Portland Street is now home to another stylish new place to drink. Dear Friend Bar opened on July 9, with a small but curated menu of cocktails (both boozy and alcohol-free), wine and beer. Co-owners Matt Boyle and Jeff Van Horne also run Clever Barkeep, but the events and catering business had seen a downturn […]
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Hop Scotch has a new home
Pop up restaurant Hop Scotch Dinner Club is taking over Chives Canadian Bistro’s 19-year-old location at 1537 Barrington St. Co-owners Stephanie Ogilvie and Brock Unger say owning a restaurant is a dream come true. “It’s been both of our dreams for a really long time to have our own restaurant,” Ogilvie says. “It’s actually really […]
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Halifax gets its first vegan chain restaurant
Copper Branch, a “quick-serve vegan” restaurant, opened a Halifax location last Sunday, June 14. The downtown spot is the 68th location for the Quebec-based chain, mainly across Canada and the US with a handful in France and Belgium. There’s one in Dieppe, NB, but this is the first in the province. “I’m plant-based, my husband […]
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Bedford Highway getting a beer garden this month
Tucked away under the rail bridge, the former Chinatown restaurant location on the Bedford Highway is a prime space that has somehow sat empty for more than three years. But later this month, a new beer garden called Birch & Anchor will open its doors to the public for the first time, taking over the […]
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A rising Tidal Bay floats the Goat
The team behind Stubborn Goat Beer Garden is bringing you another reason to head to the harbour. Legendary Hospitality Group was recently announced as the successful bidder forDevelop Nova Scotia‘s idea of launching a waterside wine bar. The new bar, intended to showcase local booze—cider, spirits and the province’s unique Tidal Bay white wine appellation—is […]
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Drink This
Inventing the cocktail menu for a new bar sounds as awesome as you’d imagine. There’s trial and error, adding a little bit of this, taking away a little of that and sampling the efforts to get the taste exactly right. “We probably had three or four sessions trying to come up with these cocktails,” says […]
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First look: Yeah Yeahs Pizza’s slick second home
Yeah Yeahs Pizza 1663 Barrington Street Opens Thu, Aug 29 Josh Nordin had a hunch when he first took a tour of 1663 Barrington Street last fall. It wasn’t much to look at then—a run-down office space with dingy carpet, cubicles, low ceilings and no bathroom—but its massive storefront windows gave him a glimpse at […]
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G-Street Pizza opens next week
Childhood friends Moe Alhaj and Paul Jebailey had home on their minds when they dreamt up G-Street Pizza. The pair, who grew up in Dartmouth and have spent most of their adult lives living away—Jebailey on the west coast until recently; Alhaj lives in Dubai—and wanted to make a mark on their community, together. And […]
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Coastal Cook House offers Fisherman’s Cove a new feed
Kale Boucher and Jeff Lucas want to make their mark at Fisherman’s Cove. The pair of restaurant vets share 23 years’ experience between them—Boucher as a Red Seal chef, Lucas in both the front- and back-of-house—and have teamed up open Coastal Cook House (16 Government Wharf), a gourmet take-out restaurant on the scenic waterfront strip. […]
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The next wave of China Town
China Town Restaurant 213 Bedford Highway Opens in April In April, China Town Restaurant will reopen on the Bedford Highway in a new location with an expanded menu. Owner Jane Chen is excited for customers to see the new spot, which she designed and decorated herself. She handpicked the lights, wallpaper and much of the […]
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Blissful thinking
“Overall, it’s about meeting people,” says Kate Cameron, owner of the newly opened Bliss Breakfast Cafe on Novalea Drive. “It’s about creating a place where people feel welcome.” In collaboration with Caribbean Bliss (3619 Novalea Drive), Cameron shares a kitchen and dining space with owner Elias Fathallah. The new cafe’s menu has several signature items—breakfast […]
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Mary’s African Cuisine is making moves
Mary’s African Cuisine 1701 Barrington Street Two months ago Mary Nkrumah, the entrepreneur behind Seaport Farmers’ Market staple Mary’s African Cuisine, took over ownership of Baba Ghanouj Cafe. Those who’ve eaten there since then might not have noticed—falafel, shawarma and eggs benny are still served. It was only two weeks ago that the green Baba […]