Ingredients ½ cup oats (preferably rolled, steel cut) 6 large eggs 2 cups 18% cream 2 ½ cups spring water 4 spiced chai tea bags 1 cinnamon stick 3-5 whole cloves 2 cups white table sugar whole nutmeg White Owl white whiskey or vodka Galliano One drink 1 whole egg 1 oz toasted oat cream […]
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Q Smokehouse closes, Onyx moves to Argyle
With the end of barbecue season comes the end of Q Smokehouse & Southern BBQ (1580 Argyle Street) . The Argyle Street restaurant known for its finger-licking menu closed its doors for good on Sunday after just over three years of curing carnivorous cravings for ribs, chicken and brisket. With Q “under performing” and its […]
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Best Martini
Gold Winner The Fireside Bar/Restaurant Silver Winner Bitter End Bronze Winner Onyx The Fireside has earned its spot at the top of the podium for it’s creative martini concoctions. With 22 delicious options, it’s sure to have a martini for you. From the mint-chocolate-flavoured After 8 to the fruitier (and very cleverly named) Tequila Mockingbird, […]
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Best Martini
Gold Winner Bitter End Silver Winner The Fireside Bar/Restaurant Bronze Winner Onyx They say a “real” martini is made with only gin and vermouth. However, the Bitter End’s customers want more. Changes are made to the martini menu every eight months or so, but if you want something that’s not on the list, just ask! […]
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Summerlicious Onyx
Onyx (5680 Spring Garden Road, 428-5680) has something new to tempt downtown food patrons: a new Summerlicious Menu. It’s a three-course meal for under $25, including watermelon salad, Digby scallops, beef tenderloin, lobster wellington, brick cornish game hen, peach shortcake and ice-cream roulade, and you can add wine pairings for $20 more. Onyx is on […]
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Jazz about town
Get out your jazz hands and gather your drinking buddies, with Jazz Fest’s great list of partnered stages around town there’s a slew of affordable after-parties and pre-show soirees to choose from. Essentially this week it’s all jazz, all the time. Check out live music listings on page 19 for daily details, and here are […]
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Maritime Heart Centre charitable (and tasty) opportunity
The Maritime Heart Center is releasing a charity cookbook of heart-friendly recipes from a bunch of Spring Garden-area restaurants, including Onyx (5680 Spring Garden Road, 428-5680), Saege (5883 Spring Garden Road, 429-1882) Moda Urban Dining (1518 Dresden Row, 405-3480) Estia (5518 Spring Garden Road, 429-8331) and Fid Resto (1569 Dresden Row, 422-9162). The book, entitled […]
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Finding value on the menu
Brooklyn Warehouse 2795 Windsor street, 446-8181 If you’re hoping to impress a dinner date without breaking the bank, hit Brooklyn Warehouse for BYOB night on Wednesdays. Most joints that allow you to bring your own bottle of wine charge a corkage fee ranging from $5 to $25, but Brooklyn Warehouse will cork your bottle for […]
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The first egg nog
If it’s not too early for the carols, the lights and the crazy shoppers…then we say, break out the ‘nog. We’re celebrating the only month of the year that it’s acceptable to mix holiday spirits with a thick concoction of eggs, cream and sugar. Drink up, and mind the bellyache. Economy Shoe Shop The Shoe […]
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Uncorking corkage fees
An accepted way of dining in most larger cities, the habit—and allowance—of bringing your own wine to a restaurant is still finding its coaster in Halifax. A good number of bars don’t allow it, but we searched around for which venues give you some of the best deals on corkage fees the city has to […]
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Holiday parties: Drinking on the company’s bill
Trying to find the right place to drink too many rum and eggnogs and sloppily make-out with that guy from accounting? Whether you have a small crew or a full staff, consider these places for your next drunken rendition of “Frosty the Snowman.” –Kyle Wells Victory Arms Pub This Lord Nelson Hotel bar can hold […]
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Local restaurants win Taste of Nova Scotia and Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia awards
Nova Scotia has some award winning recipes on its hands. But food is just a part of the equation — it’s the recipes for success in the foodservice industry that Taste of Nova Scotia and the Restaurant Industry of Nova Scotia both just honoured at their respective annual awards. On November 5, Taste of Nova […]