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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25 all right: a round-up of dishes you have to eat right now
We’ve rounded up 25 meals from across the city that blow our minds, stand the test of time and keep our cravings constant. These are the things you should absolutely have eaten, should be eating right now or should plan to eat in the near future. In the words of Thrush Hermit, which celebrates 25 […]
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Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner EDNA Bronze Winner Ardmore Tea Room One hundred percent pure love is the secret to the champion fish cakes (AKA Marilyn’s Fish Cakes) at the Mic Mac, simple as that. And while many of the restaurant’s wins this year can be credited to its entire team, […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub “We’ve been open for over 50 some years and it was a slow gradual process from a bar to a bar and grill. Now we’re far more on the grill side,” says Mic Mac Bar & Grill’s […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Baton Rouge Halifax’s riff on the eats of the deep south is on the deep south side of Barrington Street. That’s where Boneheads—the now eight-time winner in the Best Ribs category—lives in a little no-frills space that lets the food (and the […]
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Best Brunch
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner EDNA Bronze Winner The Coastal Cafe Hit the Mic Mac Bar & Grill on a Saturday or Sunday and you’ll find a packed parking lot, and likely some hungry people patiently waiting for bottomless coffee and a bacony cure. It’s nothing fancy—no garnishes or foamed milk […]
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Best Dartmouth Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner The Canteen Bronze Winner Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie, Woodside “All of our valiant efforts pay off! I’m not responsible for any of it, but I have a team of 90-plus people who hustle day-in and day-out,” says Joël Chiasson of the news that the […]
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Best Family Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Bronze Winner Athens Restaurant Large portions, reasonable prices, spot-on service and room to spare make the Mic Mac a reliable spot to push together a couple of tables and invite the whole fam jam out for dinner. Chances are your grannie […]
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Best Dartmouth Restaurant
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery Bronze Winner The Canteen “Business is definitely good,” says the Mic Mac’s Joel Chiasson, which—if you’ve ever eaten there—is pretty obvious. The total landmark isn’t ever not packed to the rafters. “We’re a destination point. People go out of their […]
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Best Fish Cakes
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Evan’s Fresh Seafoods Bronze Winner Black Sheep Restaurant “Business is definitely good,” says the Mic Mac’s Joel Chiasson, which—if you’ve ever eaten there—is pretty obvious. The total landmark isn’t ever not packed to the rafters. “We’re a destination point. People go out of their way to […]