in the Garden of Eden, it’s hard to think of somebody who’s made as much out of ribs as Cindy Wheatley. In 2010, she quietly opened the doors of Boneheads BBQ, a […]
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Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Bronze Winner Gahan House The story behind these generously sized fishcakes is a winner in itself. They come courtesy of the late-wife of Mic Mac owner Terry Legoffic, Marilyn, and the restaurant’s kitchen staff busts ass to make sure they do them justice […]
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Best Lunch Specials
Gold Winner Cha Baa Thai Restaurant, downtown Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Ko-Doraku At Cha Baa, co-owner Wen Dao approaches the lunch special strategically. The choices on offer are a selection from the gold-winning Best Thai Restaurant’s full menu—“We take all the best-sellers,” says Dao—served in a less expensive, lunch-sized portion. […]
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Best Brunch
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner EDNA Bronze Winner The Coastal Joël Chiasson estimates that on any given Saturday upwards of 1,500 people have a bite to eat at Waverley’s Mic Mac Bar & Grill—a huge chunk of whom are stopping by for its classic breakfast-lunch hybrid menu, where filet mignon and […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner Your Father’s Moustache Mic Mac Bar & Grill’s GM Joël Chiasson spits honesty when asked about what makes the institution a fan favourite: “We’re not about doing fancy dishes or crazy culinary design. We skip to the basics, meat and potatoes.” And like […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Studio East Give it up for the south end’s premiere barbecue spot as it celebrates its ninth straight win for Best Ribs in Halifax. Even though a call from The Coast this time of year is almost expected, Boneheads proprietor Cindy Wheatley […]
