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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Heist stakes
Heist launch party w/Stewart Legere, Manny Dingo, Princess Edward and DJ Almond Breeze Saturday, April 8 at 9pm Mother’s Halifax, 5710 Young Street Free A new live art company is taking over Mother’s Pizza on Saturday night. “Let art take over” is the motto of Heist, the rebranded group formerly known as Angels & Heroes. […]
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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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Kitsune Food Co. debuts next week
In an itty bitty spot on Agricola Street—nestled beneath the wings of Mother’s Pizza, with just a handful of seats to spare—Ami Goto is just about ready to debut her newest venture. The chef and the former owner of Dharma Sushi will open Kitsune Food Co. (5710 Young Street, the side entrance at Mother’s) a […]
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Ami Goto sells Dharma Sushi
Ami Goto is passing the Dharma Sushi (1476 Argyle Street) torch. A longtime employee turned owner/chef, she took the reins from the restaurant’s founder Hideki Yamamoto back in 2014, but as of April 29 Goto will say goodbye to prepare for her next chapter and Nobu Ishii and his family will take over Dharma’s operation. […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Fifteen years in a row Salvatore’s has won the Best Pizza Pie gold, and still “we never stop trying to improve,” says Sal’s Chris Cuddihy. Relax, Halifax. He’s not talking about tweaking the dough or messing with the sauce—which is never […]
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Full Moon fever
The tides will get higher, dogs will be howling, cats will be yowling and strange things will be brewing in the light of this month’s blue moon. But the most important lunar effect this month will be seen when Tyson Wachter from Mother’s Pizza and Ami Goto from Dharma Sushi get together and present Full […]
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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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ShopTalk visits the Hydrostone
If you judge this book by its cover, the Hydrostone Market is a page- turner. Steeped in history and soaked in style it looks good, yes—so good that when Mother’s Pizza went up, it used the original row of shops for design inspiration—but this wee shopping district feels good, too. The tight-knit strip of boutiques, […]
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Mother’s nature
Pizza is hard to review. It’s so intensely subjective, that—perhaps more so than with any other food—saying you like one better than another is basically just the opening strains of a Sondheim musical. Do you like Neapolitan more than Sicilian? (Finger snaps.) New York more than Chicago? (Heel turn. Kick.) It’s clear after a few […]
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Mother’s hits the Hydrostone this fall
Mother’s is coming to the Hydrostone (5710 Young Street, the old Tanner Supply building location) this fall. With a successful Turks and Caicos location that specializes in pizza, owner Tyson Wachter thought it was time to bring its locally sourced, comfort food to Halifax. And by local, the owners really mean local. “We are […]