Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Yeah Yeahs Pizza, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Stone Pizza Hall of fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria It’s all about the team for Jennie Dobbs, Morris East owner and now thrice a winner in this category. “This year I have two employees who’ve worked at Morris East for 10 years,” she […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Yeah Yeahs PIzza Bronze Winner Mother’s PIzza Hall of fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria “I think people just enjoy eating at Morris East.” Sure, Jennie Dobbs agrees that the pizza itself is bragworthy, but she’s quick to chalk her second Best of Halifax win up to the entire experience […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Hall of Fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria “We started out 10 years ago with a simple menu philosophy of sourcing the best ingredients to make not just good pizza, but great pizza with creative toppings. With every year that passes, I […]
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Morris East scores a hat trick
Having something to look forward to is always a good thing, especially in the bluesy winter months, but it might be a little early to start the countdown for this one. Morris East recently announced that it would be making its duo (5212 Morris Street and 620 Nine Mile Drive) a trio. Owner Jennie Dobbs […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Editor’s note: With its latest Best Pizza Pie win in 2016, Sal’s was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. Chris Cuddihy has been running Sal’s for 23 years, and winning Best of Halifax […]
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Morris East scores at the International Pizza Expo
The world’s most passionate pizza people were in Las Vegas last week for the International Pizza Expo 2015, a two-day event that drew 3,000 exhibitors and 7,000 eager attendees. Halifax’s wood-fired pie connoisseurs, Morris East, were among those thousands, bringing a souped-up version of their Pear pizza with them. “It’s a place to learn everything […]
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Amber MacLean
Manager and server Morris East, 620 Nine Mile Drive A lot of people say that the secret ingredient to any great recipe is love, but for Jennie Dobbs and her Morris East restaurants, the secret to greatness just might to be Amber MacLean. With a decade of experience as a server under her belt, MacLean […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Kneading, topping and signature saucing your ’za, it’s safe to say Salvatore’s knows how you like your pie. The trattoria snags the title again this year, with a pizza it’s proud to call all its own. “We’re purists,” says owner Chris […]
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Best Bartender
Gold Winner Shane Beehan, Field Guide Restaurant and Bar Silver Winner Jeff Van Horne, The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Katrina Roberts, Morris East, Halifax New to the craft, Shane Beehan has only been bartending for a year and a half. “I’m completely humbled,” he says. “I thought I hadn’t been doing this long enough to […]
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Dan Vorstermans
“It seems like sort of serendipity when I look back at it,” Dan Vorstermans says about his first kitchen job. “I cooked by myself, so I was prepping and executing every dish that went out.” This is a man that likes a small kitchen. After a stint at Chives where he managed some time on […]
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More Morris East
Morris East is heading north. Wayyy north. The popular downtown restaurant will be opening its second location at Nine Mile Circle on the Larry Uteck Boulevard in August. Restaurant owner Jennie Dobbs, who grew up in Bedford, is looking forward to bringing Morris East to one of the fastest growing areas of the province. “We […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Morris East Bronze Winner Bramoso Gourmet Pizza If you’re sitting and home contemplating where to order a delicious, cheesy, authentic Italian-style pizza, ponder no further—Salvatore’s is your answer. Winner of this category for 11 years straight, the dynasty of great pizza holds strong. Salvatore’s knows how to turn […]